Joan Tewkesbury
Birthday
1936/04/08 (88 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Redlands, California, USA
Also know as
Joan Maguire, Joan McGuire, Joan Tewksbury
Biography
Joan Tewkesbury (born April 8, 1936) is an American film and television director, screenwriter, playwright, author, producer, choreographer and actress. She had a long association with the celebrated director Robert Altman, writing the screenplays for Thieves Like Us (1974), and Nashville (1975), widely regarded as "Altman's masterpiece", and which earned her a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. She has directed numerous hours of episodic television, including for Disney, HBO, C...Read more
Acting
(1974) Thieves Like Us
as Lady in Train Station
(1971) McCabe & Mrs. Miller
as Townsperson
(1992) The Player
as Joan Tewkesbury
(1996) Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In
as Self
(2016) Way Out on a Limb
as Self
(1960) Peter Pan
as Ostrich
(1964) Man's Favorite Sport?
as Woman in Elevator (uncredited)
(1956) Peter Pan
as Ostrich
(1955) Peter Pan
as Ostrich
(1988) Calling the Shots
as Self
(1975) Nashville
as Tom's Lover / Kenny's Mother (uncredited) (voice)
(2013) The Making of 'Nashville'
as Self
(2003) Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self