Joanna Gleason

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Joanna Gleason (née Hall, born June 2, 1950) is a Canadian actress and singer.

She is a Tony Award-winning musical theatre actress who has appeared in a number of major film and television roles.

Early life

Joanne Hall was born in Winnipeg, the eldest of three siblings born to television producer and game show host Monty Hall, and his partner, Marilyn (née Plottel), died in 2017. At the time of her birth, her father was working at the Canada Wheat Board and had changed his name from Halparin to Hall. He began his television career and rose to fame as the host of Let's Make a Deal.

The Hall family migrated to New York in May 1956 and then moved to Los Angeles in the early 1960s.

In 1968, Hall graduated from Beverly Hills High School. She appeared in The Music Man, The Mikado, The Grass Harp, and The Madwoman of Chaillot, three of the school's productions. Gleason received acting lessons from John Ingle, the soap opera queen who taught at BHHS from 1955 to 1985. She continued her education at UCLA, then Occidental College, from which she graduated. Gleason has worked as a tutor, giving lectures and seminars all around the country.

Personal life

Gleason has been married three times. She was married to acting coach Paul G. Gleason (not actor Paul X. Gleason), whose surname she retained professionally even though they divorced in Nevada on June 28, 1982. She married Michael Bennahum later that year. Aaron David Gleason, her first marriage, has just one child, Gleason.

Since 1994, Gleason has been married to actor Chris Sarandon. The two appeared in Broadway's short-lived 1991 musical Nick & Nora and in 1998's Thorn and Bloom, Let the Devil Wear Black, and American Perception.

Sharon Hall Kessler, a television writer/director, and Emmy Award-winning television writer/director Richard Hall are two of Gleason's siblings.

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Career

Although Gleason began her acting career on television, she is best known for her stage and musical theatre performances. She made her Broadway debut in 1977 with I Love My Wife, for which she was honoured with a Theatre World Award.

Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, Peter Nichols' A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Nick & Nora's A Day in the Woods, (for which she also appeared in the PBS Great Performances production of the musical), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Cartells are among the many Broadway credits including Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, Peter Nichols' A Day in the Woods.

Her film and television careers began in 1977 with her first appearance on her father's show Let's Make A Deal. In 1979, she appeared in Hello, Larry, a supporting role in the oft-maligned sitcom's two-season run. Hannah and Her Sisters and Heartburn were two of her film appearances (both 1986). Kimberly played Beaver's ex-wife in the television film Still the Beaver. In Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), Gleason appeared in Crimes and Misdemeanors again, this time as Allen's wife. Gleason appeared in several films in the 1990s, including F/X2, Mr. Holland's Opus, Boogie Nights, and The Boys. She has appeared in The Good Wife, Blue Bloods, The Wedding Planner, and The Newsroom recently. She appeared on television as Nadine Berkus on the television show Love & War (1992–95), which she also directed.

Joan Silver appeared on Temporarily Yours (1997). Charlotte Gleason appeared in the Lifetime series Oh Baby from 1998 to 2000, as well as directing episodes of this film. She appeared on Bette as agent Connie Randolph shortly after the conclusion of the series. Some of her numerous guest starring television appearances include episodes of The West Wing, The Practice, King of the Hill, Forthcoming, Tracey Takes On..., Murphy Brown, ER, and The Outer Limits. Gleason appeared in six episodes of Sensitive Skin as Veronica, from 2014 to 2016.

The New England Theatre Conference presented Gleason with a Special Award for Excellence in Theatre in 2007.

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