Joanna Gleason
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 2, 1950
- Birthplace
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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
- Penny
Penny TBA
Actor
Broadway: The Next Generation TBA
as Self
This Ordinary Thing 2025
as Self (voice)
The Grotto 2022
Director, Writer
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age 2021
as Self
The Skeleton Twins 2014
as Judy
Russian Broadway Shut Down 2014
Actor
Last Vegas 2013
as Miriam
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert 2010
as Self
The Rebound 2009
as Roberta Finklestein
The Women 2008
as Barbara
My Sassy Girl 2008
as Kitty / Aunt Sally
Sex and the City 2008
as Therapist
The Girl in the Park 2007
as Sarah Graczyk
Wedding Daze 2006
as Lois
Fathers and Sons 2005
as Silvia
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories 2002
as Self
The Wedding Planner 2001
as Mrs. Donolly
Let the Devil Wear Black 1999
as Dr. Rona Harvey
Boogie Nights 1997
as Dirk's Mother
Road Ends 1997
as Armacost
American Perfekt 1997
as Shirley
If These Walls Could Talk 1996
as Julia
Edie & Pen 1996
as Maude
Mr. Holland's Opus 1995
as Gertrude Lang as an adult
For the Love of Aaron 1994
as Shirley
Born Too Soon 1993
as Annemarie
For Richer, for Poorer 1992
as Irene
F/X2 1991
as Liz Kennedy, Assistant DA
The Boys 1991
as Marie
Into the Woods 1991
as Baker's Wife
Crimes and Misdemeanors 1989
as Wendy Stern
Life Under Water 1989
as Jinx
Heartburn 1986
as Diana
Hannah and Her Sisters 1986
as Carol
Still the Beaver 1983
as Kimberly
Great Day 1983
as Jennifer Simpson
Credits from TMDB.