Joanna Gleason

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Joanna Gleason (born June 2, 1950 in Winnipeg , Manitoba as Joanna Hall ) is a Canadian actress who was successful as an actress in film and television, but especially in the theater scene.

Career

Her biggest success was winning the Tony Awards as Best Actress in a Musical for the role of the wife of the baker in the famous Stephen Sondheim -Musical Into the Woods (German: From the forest ) in 1988. She was nominated again in 2005, this Time for her supporting role as Muriel in David Yazbeks (known for his all or nothing musical The Full Monty ) Dirty Rotten Scoundrels , a musical comedy based on the film of the same name with Steve Martin among others . What is rather unknown is that she played the lead role in the legendary flop musical Nick and Nora (based on the The Thin Man films). Here she met her current husband, Chris Sarandon .

Her appearances in the cinema include Hannah and her sisters , Heartburn , Crime and other trivia , Mr. Holland's Opus , Boogie Nights and Wedding Planner - in love, engaged, planned .

In addition to various guest appearances in television series, she was also part of the regular cast of the sitcom Love & War for three years .

Gleason is the daughter of Monty Hall , a quiz show host who is relatively well known in the United States , not least for the Monty Hall problem that is named after him . From her first marriage from 1975 to 1981 with Paul G. Gleason, she has a daughter. In her second marriage, she was married to Michael Bennahum from 1984 to 1990. In 1994 she married actor Chris Sarandon.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b entry at filmreference.com
personal data
SURNAME Gleason, Joanna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hall, Joanna (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian actress
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada