Joanna Gleason
Actor
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.
As Director
Filmography
Boogie Nights
as Dirk's Mother 1997
Sex and the City
as Therapist 2008
Last Vegas
as Miriam Harris 2013
The Wedding Planner
as Mrs. Donolly 2001
Hannah and Her Sisters
as Carol 1986
The Rebound
as Roberta Finklestein 2009
Crimes and Misdemeanors
as Wendy Stern 1989
The Skeleton Twins
as Judy 2014
Mr. Holland's Opus
as Gertrude Lang as an adult 1995
My Sassy Girl
as Kitty / Aunt Sally 2008
Wedding Daze
as Lois 2006
The Women
as Barbara 2008
F/X2
as Liz Kennedy, Assistant DA 1991
Heartburn
as Diana 1986
The Girl in the Park
as Sarah Graczyk 2007
If These Walls Could Talk
as Julia 1996
Into the Woods
as Baker's Wife 1991