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Joanna Gleason

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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.

Joanna Gleason

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Films Featuring Joanna Gleason

The Wedding Planner

Hannah and Her Sisters

Crimes and Misdemeanors

The Rebound

Wedding Daze

Into the Woods

My Sassy Girl

The Girl in the Park

F/X2

For Richer, for Poorer

Sondheim! The Birthday Concert

Road Ends

Last Vegas

The Skeleton Twins

Edie & Pen

Broadway: The Next Generation

Still the Beaver

If These Walls Could Talk

For the Love of Aaron

Boogie Nights

Great Day

Mr. Holland's Opus

Fathers and Sons

The Women

The Boys

American Perfekt

Heartburn

Life Under Water

Sex and the City

Russian Broadway Shut Down

Born Too Soon

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Let the Devil Wear Black

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

This Ordinary Thing

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