Joanna Gleason

Birth Name:

Joanne Hall

Birth Place:

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Profession

Actress, Director, Soundtrack

Won a Theatre World Award for her Broadway debut in "I Love My Wife․"
Won a Tony Award for her performance in "Into the Woods․"
Won her first Drama Desk Award in 1986 for outstanding featured actress in a play for the comedy "Social Security․"
Graduated from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
Took part in high school productions of "The Music Man," "The Mikado," "The Grass Harp" and "The Madwoman of Chaillot․"
Quote: "If you're not going to reveal anything, why be up there?"
Quote: "I've taken on so many things these last few years that I never thought I could do or secretly dreamed of doing․"
Already known for her stage work, her roles as the Baker's Wife in "Into the Woods" catapulted her to the status of a Broadway leading lady
Dreamed of being a big-band singer all her life and finally made her cabaret debut in 2013
Started studying the tango for eight hours a week and going to ballroom competitions

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