Joan Copeland

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Joan Copeland (2011)

Joan Copeland (born June 1, 1922 in New York City as Joan Maxine Miller , † January 4, 2022 ) was an American actress . Her career spanned over 60 years. Through her brother, the writer Arthur Miller , she became sister-in-law of Inge Morath and Marilyn Monroe in the course of her life .

Life

Joan Maxine Miller was born into a Jewish family in 1922. Her grandfathers were of Polish descent and her father, Isidore Miller, was sent from the Austro-Hungarian city ​​of Radomyśl Wielki, Galicia, to New York City , where he married the teacher Augusta "Gussie" Barnett. When their clothing business failed in the wake of the Great Depression , the couple and their three children moved from Harlem to Brooklyn , where Joan attended Abraham Lincoln High School. Her older brothers were Kermit Miller and the writer Arthur Miller , whose marriages made Joan sister-in-law to Inge Morath and Marilyn Monroe throughout their lives . Joan herself married engineer George J. Kupchik in 1946 and gave birth to a son named Eric. She later changed her last name to Copeland.

Career

theatre

Copeland was one of the earliest members of the Actors Studio , alongside personalities such as Julie Harris , James Whitmore, and Steven Hill . In 1945 she received her first theater role as Juliet in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. In 1948 she made her debut on Broadway with Sundown Beach and appeared there in eleven other plays until 2002. She has also appeared in New York theaters and received the Drama Desk Award in 1981 for her performance in The American Clock (a play by her brother) , for which she had already been nominated in 1977 for the musical Pal Joey . In 1983 she won a Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for Brighton Beach Memoirs and an Obie Award in 1991 for her portrayal of Eva Adler in The American Plan , a play by Richard Greenberg .

TV

Since the 1950s, Copeland has appeared as a guest star on television series, including soap operas such as Young and Passionate - How Life Is Played . In 1979 she played the role of Gwendolyn Lord Abbott in Love, Lies, Passion and returned to the series in 1995 in the role of Selma Hanen . Copeland also gained fame as Judge Rebecca Stein in Law & Order , which she portrayed in eight episodes from 1991 to 2001. She cast other roles in Chicago Hope , Emergency Room , All in the Family and Merciless City .

Movie

Copeland made her film debut as Alice Marie in The Goddess in 1958 . She also starred in films such as Middle of the Night , Project: Peacemaker and The Audrey Hepburn Story . In 2003 she dubbed the role of Tanana in the cartoon Bear Brothers and in 2010 she played the role of Maria Scaletta, mother of the main character Vito Scaletta, in the video game Mafia II .

Next life

Copeland was a guest at US President John F. Kennedy's birthday gala in 1962 , where her former sister-in-law, Marilyn Monroe , sang Happy Birthday, Mr. President . Her husband died in 1989 and in 2005 her famous brother, whom she had previously taken in for hospice care in her New York apartment, died. Copeland ended her acting career in 2011 with the short film Love Is Like Life But Longer , but continued to appear at film festivals and other events, including 2014 as a guest of honor at the Gershwin Theater on the occasion of Noël Coward's 115th birthday . Copeland's niece, Rebecca Miller , is married to Oscar winner Daniel-Day Lewis .

Joan Copeland died in her Manhattan apartment on January 4, 2022, aged 99 .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Joan Copeland  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Joan Copeland Biography (1922-). Retrieved August 12, 2021 .
  2. ↑ Obituary: Arthur Miller. February 12, 2005, accessed August 12, 2021 .
  3. ↑ Arthur Miller Biography. Retrieved August 12, 2021 (American English).
  4. ↑ Arthur Miller Biography | American Masters | PBS. August 23, 2004; Retrieved August 12, 2021 (American English).
  5. ↑ Stephen Marino: Review. 2016, accessed on August 12, 2021 .
  6. ^ Robert Lewis: Slings and Arrows: Theater in My Life . Applause, 1996, ISBN 1-55783-244-7 , pp. 183 .
  7. ↑ a b An Interview With Joan Copeland. In: 27 East. June 5, 2012, Retrieved August 12, 2021 (American English).
  8. ↑ Andrew Gans: Joan's Show, Written by and Starring Joan Copeland, Will Be Seen Off-Broadway. Accessed August 12, 2021 .
  9. ↑ AmIAnnoying.com. Retrieved August 12, 2021 .
  10. ↑ Facebook, Twitter, Show more sharing options, Facebook, Twitter: CRITICS PICK BEST DRAMA CANDIDATES. March 7, 1985; Retrieved August 12, 2021 (American English).
  11. ↑ a b Joan Copeland. Retrieved August 12, 2021 .
  12. ↑ Joan Copeland. In: Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 14, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Jesse Greenspan, “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” Turns 50. Accessed August 12, 2021 .
  14. ^ Richard Christiansen, Special to the Tribune: Miller's last days reflected his life. Retrieved August 12, 2021 (American English).
  15. ^ Joan Copeland, Stage Actress and Sister of Arthur Miller, Dies at 99
  16. ^ Joan Copeland, Broadway and Soap Actress and Sister of Arthur Miller, Dies at 99. In: The Hollywood Reporter . January 4, 2022, accessed January 4, 2022 .
personal data
SURNAME Copeland, Joan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Copeland, Joan Maxine (full name); Miller, Joan Maxine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
BIRTH DATE June 1, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , United States
DATE OF DEATH January 4, 2022
PLACE OF DEATH New York City , United States