Joanna Gleason

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Birthday
Jun 02, 1950 (75 years old)

Joanna Gleason

Known For

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
1h 25m
Movie 2021

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

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 lived through it, creating a first-hand archive of personal backstage stories and memories. The new documentary is the long-awaited sequel to late filmmaker Rick McKay’s award-winning 2003 film Broadway: The Golden Age, continuing the saga into the '60s and '70s and spotlighting beloved classic Broadway shows including Once Upon a Mattress, Bye Bye Birdie, Barefoot in the Park, Pippin, A Chorus Line, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Chicago, and 42nd Street. Featuring a galaxy of stars including Alec Baldwin, Carol Burnett, Glenn Close, André De Shields, Jane Fonda, Robert Goulet, Liza Minnelli, Chita Rivera, Dick Van Dyke, Ben Vereen, and many more, the film also includes rare archival photos and never-before-seen footage both onstage and off.

Broadway: The Next Generation
1h 4m
Movie 2017

Broadway: The Next Generation

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

Russian Broadway Shut Down
0h 12m
Movie 2014

Russian Broadway Shut Down

Citing homosexual propaganda law, Russian government outlaws theatrical performances ; Russian Broadway community responds.

Bette
0h 30m
TV Show 2000

Bette

Bette is a CBS television show which premiered on October 11, 2000, and was the debut of the entertainer Bette Midler in a lead TV series role. A "one-season wonder", 16 episodes were aired on CBS, with its final telecast on March 7, 2001. Eighteen episodes in total were produced, with the final two broadcast on HDTV simulcasting and in foreign markets. Bette was created by Jeffrey Lane, with Midler serving as one of the executive producers.

Oh Baby
0h 30m
TV Show 1998

Oh Baby

Tracy is a successful career woman who longs to be a mom. When her boyfriend refuses to commit, Tracy decides she can't wait around...

Temporarily Yours
0h 30m
TV Show 1997

Temporarily Yours

Temporarily Yours was an American sitcom that ran for six episodes in 1997. Deb DeAngelo (Debi Mazar), is a young woman who is desperate for a luxurious, cheaply-priced New York City apartment. She lies to the landlady about having a job with a temp agency and then hurries to the agency to beg for work before the landlady calls and discovers the lie. Joan (Joanna Gleason), an uptight businesswoman, runs the agency. She reluctantly takes on Deb as an employee but sends her out on strange assignments.

Love & War
0h 30m
TV Show 1992

Love & War

A woman running a bar in New York City while trying to maintain a romance with an egotistical opinion columnist.

F/X2
1h 48m
Movie 1991

F/X2

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 goes well until some unknown man kills both the killer and Mike. Mike's boss, Silak says it was the killer who killed Mike but Rollie knows it wasn't. Obviously, Silak is involved with Mike's death, so he calls on Leo McCarthy, the cop from the last movie, who is now a P.I., for help and they discover it's not just Silak they have to worry about.

Into the Woods
2h 33m
Movie 1991

Into the Woods

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
1h 44m
Movie 1989

Crimes and Misdemeanors

A renowned ophthalmologist is desperate to cut off an adulterous relationship…which ends up in murder; and a frustrated documentary filmmaker woos an attractive television producer while making a film about her insufferably self-centered boss.

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.

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