Overview
Joanna Gleason
Known For
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway...
Russian Broadway Shut Down
Citing homosexual propaganda law, Russian government outlaws theatrical performances ;...
The Girl in the Park
A mother, enduringly traumatized by the disappearance of her three-year...
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
A look at one hundred years of romance in American...
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.