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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Wedding Planner
as Mrs. Donolly
2001
Hannah and Her Sisters
as Carol
1986
Crimes and Misdemeanors
as Wendy Stern
1989
The Rebound
as Roberta Finklestein
2009
Wedding Daze
as Lois
2006
Into the Woods
as Baker's Wife
1991
My Sassy Girl
as Kitty / Aunt Sally
2008
The Girl in the Park
as Sarah Graczyk
2007
F/X2
as Liz Kennedy, Assistant DA
1991
For Richer, for Poorer
as Irene
1992
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
as Self
2010
Road Ends
as Armacost
1997
Last Vegas
as Miriam Harris
2013
The Skeleton Twins
as Judy
2014
Edie & Pen
as Maude
1996
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
TBA
Still the Beaver
as Kimberly
1983
If These Walls Could Talk
as Julia
1996
For the Love of Aaron
as Shirley
1994
Boogie Nights
as Dirk's Mother
1997
TV Appearances
Perversions of Science
as Mrs. Rabe
1997
The West Wing
as Jordon Kendall
1999
Friends
as Kim Clozzi
1994
King of the Hill
as Marie's Mother (voice)
1997
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
Tracey Takes On...
1996
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
2005
The Practice
as Defense Atty. Henrietta Lightstone
1997
Bette
as Connie Randolph
2000
Temporarily Yours
as Joan Silver
1997
ER
as Iris
1994
Oh Baby
as Charlotte St. John
1998