Oscar Winner Joanne Woodward Opens Up About Her Legendary Career and Her Deepest Regrets

Screen legend Joanne Woodward has one opinion of herself shared by no one else on the planet — the Oscar winner doesn’t consider herself a star! After finding lasting love with her husband of 50 years, Paul Newman, until his 2008 death and a life filled with outstanding movie roles, she’s now being cared for by her three daughters as she battles Alzheimer’s. Here are Joanne’s 10 favorite roles and what the 95-year-old retired actress says they mean to her.

The Three Faces of Eve (1957)

Winning her Academy Award in just her third film was an honor and a weight: “I’d been daydreaming about [an Oscar win] since I was 9 years old. What it did was give me this terrible burden. Everything else that I did had to be of that caliber.”

The Long, Hot Summer (1958)

After filming ended, Joanne and her newly divorced costar Paul Newman tied the knot. “We could tell each other anything without fear of ridicule or rejection. There was trust.”

The Fugitive Kind (1960)

Marlon Brando may have said that costar Joanne was “a blessing to work with,” but she didn’t see the actor in the same light. “I hated working with Marlon Brando — because he was not there, he was somewhere else. There was nothing to reach on to.”

Rachel, Rachel (1968)

Appearing in husband Paul’s directorial debut, “Who could direct you better than the person you live with? Paul knows everything there is to know about me. I wish he could just direct every movie I ever do.”

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973)

Earning a third Oscar nod: “I remember when I first won the Academy Award, and how much I loved it. I just wish there was an award around that you could really believe in again.”