Joanna Gleason

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1950-06-02 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Joanna Gleason

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 ...

Acting

2001

The Wedding Planner

as Mrs. Donolly

1989

2009

The Rebound

as Roberta Finklestein

2006

1991

Into the Woods

as Baker's Wife

2008

My Sassy Girl

as Kitty / Aunt Sally

2007

The Girl in the Park

as Sarah Graczyk

1991

F/X2

as Liz Kennedy, Assistant DA

1997

Road Ends

as Armacost

2013

Last Vegas

as Miriam Harris

1996

Edie & Pen

as Maude

1983

Still the Beaver

as Kimberly

1994

1997

Boogie Nights

as Dirk's Mother

1983

Great Day

as Jennifer Simpson

1995

Mr. Holland's Opus

as Gertrude Lang as an adult

2005

2008

The Women

as Barbara

1991

The Boys

as Marie

1997

1986

Heartburn

as Diana

1989

2008

Sex and the City

as Therapist

1993

Born Too Soon

as Annemarie

1999

Let the Devil Wear Black

as Dr. Rona Harvey

Production

2022

The Grotto

as Writer

2022

The Grotto

as Director

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