Joanna Gleason
Acting
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.
Born: June 2, 1950
Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Known For
Broadway: The Next Generation
A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.
Tracey Takes On...
Tracey Takes On... is a sketch comedy series starring actress Tracey Ullman. The show ran for four seasons on HBO and was commissioned after the success of the comedy special Tracey Ullman Takes on New York (1993). Each episode focuses on a specific subject which Ullman and her cast of characters take on through a series of sketches and monologues.
Friends
Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get from each other to be the perfect antidote to the pressures of life.
The West Wing
The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.
Into the Woods
In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the curse put on them by their neighbor, a spiteful witch.
The Newsroom
A behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor, his new executive producer, the newsroom staff and their boss, the series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles-not to mention their own personal entanglements.
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Join us for a rousing celebration of the life and works of one of Broadway's greatest legends — the one and only Stephen Sondheim. For the master composer and lyricist's 80th birthday, many of musical theater's brightest stars gathered in March of 2010 to perform more than two dozen sensational numbers from Sondheim's illustrious career, and several of these enduring songs are performed by the original Broadway cast members. David Hyde Pierce hosts this magical event with Stephen Sondheim's longtime collaborator Paul Gemignani conducting the New York Philharmonic. Originally broadcast as an episode of the PBS series "Great Performances" (season 38, episode 2).
Bette
Bette is a CBS television show which premiered on October 11, 2000, and was the debut of the entertainer Bette Midler in a lead TV series role. A "one-season wonder", 16 episodes were aired on CBS, with its final telecast on March 7, 2001. Eighteen episodes in total were produced, with the final two broadcast on HDTV simulcasting and in foreign markets. Bette was created by Jeffrey Lane, with Midler serving as one of the executive producers.
ER
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
Blue Bloods
A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics that plagued his unapologetically bold father, Henry, during his stint as Chief.
Filmography
as Self (voice)
as Self
as Judge Carmella Romano
as Janice Hoffman
as Judy
as Miriam Harris
as Nancy Skinner
as Grace Newhouse
as Judge Carmella Romano
as Roberta Finklestein
as Barbara
as Kitty / Aunt Sally
as Therapist
as Sarah Graczyk
as Lois
as Self
as Silvia
as Mrs. Donolly
as Connie Randolph
as Jordon Kendall
as Dr. Rona Harvey
as Charlotte St. John
as Dirk's Mother
as Armacost
as Shirley
as Mrs. Rabe
as Joan Silver
as Defense Atty. Henrietta Lightstone
as Marie's Mother (voice)
as Maddy Platter (voice)
as Receptionist (voice)
as Operator (voice)
as Nurse (voice)
as Julia
as Maude
as Gertrude Lang as an adult
as Leslie
as Kim Clozzi
as Iris
as Shirley
as Annemarie
as Nadine Berkus
as Irene
as Liz Kennedy, Assistant DA
as Marie
as Baker's Wife
as Wendy Stern
as Jinx
as Diana
as Carol
as Kimberly
as Jennifer Simpson
as Morgan Winslow