Biography
Joan Copeland (born Joan Maxine Miller; June 1, 1922 – January 4, 2022) was an American actress.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Arthur Miller: Writer
2017
as Self (archive footage)
One of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century, Arthur Miller created such celebrated works as Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, which contin...

Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
2015
as Self - Miller's Sister
An unparalleled portrait of Arthur Miller (1915-2005), a major writer who left an indelible mark on the world. Miller's life is intimately connected w...

Love is Like Life But Longer
2011
as Older Nun
A young nun meets a blind writer in a posh hotel elevator.

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009
as Piano Player
After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading t...

The Last Request
2006
as Alice Rudolf
Pop's last request is for his sons to continue the family name. When his brother dies trying, Jeff leaves the seminary and encounters crazy women and ...

Brother Bear
2003
as Tanana (voice)
When an impulsive boy named Kenai is magically transformed into a bear, he must literally walk in another's footsteps until he learns some valuable li...

The Audrey Hepburn Story
2000
as Cathleen Nesbitt
The film spans from Hepburn's early childhood to the 1950s which details her life as a Dutch ballerina, coming to grips with her parents' divorce, and...

The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
1998
as Grandmother Cole
Hank marries the divorced Joan, who's the mother of teens Sebastian and Jessica. After living with his new family for years, Hank announces that he's ...

The Object of My Affection
1998
as Madame Reynolds
A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much...

The Peacemaker
1997
as Senator Helen Bevens
When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, a nuclear specialist discovers the accident is really part of a...

Jungle 2 Jungle
1997
as Mrs. Prelot
Uptight New York City executive, Michael Cromwell, pursues his soon-to-be ex-wife to South America and returns home with the son he never knew he had—...

Murder in Black and White
1990
as Mrs. Finkelstein
A recently appointed black police commissioner is killed. So, Frank Janek is assigned to investigate.

Her Alibi
1989
as Audrey
A writer of BAD detective novels is in full writers' block. He pretends to be the alibi of a beautiful woman who was arrested for murder at first thin...

The Laser Man
1988
as Ruth Weiss
A naive young scientist unwittingly helps mobsters build a laser weapon, then has to try to reclaim it from them in this crime drama parody.

Happy New Year
1987
as Sunny Felix
Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old ...

A Little Sex
1982
as Mrs. Harrison (Kate's Mother)
Michael and Katherine have enjoyed a long relationship together even before they tie the knot. But Michael does not hide the fact he's a womanizer and...

It's My Turn
1980
as Rita
A successful but stressed mathematics professor goes to her father's wedding and falls in love with her father's bride's son, a prematurely retired pr...

Roseland
1977
as Pauline
"Roseland" is made up of three stories, sometimes connecting, all set in the famed New York City dance palace, and all having the same theme: finding ...

The Reason Why
1970
as Charles's Wife (voice) (uncredited)
A meditation on My Lai.

The Iceman Cometh
1960
as Cora
Theodore Hickman, a hardware salesman, makes by-yearly visits to Harry Hope's 1910-era waterfront bar for his periodical drinking binges. But on this ...

Middle of the Night
1959
as Lillian
Jerry Kingsley is a wealthy garment manufacturer left lonely in his 50s when his wife dies. Despite the difference in their ages, he strikes up a roma...

The Goddess
1958
as Alice Marie
A woman adored by the people around her ultimately struggles to be happy with herself.