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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 2, 1950
Place of Birth
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Also Known As
- Joanna Hall
- Joanne Hall
- جوانا گلیسون
Joanna Gleason
1.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Voice
This Ordinary Thing
2025
0.0
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
0.0
Self
Stars in the House
2020
10.0
Self
Broadway: The Next Generation
2017
7.5
Judge Carmella Romano
The Good Fight
2017
7.1
Janice Hoffman
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015
6.6
Judy
The Skeleton Twins
2014
0.0
Russian Broadway Shut Down
2014
6.4
Miriam Harris
Last Vegas
2013
8.1
Nancy Skinner
The Newsroom
2012
Credits
This Ordinary Thing
as Voice
2025
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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021
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Stars in the House
as Self
2020
0.0
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
2017
10.0
The Good Fight
as Judge Carmella Romano
2017
7.5
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
as Janice Hoffman
2015
7.1
The Skeleton Twins
as Judy
2014
6.6
Russian Broadway Shut Down
2014
0.0
Last Vegas
as Miriam Harris
2013
6.4
The Newsroom
as Nancy Skinner
2012
8.1
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
as Self
2010
8.0
Blue Bloods
as Grace Newhouse
2010
7.8
How to Make It in America
2010
7.4
The Good Wife
as Judge Carmella Romano
2009
7.6
The Rebound
as Roberta Finklestein
2009
6.5
The Unusuals
2009
7.6
The Women
as Barbara
2008
5.1
My Sassy Girl
as Kitty / Aunt Sally
2008
6.7
Sex and the City
as Therapist
2008
6.6
The Girl in the Park
as Sarah Graczyk
2007
6.0
Wedding Daze
as Lois
2006
5.6
The Reichen Show
as Self
2005
4.8
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The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
2005
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Fathers and Sons
as Silvia
2005
4.7
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
as Self
2002
6.5
The Wedding Planner
as Mrs. Donolly
2001
5.9
Bette
as Connie Randolph
2000
7.9
The West Wing
as Jordon Kendall
1999
8.2
Let the Devil Wear Black
as Dr. Rona Harvey
1999
3.9
Oh Baby
as Charlotte St. John
1998
5.0
Boogie Nights
as Dirk's Mother
1997
7.6
Road Ends
as Armacost
1997
4.0
George & Leo
1997
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American Perfekt
as Shirley
1997
6.3
Perversions of Science
as Mrs. Rabe
1997
5.6
Temporarily Yours
as Joan Silver
1997
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The Practice
as Defense Atty. Henrietta Lightstone
1997
7.6
King of the Hill
as Marie's Mother (voice)
1997
7.4
King of the Hill
as Maddy Platter (voice)
1997
7.4
King of the Hill
as Receptionist (voice)
1997
7.4
King of the Hill
as Nurse (voice)
1997
7.4
King of the Hill
as Operator (voice)
1997
7.4
If These Walls Could Talk
as Julia
1996
6.6
Edie & Pen
as Maude
1996
5.6
Tracey Takes On...
1996
8.5
Mr. Holland's Opus
as Gertrude Lang as an adult
1995
6.9
The Outer Limits
as Leslie
1995
7.7
Friends
as Kim Clozzi
1994
8.4
ER
as Iris
1994
7.8
For the Love of Aaron
as Shirley
1994
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Born Too Soon
as Annemarie
1993
4.0
Love & War
as Nadine Berkus
1992
6.2
For Richer, for Poorer
as Irene
1992
5.5
F/X2
as Liz Kennedy, Assistant DA
1991
6.3
The Boys
as Marie
1991
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Into the Woods
as Baker's Wife
1991
8.1
Crimes and Misdemeanors
as Wendy Stern
1989
7.4
Life Under Water
as Jinx
1989
5.3
Heartburn
as Diana
1986
6.0
Hannah and Her Sisters
as Carol
1986
7.5
Still the Beaver
as Kimberly
1983
5.2
Great Day
as Jennifer Simpson
1983
0.0
Hello, Larry
as Morgan Winslow
1979
5.0
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
7.1