Joanna Gleason

Joanna Gleason

1950-06-02 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 35 Credits

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...

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The Grotto

The Grotto

2022

Writer, Director

2.0
Writing Directing

When her fiancé dies unexpectedly and she loses her job, 40-something music manager Alice Kendall inherits half ownership of The Grotto, a struggling ...

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

as Self

Acting

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by a diverse cast of Broadway stars who ...

Broadway: The Next Generation

Broadway: The Next Generation

2017

as Self

10.0
Acting

A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.

The Skeleton Twins

The Skeleton Twins

2014

as Judy

6.6
Acting

Estranged twins Maggie and Milo coincidentally cheat death on the same day, prompting them to reunite and confront the reasons their lives went so wro...

Russian Broadway Shut Down

Russian Broadway Shut Down

2014

Acting

Citing homosexual propaganda law, Russian government outlaws theatrical performance. The Russian Broadway community responds.

Last Vegas

Last Vegas

2013

as Miriam Harris

6.4
Acting

Aging pals Billy, Paddy, Archie, and Sam have been best friends since childhood. When Billy finally proposes to his much-younger girlfriend, all four ...

Sondheim! The Birthday Concert

Sondheim! The Birthday Concert

2010

as Self

8.0
Acting

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 com...

The Rebound

The Rebound

2009

as Roberta Finklestein

6.5
Acting

Upon discovering her husband's infidelity, Sandy leaves the suburbs and moves into the city. There, she befriends Aram, a guy whose wife only married ...

The Women

The Women

2008

as Barbara

5.1
Acting

The story centers on a group of gossipy, high-society women who spend their days at the beauty salon and haunting fashion shows. The sweet, happily-we...

My Sassy Girl

My Sassy Girl

2008

as Kitty / Aunt Sally

6.7
Acting

A guy has his life planned out until he is wooed, groomed and then dumped by an elusive woman.

Sex and the City

Sex and the City

2008

as Therapist

6.6
Acting

A New York writer on sex and love is finally getting married to her Mr. Big. But her three best girlfriends must console her after one of them inadver...

The Girl in the Park

The Girl in the Park

2007

as Sarah Graczyk

6.0
Acting

A mother, enduringly traumatized by the disappearance of her three-year old daughter 15 years ago, has cut herself off from her ex-husband and son. Ho...

Wedding Daze

Wedding Daze

2006

as Lois

5.5
Acting

After losing the woman of his dreams, Anderson is convinced he'll never fall in love again. But at the urging of his best friend, he spontaneously pro...

Fathers and Sons

Fathers and Sons

2005

as Silvia

4.6
Acting

Intertwined tales of three families who grow up on the same street, focusing on the relationship of fathers and sons. The first section features Antho...

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

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

2002

as Self

6.5
Acting

A look at one hundred years of romance in American cinema.

The Wedding Planner

The Wedding Planner

2001

as Mrs. Donolly

5.9
Acting

San Francisco's premiere wedding planner, Mary Fiore is rescued from an accident by the man of her dreams, pediatrician Steve Edison, only to find he ...

Let the Devil Wear Black

Let the Devil Wear Black

1999

as Dr. Rona Harvey

4.1
Acting

A man comes face-to-face with personal treachery after suspecting that his father may have been murdered.

Boogie Nights

Boogie Nights

1997

as Dirk's Mother

7.6
Acting

Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his cra...

Road Ends

Road Ends

1997

as Armacost

4.0
Acting

Real estate agent Maceda (Chris Sarandon) once testified against drug trafficker Orosco (Miguel Najera). Now Orosco is out of prison, and Maceda has a...

American Perfekt

American Perfekt

1997

as Shirley

6.3
Acting

Criminal psychiatrist, Jake Nyman is taking a much needed vacation from responsibility. An experimental road trip during which ever decision will be m...

If These Walls Could Talk

If These Walls Could Talk

1996

as Julia

6.7
Acting

A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who all face unplanned pregnancies. The vignettes follow a...

Edie & Pen

Edie & Pen

1996

as Maude

5.6
Acting

In this comedy, two women head for Reno to get simultaneous quicky divorces and end up becoming friends. Edie was married years ago, but her husband a...

Mr. Holland's Opus

Mr. Holland's Opus

1995

as Gertrude Lang as an adult

7.0
Acting

In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his tru...

For the Love of Aaron

For the Love of Aaron

1994

as Shirley

Acting

Family Ties' Meredith Baxter Birney stars in this made-for-television movie about a woman threatened with losing her son to her ex-husband. Following ...

Born Too Soon

Born Too Soon

1993

as Annemarie

4.0
Acting

American television film about the life of Emily Butterfield, a baby girl who was born prematurely and died 53 days after her birth.

For Richer, for Poorer

For Richer, for Poorer

1992

as Irene

5.5
Acting

Fresh out of college, a young man lazes about his family's estate, which irritates his father, a self-made millionaire who hatches a bankruptcy plan t...

F/X2

F/X2

1991

as Liz Kennedy, Assistant DA

6.3
Acting

F/X man Rollie Tyler is now a toymaker. Mike, the ex-husband of his girlfriend Kim, is a cop. He asks Rollie to help catch a killer. The operation goe...

The Boys

The Boys

1991

as Marie

Acting

When Walter is diagnosed with lung cancer, despite his squeaky clean lifestyle, he has to tell his screenwriter partner, a chain-smoker. As Walter fig...

Into the Woods

Into the Woods

1991

as Baker's Wife

8.1
Acting

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.

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Crimes and Misdemeanors

1989

as Wendy Stern

7.4
Acting

A renowned ophthalmologist is desperate to cut off an adulterous relationship…which ends up in murder; and a frustrated documentary filmmaker woos an ...

Life Under Water

Life Under Water

1989

as Jinx

6.2
Acting

Young man, who can't get along with the rest of the world, especially his mother, decides to try to take his life in his own hands. A TV movie direct...

Heartburn

Heartburn

1986

as Diana

6.0
Acting

Rachel is a food writer at a New York magazine who meets Washington columnist Mark at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him despite her reser...

Hannah and Her Sisters

Hannah and Her Sisters

1986

as Carol

7.5
Acting

Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her ...

Still the Beaver

Still the Beaver

1983

as Kimberly

5.2
Acting

This movie reunites most of the members of the Cleaver clan, Wally, June, and of course, the Beaver. Their father Ward has passed away. Wally's marrie...

Great Day

Great Day

1983

as Jennifer Simpson

Acting

When a neighborhood is plagued by break-ins, a family looks to burglar-proof their house. Dead bolts aren't enough, so the father (Tim Conway) has to ...