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Acting

Joanne Woodward

Career: Active from 1952 to 2011, with a break from 1995 to 2004, busiest in 1978 and 1982 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles: 41
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: Do You Remember Love
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 43 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Joanne Woodward Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
2.9, average 4.8
Violence
2.3, average 4.1
Scare
1.3, average 2.6
Fantasy
0.7, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 6
Social Commentary 5
Character-Driven 4
Melancholy 3
Southern Gothic 3
Small Town Drama 3
Melancholic Tone 3
Witty Dialogue 3
Suburban Satire 2
Stylish Cinematography 2
Moral Dilemma 2
Eccentric Characters 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

72

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

3 titles · average score 65

Lucky Them

66

as Doris (voice)

Gayby

64

as Jenn's Mother (voice) (uncredited)

All the World

as Narrator

2000s

3 titles · average score 72

Keepers of Eden

as Narrator

Empire Falls

68

TV show · as Francine Whiting

Our Town

77

Executive Producer

1990s

7 titles · average score 71

Breathing Lessons

60

as Maggie Moran

Blind Spot

69

as Nell Harrington

Foreign Affairs

as Vinnie Miner

Philadelphia

76

as Sarah Beckett

The Age of Innocence

81

as Narrator (voice)

as Margaret Sanger (voice)

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

69

as India Bridge

1980s

10 titles · average score 63

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Producer

The Glass Menagerie

69

as Amanda Wingfield

Do You Remember Love

86

as Barbara Wyatt-Hollis

Passions

68

as Catherine Kennerly

Strategic Trust: The Making of a Nuclear Free Palau

as Narrator (voice)

Harry & Son

33

as Lilly

Candida

as Candida

Come Along with Me

Teleplay, Director

Crisis at Central High

as Elizabeth Huckaby

The Shadow Box

58

as Beverly

1970s

14 titles · average score 59

The Streets of L.A.

as Carol Schramm

See How She Runs

as Betty Quinn

The End

56

as Jessica Lawson

A Christmas to Remember

as Mildred McCloud

Come Back, Little Sheba

as Lola Delaney

Sybil

76

TV show · as Dr. Cornelia Wilbur

The Drowning Pool

55

as Iris Devereaux

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

47

as Rita Walden

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

76

as Beatrice Hunsdorfer

They Might Be Giants

54

as Dr. Mildred Watson

All the Way Home

as Mary Follet

WUSA

48

as Geraldine

1960s

11 titles · average score 58

Winning

54

as Elora Capua

Rachel, Rachel

68

as Rachel Cameron

The Carol Burnett Show

79

TV show · as Midge Gibson

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

76

as Mary

A Fine Madness

41

as Rhoda Shillitoe

Signpost to Murder

62

as Molly Thomas

A New Kind of Love

34

as Samantha Blake

The Stripper

51

as Lila Green

Paris Blues

60

as Lillian Corning

The Fugitive Kind

61

as Carol Cutrere

From the Terrace

48

as Mary St. John / Mrs. Alfred Eaton

1950s

22 titles · average score 68

The Sound and the Fury

59

as Quentin Compson / Narrator

The Long, Hot Summer

79

as Clara Varner

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!

55

as Grace Oglethorpe Bannerman

The Three Faces of Eve

73

as Eve White / Eve Black / Jane

No Down Payment

72

as Leola Boone

A Kiss Before Dying

80

as Dorothy ('Dorie') Kingship

Count Three and Pray

55

as Lissy

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

86

TV show · as Beth Paine

Climax!

51

TV show · as Kathryn Winter

Four Star Playhouse

71

TV show · as Ann Benton / Terry

The Ford Television Theatre

74

TV show · as June Ledbetter

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV show · as Elsie / Penny

1940s

2 titles · average score 65

Studio One

65

TV show · as Daisy Gilmer / Christiana

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV show · as Emily / Arabella Cookenboo