Joanne Woodward, born in El Paso, Texas, was raised in Tucson, Arizona. As a teenager she became interested in acting and was encouraged by her grandfather to pursue it as a career. She studied art, drama and music at Arizona State University, Washington University in St. Louis, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts before she was discovered by an agent
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She quickly moved to New York City to join the Actors Studio and appeared on Broadway (The Heiress) and then "The Sixth Sense". Her film roles include Five Easy Pieces (1970), Rachel, Rachel (1968), The Stripper (1964), The Longest Yard (1974) and The Three Faces of Eve (1957). Her television work includes The Girl From U.N.C.L.E., Sesame Street, The Dick Van Dyke Show, All In The Family, The Fugitive, Murder She Wrote and Diagnosis Murder.