Joanna Gleason

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1950-06-02

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 Wife and The Affair.

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Acting History

2025
This Ordinary Thing as Voice
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
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
2009
The Good Wife as Judge Carmella Romano
2009
The Rebound as Roberta Finklestein
2009
The Unusuals
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
2005
Fathers and Sons as Silvia
2002
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories as Self
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
1997
American Perfekt as Shirley
1997
Perversions of Science as Mrs. Rabe
1997
Temporarily Yours as Joan Silver
1997
The Practice as Defense Atty. Henrietta Lightstone
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...
1995
Mr. Holland's Opus as Gertrude Lang as an adult
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 Marie
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