Joanna Gleason

Actor

Born: June 2, 1950 (age 76)
From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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…

Filmography (37)

This Ordinary Thing (2025)
Self (voice)
The Grotto (2022)
Director
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021)
Self
The Skeleton Twins (2014)
Judy
Russian Broadway Shut Down (2014)
Last Vegas (2013)
Miriam Harris
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert (2010)
Self
The Rebound (2009)
Roberta Finklestein
The Women (2008)
Barbara
My Sassy Girl (2008)
Kitty / Aunt Sally
Sex and the City (2008)
Therapist
The Girl in the Park (2007)
Sarah Graczyk
Wedding Daze (2006)
Lois
Fathers and Sons (2005)
Silvia
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories (2002)
Self
The Wedding Planner (2001)
Mrs. Donolly
Let the Devil Wear Black (1999)
Dr. Rona Harvey
Boogie Nights (1997)
Dirk's Mother
Road Ends (1997)
Armacost
American Perfekt (1997)
Shirley
If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
Julia
Edie & Pen (1996)
Maude
Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
Gertrude Lang as an adult
For the Love of Aaron (1994)
Shirley
Born Too Soon (1993)
Annemarie
For Richer, for Poorer (1992)
Irene
F/X2 (1991)
Liz Kennedy, Assistant DA
The Boys (1991)
Marie
Into the Woods (1991)
Baker's Wife
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Wendy Stern