- Born
- Birth nameJoanne Hall
- Joanna Gleason was born in Winnipeg, Canada, moving to the U.S. in 1956. She retains dual citizenship.
Her Broadway debut was in Cy Coleman's musical. "I Love My Wife", in 1977, for which she won a Theatre World Award.
She returned to Broadway and off Broadway with "Joe Egg" in 1984, for which earned a Tony nomination.
Stephen Sondheim's "Into The Woods" won her a Tony Award as Best Actress, plus Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards. In 1991, she starred as Nora in "Nick and Nora", the ill-fated musical. What she won, however , was a her husband -to - be, Chris Sarandon. They have been together ever since. They have four children between them, with song-writer-producer Aaron David Gleason being Joanna's son from her first marriage.
In 2004, she starred in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" on Broadway (Tony nomination) the same year she was in "The Normal Heart" at The Public Theatre in New York City.
"Sons Of The Prophet" and "Happiness" were two other off-Broadway shows.
Film appearances include "Boogie Nights", Heartburn", The Wedding Planner" "The Skeleton Twins"
TV roles include "West Wing", "The Newsroom", "Friends", "Bette", "Love and War"
Joanna has directed off-Broadway, and for CBS Television and Lifetime. She made a deeply personal short, "Morning Into Night", which will soon be available.
"The Grotto" marks her first feature as writer/director
- IMDb mini biography by: The Assistant for J.Gleason
- SpousesChris Sarandon(July 22, 1994 - present)Michael Bennahum(1984 - 1990) (divorced)Paul G. Gleason(October 5, 1975 - June 28, 1982) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenAaron David Gleason
- Parents
- RelativesSharon Hall(Sibling)Richard Hall(Sibling)
- Gender / Gender identityFemale
- Pronounsshe/her
- Daughter of Monty Hall and Marilyn Hall (aka Marilyn Plottel).
- Won Broadway's 1988 Tony Award as Best Actress (Musical) for "Into the Woods." She was also nominated in 1985 as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for a revival of "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg."
- Starred on Broadway in "Into The Woods" for which she received the Tony Award as Best Actress in a Musical (1988).
- Father Monty Hall was the original host of the classic TV game show "Let's Make A Deal".
- She has a son named Aaron with her ex-husband Paul G. Gleason.
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