Name
Joanna Gleason
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1950-06-02 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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.
Known For
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- 2001 The Wedding Planner as Mrs. Donolly
- 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters as Carol
- 1989 Crimes and Misdemeanors as Wendy Stern
- 2009 The Rebound as Roberta Finklestein
- 2006 Wedding Daze as Lois
- 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
- 1992 For Richer, for Poorer as Irene
- 2010 Sondheim! The Birthday Concert as Self
- 1997 Road Ends as Armacost
- 2013 Last Vegas as Miriam Harris
- 2014 The Skeleton Twins as Judy
- 1996 Edie & Pen as Maude
- Soon Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
- 1983 Still the Beaver as Kimberly
- 1996 If These Walls Could Talk as Julia
- 1994 For the Love of Aaron as Shirley
- 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 Fathers and Sons as Silvia
- 2008 The Women as Barbara
- 1991 The Boys as Marie
- 1997 American Perfekt as Shirley
- 1986 Heartburn as Diana
- 1989 Life Under Water as Jinx
- 2008 Sex and the City as Therapist
- 2014 Russian Broadway Shut Down
- 1993 Born Too Soon as Annemarie
- 2021 Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
- 1999 Let the Devil Wear Black as Dr. Rona Harvey
- 2002 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories as Self
- 2025 This Ordinary Thing as Self (voice)
- Soon Penny
- 1997 Perversions of Science ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Rabe
- 1999 The West Wing ( 5 episodes ) as Jordon Kendall
- 1994 Friends ( 2 episodes ) as Kim Clozzi
- 1997 King of the Hill ( 1 episode ) as Marie's Mother (voice)
- 1978 Diff'rent Strokes ( 3 episodes )
- 1996 Tracey Takes On... ( 3 episodes )
- 2005 The Apprentice: Martha Stewart ( 1 episode )
- 1997 The Practice ( 2 episodes ) as Defense Atty. Henrietta Lightstone
- 2000 Bette ( 18 episodes ) as Connie Randolph
- 1997 Temporarily Yours ( 6 episodes ) as Joan Silver
- 1994 ER ( 3 episodes ) as Iris
- 1998 Oh Baby ( 44 episodes ) as Charlotte St. John
- 1992 Love & War ( 68 episodes ) as Nadine Berkus
- 1979 Hello, Larry ( 38 episodes ) as Morgan Winslow
- 2009 The Unusuals ( 1 episode )
- 1995 The Outer Limits ( 1 episode ) as Leslie
- 2010 How to Make It in America ( 1 episode )
- 2010 Blue Bloods ( 2 episodes ) as Grace Newhouse
- 1997 King of the Hill ( 4 episodes ) as Maddy Platter (voice)
- 2009 The Good Wife ( 3 episodes ) as Judge Carmella Romano
- 2005 The Reichen Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2017 The Good Fight ( 1 episode ) as Judge Carmella Romano
- 2020 Stars in the House ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 King of the Hill ( 1 episode ) as Receptionist (voice)
- 1997 King of the Hill ( 1 episode ) as Operator (voice)
- 1997 King of the Hill ( 1 episode ) as Nurse (voice)
- 2015 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt ( 1 episode ) as Janice Hoffman
- 1997 George & Leo ( 1 episode )
- 2012 The Newsroom ( 1 episode ) as Nancy Skinner
- 2014 The Affair ( 3 episodes ) as Yvonne
- 2024 Elsbeth ( 1 episode ) as Maura Davidoff
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Jinx
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as The Baker's Wife
