Joanna Gleason

Joanna Gleason

Birthdate
June 2, 1950 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Known For
Acting

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Birthdate
June 2, 1950 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Known For
Acting

Biography

Joanna Gleason Sarandon (née Joanne Hall; born June 2, 1950) is a Canadian-American actress and singer. She is a Tony Award–winning musical theatre actress and has also had a number of notable film and TV roles. She is known for originating the role of the Baker's Wife in Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods for which she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She is also known for her film work in Mike Nichols' Heartburn (1986), Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), and Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights (1997). She has had television roles in shows such as Friends, The West Wing, The Good Wife and The Affair.

Joanna Gleason's LGBTQ+ Titles

Boogie Nights
Boogie Nights
Dirk's Mother
The Skeleton Twins
The Skeleton Twins
Judy

Acting (60)

2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
2020
Stars in the House as Self (1 episode)
2017
Broadway: The Next Generation
2017
The Good Fight as Judge Carmella Romano (1 episode)
2015
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Janice Hoffman (1 episode)
2014
2014
Russian Broadway Shut Down
2013
Last Vegas as Miriam Harris
2012
The Newsroom as Nancy Skinner (1 episode)
2010
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert as Self
2010
Blue Bloods as Grace Newhouse (2 episodes)
2010
How to Make It in America (1 episode)
2009
The Good Wife as Judge Carmella Romano (2 episodes)
2009
The Rebound as Roberta Finklestein
2009
The Unusuals (1 episode)
2008
The Women as Barbara
2008
My Sassy Girl as Kitty / Aunt Sally
2008
Sex and the City as Therapist
2007
The Girl in the Park as Sarah Graczyk
2006
Wedding Daze as Lois
2005
The Reichen Show as Self (1 episode)
2005
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart (1 episode)
2005
Fathers and Sons as Silvia
2001
The Wedding Planner as Mrs. Donolly
2000
Bette as Connie Randolph (18 episodes)
1999
The West Wing as Atty. Jordon Kendall (4 episodes)
1999
Let the Devil Wear Black as Dr. Rona Harvey
1998
Oh Baby as Charlotte St. John (44 episodes)
1997
Boogie Nights as Dirk's Mother
1997
Road Ends as Armacost
1997
American Perfekt as Shirley
1997
Perversions of Science as Mrs. Rabe (1 episode)
1997
Temporarily Yours as Joan Silver (6 episodes)
1997
The Practice (1 episode)
1997
King of the Hill as Maddy Platter (voice) (4 episodes)
1997
King of the Hill as Marie's Mother (voice) (1 episode)
1997
King of the Hill as Nurse (voice) (1 episode)
1997
King of the Hill as Operator (voice) (1 episode)
1997
King of the Hill as Receptionist (voice) (1 episode)
1996
If These Walls Could Talk as Julia
1996
Edie & Pen as Maude
1996
Tracey Takes On... (3 episodes)
1995
Mr. Holland's Opus as Adult Gertrude
1995
The Outer Limits as Leslie (1 episode)
1994
Friends as Kim Clozzi (3 episodes)
1994
ER as Iris (3 episodes)
1993
Born Too Soon as Annemarie
1992
Love & War as Nadine Berkus (68 episodes)
1992
For Richer, for Poorer as Irene
1991
F/X2 as Liz Kennedy, Assistant DA
1991
The Boys
1991
Into the Woods as Baker's Wife
1989
Crimes and Misdemeanors as Wendy Stern
1989
Life Under Water as Jinx
1986
Heartburn as Diana
1986
Hannah and Her Sisters as Carol
1983
Still the Beaver as Kimberly
1983
Great Day as Jennifer Simpson
1979
Hello, Larry as Morgan Winslow (41 episodes)
1978
Diff'rent Strokes (2 episodes)

Directing (2)

2022
The Grotto • Director
• Director
1992
Love & War • Director (1 episode)
• Director (1 episode)

Writing (1)

2022
The Grotto • Writer
• Writer