Joanne Woodward Wins Best Actress: 1958 Oscars

[@johnyzero2000]

I love it that Joanne Woodward made her own dress and she did a great job.

[@JK-kv1xl]

Good old Mommie D Crawford was picking on that as Woodward had what Crawford no longer had, youth!

[@drakeboss7778]

How do you know that she made her own dress?

[@lray1948]

@@drakeboss7778 Its noted in all the biographies of Miss Woodwrd, and it is mentioned in the "History of the Oscar" books when they get to the 1957 awards given out in early 1958. I first read about it in Robt. Osborne's Academy Awards Illustrated.

[@drakeboss7778]

Thank you.

[@thomasmagnum3588]

Looks like she was afraid her top might slip down!

[@MustaDujak]

I loved how they all ran to the stage during this era.

[@draganpaunovic5596]

the time was very short , they were not allowed to talk garage like they do now days at Oscars.

[@lnl3237]

Bet you've seen Donna Reed fly down the aisle, too. Also, love watching Eva Marie Saint's acceptance speech, I think a day or two before she gave birth. Just finished watching "The Three Faces of Eve." Tremendous performance. Ms. Woodward was right to acknowledge her director.

[@ricardobigi5476]

Joanne Woodward is one of the finest actresses in the history of American film. She fully deserved her Academy Award for THE THREE FACES OF EVE. She does amazing work here. She is always more than good in everything she does, whereas most of her colleagues are lucky to be just average in what they do.

[@vadjulawakaru]

agree

[@m.e.d.7997]

She looked gorgeous too. She was a great actress. Too bad she did not do more movies.

[@jeebonsiddiqui7060]

Ricardo Bigi 👎

[@SuperBSmeter]

Rest in power, Joanne. You were a voice when all others went silent.

[@maryshea6473]

Beautiful lady with exceptional talent!! Live how she kept her acceptance classy and brief💜

[@shimmeringfairydust3275]

That dress would be in style today. She actually made it!

[@chrisweidner4768]

INTERNETWORK Well said!!

[@lray1948]

I remember reading somewhere that Joanne Woodward was asked by the press beforehand what dress she planned to wear to the Oscars. She answered that it was one she was sewing together herself. When she won, none other than Joan Crawford said: "Joanne Woodward has set back the cause of Hollywood glamour 20 years by making her own dress."

[@lray1948]

the source of that quote was Robert Osborne in his "Academy Awards Illustrated" book, of which I have a copy.

[@franklesser5655]

Some technical issues with the dress as she had to hold up the top to stop it from falling off!

[@roxannesantoro7503]

@@lray1948 Absolutely true Crawford did say that....

[@julialovesnancy81]

paul was so proud of her. look how excited she is! 💗

[@AnnaLVajda]

Gosh took him 7 nominations before he got his and he didn't even bother to go get it.

[@jeffersonborges9932]

Just watched her performance in ''The Three Faces of Eve'' and it was great! Well deserved Oscar. I also love Joanne's speech and the way she runs to accept her award. I wish this video was in color, the dress she was wearing that night was just WOW! A magnificent strapless green gown made by her own.

[@naziashahriar2133]

Unbelievable! Really? Loved the information. Can you even imagine this today.....

[@lray1948]

it was a bright green taffeta dress that you can see by going to google images and put in her name and Oscar dress, and a few of the pics will be in color

[@fbyron4787]

And Joanne Crawford chided her for her dress. Saying Joan put Hollywood glamor back many years.

[@independentfilmchannel1476]

@@fbyron4787 Yeah, said Miss Shoulder Pads of 1946.

[@fbyron4787]

@@independentfilmchannel1476 LOL RIGHT ON!

[@mrpig408]

I love how she ran all the way!

[@JerseySurvivor]

I saw Ann Blyth earlier this week an she said one of her biggest regrets was turning this part down. But she said she had no regrets. She raised a wonderful family and is eagerly awaiting her first great grandchild!

[@warrenguy76]

Joanne is a class act and a brilliant actress. I can't believe I never saw her acceptance speech until just now. She totally deserved the Oscar for this role.

[@markwhitman72]

I always loved Joanne in this movie but just a few days ago saw it again after a long time! Near the end when she gets well and relates to the doctor everything she can remember I found myself stifling sobs because she was so convincing as an actress! Well deserved Oscar and her role as Sybil's doctor many years later was also great!

[@thomasmagnum3588]

Ms Woodward has three more nominations for Best Actress: 1968 Rachel Rachel, 1973 Summer Wishes Winter Dreams, and 1991 Mr and Mrs Bridge. She also has won three Emmy Awards on nine nominations, and three Golden Globe awards on ten nominations. She also has a SAG Award (“Breathing Lessons” 1995) and. BAFTA for “Summer Wishes Winter Dreams”. She was born February 27, 1930 - now 93 years old. Wonderful actress, and by all accounts , a pretty amazing person as well.

[@ashleyvalentine2790]

Absolutely ❤️ 💯 Joanne Woodward is my favorite actress!

[@jessrossevelt8442]

I love you Joanne Woodward

[@vincentmarchese8202]

The Dress cost material (100.00) which Miss Joanne made herself emerald green which Miss Crawford said sent Hollywood back 20yrs I love this Dress,she was proud of the Dress has much of winning the Oscar

[@CGH250]

The story of “The Three Faces of Eve” was based on a true story about the wife of my mother’s 2nd cousin, surname Sizemore. My mom said on the occasions she was around her that she seemed like a lovely person.

[@materialgirl8707]

What pisses the Hell out of me was that they kept saying "she ran up to the stage in a plain dress" PLAIN MY ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I THINK HER DRESS WAS STUNNING AND BEAUTIFUL. MAYBE BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T SHOW CLEAVAGE LIKE TODAY'S HOOCHY "ACTRESSES" THEY SAID CRAP LIKE THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@angelaclemons5528]

She also made that dress herself! Which makes it even more special - she's a very down to earth, unpretentious and humble people that you'll find in the history of the acting business. She certainly had the money to buy a designer dress for the OSCARS - but chose to make her own. It's sad with how ill she's become. Her Alzheimer's is very progressed - I cried when Paul Newman died in 2008 and I'm sure I'll cry when she joins him in heaven. I love old, classic movies and she & Paul are two if my all time favorites.

[@nonokayakjack]

+Angela Clemons on to bigger and better things right?

[@drstrangelove6558]

Dude you got a temper

[@joannebottcher6263]

dr strangelove

[@joannebottcher6263]

I a

[@user-iq2oq8ol6z]

SO SO CUTE!! love joanne and paul ;)

[@thomastsangthomas1616]

Both Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward are the second Oscar couple of the Hollywood.

[@lray1948]

Back then they were, after Olivier and Vivien Leigh. But haven't there been married acting couples since then that each have Oscars for acting?

[@thomastsangthomas1616]

@@lray1948 what do you mean?

[@lray1948]

@@thomastsangthomas1616 A married couple of actors who both have won Oscars. Olivier and Leigh were the 1st. Woodward and Newman may have been the 2nd. Or there may have been a couple between 1949 and 1987 that beat them to it.

[@waterlilyqueen]

Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones, and Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz are two other married couple who have both won Oscars. Nicholas Cage and Patricia Arquette were married and have both won Oscars but she won hers long after they divorced.

[@drstrangelove6558]

Such a deserved Oscar for Joanne Woodward. Sad that Liz Taylor & Lana Turner for their mediocre performances were nominated instead of Patricia Neal, WHOs Amazing in A Face In The Crowd, & Guiletta Masina who stole the show in Fellinis masterpiece Nights Of Cabiria. The Academy havent really supported foreign films that much, unfourtantly.

[@SRSM198]

An excellent actress is Joanne Woodward, yes there were no long speeches in the 50`s and 60`s the aura and mystic of the cinema was broken with the long silly speeches that were given later in the 70`s it was never the same

[@loveanimals6981]

It took her husband nearly thirty years from that time (1958) before he too would have an Oscar.

[@drstrangelove6558]

yeah, although it only should have taken 1 year. Little difference

[@naziashahriar2133]

I thought he got Oscar for CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF

[@lray1948]

David Niven won that yr for "Separate Tables"

[@lray1948]

Newman was nominated tho--for "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"

[@michaelverbakel7632]

Joanne Woodward is now the oldest still living Academy Award winner at 92.

[@fernandomagana6928]

Wow Wayne and Hope really said that...

[@fernandomagana6928]

michael miranti I’m not talking about America.

[@Psifonian2]

John Wayne presenting makes me happy -- he should've won for "The Searchers" the year before, and it's serendipitous. Woodward is divine.

[@gatewayski1]

I hated "THE SEARCHERS", ....did you really believe Natalie Wood as an Indian girl?

[@lray1948]

@@gatewayski1 I believe she played a white girl who had been taken in an Indian raid and raised among the Indians for some years.

[@TheChannelTV-bt8em]

Ms Woodward's performance really established her as one of the screen's outstanding actresses, earning praise even from clinicians who worked with multiple personality disorder patients. But some of those other nominees. Turner and Taylor didn't deserve to be in there. Where was Patricia Neal in a Face in the Crowd and Giulietta Masina in Nights of Cabiria? Now those were great performances.

[@drstrangelove6558]

so well said on Everything. and Masina was a Amazing.

[@sunshinelollipopandrainbow5428]

Arguably, I am glad Lana Turner was nominated for Best Actress.

[@NevaUndaPressure]

@@sunshinelollipopandrainbow5428 I think Lana's chances of claiming the Oscar were dashed wb/c of the scandal with her daughter and deceased boyfriend.

[@dobazajr]

When nominees had to sit at the back and whenever their name was called they had to run or had to walk fast. Now, they are sitting near the stairs so in case they win it'll take 5 seconds to get there.

[@antoniaalexiou4788]

If they are winners they get informed a couple of days before....

[@lray1948]

@@antoniaalexiou4788 That has not been the procedure except for maybe the first few yrs of the awards. Today only the honorary, non-competitive awards are announced beforehand

[@TheBlueRage]

I got here via story about the Racist comment. I researched Joanne and she is 93 years old. I got to see Bob Hope during Desert Storm.

[@davidmuller9938]

Not nominating Marlene Dietrich for Witness of the prosecution was the biggest Oscar snub ever.

[@MissPerriwinkle]

joanne so gooood in that film.

[@pablobanados6552]

The fact that Lana Turner was a nominee shows that besides her beauty, her dramatic skills were becoming evident.

[@NevaUndaPressure]

Maybe should've won... I read that her chances of winning became nonexistent when the scandal broke about her daughter and deceased boyfriend.

[@alvaropelayo8084]

Receiving an Oscar must be great, but receiving an Oscar from John Wayne is the top. He is the symbol of movies, he is the meaning of the United States, he is America. God bless him

[@blackford5439]

don't forget he's a known racist...now that sums him up

[@EddieLensweiger]

classic, i hope hollywood, would make a movie about Oscar show in funny bizarely way but not cheap

[@spevoljub]

She was so happy

[@Dennisanyone-]

Yul Brynner last years winner should’ve presented. Wayne should’ve presented to Glenda Jackson in 1971 since he won in 1970.

[@TheLaurkenGroup]

The WORST, most awkward & unfunny Oscar host/presenter exchange in the history of the galaxy

[@fanorama1]

Bon Hope - least funny comedian ever.

[@donnalombardo1135]

@@fanorama1 that's your opinion today they're just horrible

[@viantzpradz4771]

60 years ago!

[@scotnick59]

She looks so little standing near Big John!

[@MrGatewayski]

JOHN WAYNE RICHLY DESERVED HIS OSCAR FOR 'TRUE GRIT' DON'T EVER LET ANYONE TAKE THAT OSCAR AWAY FROM HIM.

[@thomasmagnum3588]

You can tell by the applause, she was a clear favorite. I bet second place wasn’t close that year. Wish Price Waterhouse would release the vote counts one day. We can get the Warren Commission Report from 1964 but not Best Actress of 1958?

[@zyxw2024]

He wouldn't dare discuss the indigenous that way now.

[@jeprice08]

I hope I don't hurt anyone by saying this, but by the way Joanne Woodward ran to get her Oscar, I'd say she's ready for the Olympics! Jesse Owens, prepare to have your record broken!

[@toscodav]

What record does Jesse Owens hold?

[@jeprice08]

@@toscodav I was half-joking when I made that statement. What I meant was "Jesse Owens, get ready to meet your match! Get ready for someone to cross the finish line at a much faster time than you did!"

[@lray1948]

@@toscodav He holds aa number of olympic track gold medals.

[@MrImiller07]

Woodward richly deserved to win for this multi-faceted portrayal. Curious that no film clips in the coveted best actress category were shown. Also the acceptance speeches were much shorter in the 50s and early 60s as evidenced by these clips. I am also curious as to why Woodward has not appeared publically since Paul Newman's death. There were rumors regarding health problems; hopefully they are not true.

[@jamesmonroe7751]

From this to sybil. Full circle jo. Well done!

[@annabelmariahmonroe]

@MRLMiller07 Joanne has made some public apperances in the years since Paul passed away at charity fundraisers and in support of president Obama but other than that she's been retired for more than two decades. when she won that Oscar she almost didn't attend because of the loss of her first pregnancy shortly before and she didn't think she was going to win

[@leemarlin9415]

What a great list of movies Mr. Wayne read through. Makes me sad to think with people call a good movie these days.

[@YoungFrankenstein]

it's like watching an episode from The Price is Right xD

[@m.e.d.7997]

She did run up but actually so did Marlon Brando in 1955 and I though he looked swell.

[@selma1930]

He should have never won for True Grit but by then they just felt sorry that the most bankable movie star of all time had not won an Oscar. No sign of Woodward anywhere since Newman died. She was hot in From the Terrace.

[@Lgevirtz]

Word is that Joanne Woodward has sadly been suffering from Alzheimer's for many years.

[@toscodav]

@@Lgevirtz No wonder she supported Obama. That explains it. What other reason could there be?

[@missygraceful]

The same year she married thé most beautiful man in the world . What a lucky woman😂

[@dflartist]

great movie. woodward was even better in sybil w/sally field.

[@bobbuff5421]

Also I will never ever get over Marsha Mason not winning for The Goodbye Girl. Dreyfuss got it and Marsha was robbed by Diane Keaton who we all now know acts THE SAME WAY IN EVERY SINGLE MOVIE SINCE. Well la de fucking da.

[@gatewayski1]

Mrs. Soffel was awful. I don't believe you saw that one. Miss Mason was great in THE GOODBYE GIRL, but Miss Keaton may have had the edge because she played a difficult role in LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR the same year, so I don't think an Oscar was wasted on Diane Keaton. But make no mistake about it, Miss Mason matched Richard Dreyfuss' great performance. I'm glad the Academy got his Worthy Win so right.

[@drstrangelove6558]

Keaton by far deserved it, Mason should had won for Cinderella Liberty.

[@Indiasredvelvetheart]

@Luanda you would be incorrect on that assumption yes Joanne was wearing heels you can't wear flats under a ball gown it would look tacky particularly on a petite woman like Joanne.@MrMiller07 Joanne has appeared at a few public events in the years since Paul's death but considering she's been retired from the big screen for more than two decades and even stepped down from her post at the Westport Country Playhouse shortly after he passed away to spend more time with family and the fact that she's deadly afraid to fly is another reason she isn't seen in public very often. as for her health you would expect a decline in someone her age she'll be 85 February 27th

[@angelaclemons5528]

Her health has been bad for several years now. Her Alzheimer's is badly advanced. Last reports I read was that she's constantly talking to Paul like he's there with her. And that's sad, yet I also see it as a good thing as well because at least she finds comfort in doing that. Her daughter, Nell, and Nell's family live with and take care of her in their Westport home. I cried when Paul died and I'm sure I'll cry when she joins him in heaven. I love old, classic movies and she & Paul are two of my all time favorites from that era.

[@lray1948]

She'll be 90 this year-- 2020

[@materialgirl8707]

She was gorgeous and so was her evening gown. Don't give a damn and especially a FUCK what those Oscar asshole critics said about her. And she truly deserved that Oscar because her performance in The Three Faces of Eve was marvelous.

[@javadmoghadam8182]

سرکارخانم جوآن وودوارد ، به پاس یک عمر فعالیت هنری شما درعرصه سینمای ملل ، سپاس .

[@Cunninghamily]

1:08

[@janethu9169]

Bob Hope. John Wayne. Joanne Woodward. Indians. Wharton Soup. Wild as the Wild. Lara Turner. .....

[@jassminejames185]

Racist quips that made my toes curl at the beginning

[@temeculajoe]

When Hollywood had class

[@N2LADIES55]

...and blatant racism!

[@pault156]

It's amazing how primitive everything was back then. Who's the bozo who decided the camera angle by shooting down on them like birds?

[@roc8674]

Why she ran to the podium?

[@davidpomeroy7594]

The winners ran to the stage years ago

[@harrietamidala1691]

He wasn't even NOMINATED for the role. What a bigtime snub.

[@almudenacarnero7934]

Alo. Grc le. Contestó. Peret voy. Ya. Yes. Gui. Si. Rosa moreno. A. Su. Aire. Vuelvo. Ok paso. La. Conexión. Oscar. Vuelvo.

[@bingovegas4867]

WTF? Where do these winners come from...the parking lot?

[@LaurenceDay-d2p]

Alas, Joanne never fulfilled her potential. She turned down several good scripts, alas. It seems that if a player wins an Oscar for their first film, their career goes downhill. Same thing happened to Julie Christie when she won for DARLING.

[@liberal4liberty]

Is it true that Woodward has Alzheimer's Disease? I read that somewhere.

[@MrGatewayski]

you're THE HAG, you're THE WITCH, you're the TACKY one!

[@LuandaYasmin]

here's me thinking "how is she running in heels?!?" then I remembered women didn't wear heels then :P

[@raydrake9151]

If you look carefully at her feet as she runs, you can see she is wearing relatively hi heels.

[@selma1930]

If you are such a Joan Crawford fan feel free to visit her at the cemetary but dont bring wire hangers.

[@alanleerobles3693]

So old this video

[@luisvaldes1568]

Mrs. Paul Newman.

[@toscodav]

@INTERNETWORK Better actor maybe. Bigger star??? Hell NO. His picture is on a salad dressing bottle for god's sake.

[@independentfilmchannel1476]

@@toscodav You don't know much. Newman's stardom came decades before his salad dressing. In fact, it probably would never have sold without his picture and his name attached.

[@genawanttobe]

L

[@MrGatewayski]

You're the HAG, you're the WITCH, you're the TACKY one.

[@rickysisson4697]

Joanne Woodward was fine in an interesting role. But her performance, for me, seems stale today. Lana Turner's performance as Constance Mackenzie in "Peyton Place" has stood the test of time and "Peyton Place was a much better film. Too bad really that all the film received were those wonderful 9 Oscar Nominations.

[@TheChannelTV-bt8em]

+Ricky Sisson Anybody who considers Turner a better actress than Woodward is worthy of pity. "Stale" my ass. Eve has "stood the test of time" to use your trite phrase, and Joanne's performance is still generally regarded as a tour-de-force. The audience's ovation for a young woman in only her third film speaks for itself. She is one of the best.

[@nonokayakjack]

+TheChannel.TV Is there ever a moment between the 3 characters she played where one can be seen muddled with the other?? No. Not at all. That says it all about that performance for me. And, remember, the 2 Eve's also progressed in nature and evolved during her performance. When you add the fact that because of actor availability, set design and script changes films are never shot in sequence, it makes anyone who knows anything about movie making realize how difficult this roll was to pull off.

[@TheChannelTV-bt8em]

+La Leaf Thanks for adding that. You expressed yourself far more eloquently than I could have but wanted to. Your words did a great honor to Ms Woodward and her timeless portrayal.

[@m.e.d.7997]

It stands the test of time. Well said. She had to play 3 characters.

[@gatewayski1]

For me, Lana Turner was perfect and excelled in "PEYTON PLACE". Joanne Woodward is a fine actress but even Miss Woodward admits her performance in THE THREE FACES OF EVE was a surface portrayal. I believe Miss Woodward has actually been better in many other films she made that followed "Eve". I felt Joan Crawford (way ahead of her time) played a schizophrenic better in "POSSESSED" (1947). I felt Miss Woodward won for the ROLE. She deserved her nomination however, but in retrospect, I feel so sorry LanaTurner never received an Oscar.

[@selma1930]

NO MORE WIRE HANGERS

[@kmgirl1967]

Jo Anne Woodward was never a favorite of mine!!! Just didn't care for her!!! Paul Newman!!! Either!!! It was always said they never wrote an autograph for anyone!!! They both seemed like snobs!!! He would not live in Hollywood , only Connecticut!!!! ?????

[@lray1948]

They wanted to raise their kids in a halfway normal environment, so they chose Connecticut, not Hollywood. Who could blame them?

[@waterlilyqueen]

I don't know if Newman and Woodward were snobs or not but I think them not wanting to live in Hollywood makes them less snobby, not more.

[@sunshinelollipopandrainbow5428]

They both gave autographs and neither were snobs.

[@kmgirl1967]

It's not where you raise children!!! It's how you raise children...!!!

[@lray1948]

@@kmgirl1967 You are the one who pooh-poohed the idea of them raising their kids in Connecticut!!!!~