One of my real favorites, Joanne Woodward is 80 today. Wow. The first movie of hers that I saw was "The Stripper" where she played a Marilyn Monroe/LuAnne Poovey type that tries to leave "the biz" and falls for the kid next door. Of course she can't. I've never seen the film again and I'm guessing it isn't very good, but as a very young kid, I just identified with Woodward's Lila Green. From then on, whenever I saw her in something, she always knocked it out of the park. "The Sound and the Fury", "Rachel, Rachel", "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams" and "Sybil" are just some of her films that I could watch over and over....and have! Though hard to pick a favorite, Joanne's Beatrice Hunsdorfer in "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds" kinda is. If you've never seen it, Fox Movie Channel does show it from time to time. I think the entire movie is available at Youtube. Woodward's Beatrice, taking in boarders that no one wants, trying to work an angle, make a buck, zooming around in her '57 Desoto and raising two girls (in her own unique manner) is riveting. Though I've never been a fan letter writer (exception being my first entry in this here blog) I've always wanted to write her a goofy fan letter, telling her how much her work has meant to me. Maybe this'll do it.
Her mother named her after Joan Crawford(!), using the Southern pronunciation of the name - "Joanne"
I'm here to add my signature to that fan letter. She's one of the very few actors that I've never seen make a false move. And, if you ask me (go ahead, ask), is terrible under-acknowledged.
ReplyDeleteBravo! and Happy Birthday.
And I would like to her luch with her. I think I would be enhanced by the meeting. Happy Bday - I wish I had some cake. for you. to have.
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