Joanna Gleason
June 2, 1950 (74 years old) in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2021 · Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
- 2020 · Stars in the House as Self
- 2017 · Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
- 2017 · The Good Fight as Judge Carmella Romano
- 2015 · Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Janice Hoffman
- 2014 · The Skeleton Twins as Judy
- 2014 · Russian Broadway Shut Down as
- 2013 · Last Vegas as Miriam Harris
- 2012 · The Newsroom as Nancy Skinner
- 2010 · Sondheim! The Birthday Concert as Self
- 2010 · Blue Bloods as Grace Newhouse
- 2010 · How to Make It in America as
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Judge Carmella Romano
- 2009 · The Rebound as Roberta Finklestein
- 2009 · The Unusuals as
- 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
- 2005 · The Apprentice: Martha Stewart as
- 2005 · Fathers and Sons as Silvia
- 2001 · The Wedding Planner as Mrs. Donolly
- 2000 · Bette as Connie Randolph
- 1999 · The West Wing as Jordon Kendall
- 1999 · Let the Devil Wear Black as Dr. Rona Harvey
- 1998 · Oh Baby as Charlotte St. John
- 1997 · Boogie Nights as Dirk's Mother
- 1997 · Road Ends as Armacost
- 1997 · George & Leo as
- 1997 · American Perfekt as Shirley
- 1997 · Perversions of Science as Mrs. Rabe
- 1997 · Temporarily Yours as Joan Silver
- 1997 · The Practice as
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Marie's Mother (voice)
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Maddy Platter (voice)
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Receptionist (voice)
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Operator (voice)
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Nurse (voice)
- 1996 · If These Walls Could Talk as Julia
- 1996 · Edie & Pen as Maude
- 1996 · Tracey Takes On... as
- 1995 · Mr. Holland's Opus as Adult Gertrude
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Leslie
- 1994 · Friends as Kim Clozzi
- 1994 · ER as Iris
- 1994 · For the Love of Aaron as Shirley
- 1993 · Born Too Soon as Annemarie
- 1992 · Love & War as Nadine Berkus
- 1992 · For Richer, for Poorer as Irene
- 1991 · F/X2 as Liz Kennedy, Assistant DA
- 1991 · The Boys as
- 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
- 1978 · Diff'rent Strokes as