X-Nico

6 unusual facts about Joanne Woodward


Dennis Wayne's Dancers

Dennis Wayne's Dancers was a New York based contemporary ballet company founded around dancer Dennis Wayne by Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.

Elizabeth Huckaby

She was portrayed by Joanne Woodward in the 1981 TV film based on Crisis at Central High.

N. M. Kelby

Her short stories have appeared in many publications including Zoetrope All-Story Extra, One Story, Minnesota Monthly, Verb, and The Mississippi Review. One was recorded by actress Joanne Woodward for the NPR CD Travel Tales, and included in New Stories from the South: Best of 2006.

Rondi Charleston

Her neighbors were Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, whom she considers role models for raising her family.

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

It was adapted for the screen in 1972, directed by Paul Newman and starring his wife Joanne Woodward, daughter Nell Potts, and Roberta Wallach, daughter of Eli Wallach.

The Three Faces of Eve

Joanne Woodward won the Academy Award for Best Actress, making her the first actress to win an Oscar for portraying three different personalities (Eve White, Eve Black and Jane).



see also

Clinton, Louisiana

The Long, Hot Summer, a 1958 film directed by Martin Ritt, starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, and Orson Welles, was filmed in and around Clinton.