Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
6/2/1950
Place of Birth
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Also Known As
Joanna HallJoanne Hallجوانا گلیسون
Joanna Gleason
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 ...
Known For
Boogie Nights
as Dirk's Mother
If These Walls Could Talk
as Julia
Sex and the City
as Therapist
The Women
as Barbara
Last Vegas
as Miriam Harris
The Rebound
as Roberta Finklestein
Great Day
as Jennifer Simpson
Edie & Pen
as Maude
Wedding Daze
as Lois
Heartburn
as Diana
Road Ends
as Armacost
Hannah and Her Sisters
as Carol
The Wedding Planner
as Mrs. Donolly
Mr. Holland's Opus
as Gertrude Lang as an adult
The Boys
as Marie
American Perfekt
as Shirley
This Ordinary Thing
as Voice
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
Crimes and Misdemeanors
as Wendy Stern
The Girl in the Park
as Sarah Graczyk
Career Timeline
2010
2009
2008
2005
1997
Boogie Nights
as Dirk's Mother
Road Ends
as Armacost
George & Leo
Role unknown
American Perfekt
as Shirley
Perversions of Science
as Mrs. Rabe
Temporarily Yours
as Joan Silver
The Practice
as Defense Atty. Henrietta Lightstone
King of the Hill
as Marie's Mother (voice)
King of the Hill
as Maddy Platter (voice)
King of the Hill
as Receptionist (voice)
King of the Hill
as Nurse (voice)
King of the Hill
as Operator (voice)