Joanna Gleason
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Boogie Nights
1997
as Dirk's Mother
Sex and the City
2008
as Therapist
Wedding Daze
2006
as Lois
Last Vegas
2013
as Miriam Harris
The Rebound
2009
as Roberta Finklestein
Mr. Holland's Opus
1995
as Gertrude Lang as an adult
Heartburn
1986
as Diana
The Wedding Planner
2001
as Mrs. Donolly
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
as Carol
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989
as Wendy Stern
My Sassy Girl
2008
as Kitty / Aunt Sally
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
as Julia
F/X2
1991
as Liz Kennedy, Assistant DA
The Women
2008
as Barbara
The Skeleton Twins
2014
as Judy
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
as Self
Into the Woods
1991
as Baker's Wife
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
Broadway: The Next Generation
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as Self
American Perfekt
1997
as Shirley