Starred on Broadway in "Into The Woods" for which she received the Tony Award as Best Actress in a Musical (1988).
Daughter of Monty Hall and Marilyn Plottel.
Sister of Sharon Hall and Richard Hall.
Has son Aaron, with ex-husband, Paul Gleason.
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."
Joanna Gleason Detailed Biography
Joanna Gleason (born Joanne Halprin on June 2, 1950), is a Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canadian-born Jewish actress, who has been a successful character actor in film, television and on stage.
She starred as the Baker's wife in the Broadway theatre production of the musical Into the Woods for which she received the Tony Award as Best Actress in a Musical (1988). Gleason also appeared as the mother of Dirk Diggler in the award winning film Boogie Nights. In 2005 she was nominated for another Tony Award for her performance in the musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
She is the daughter of Monty Hall, a well-known game show host, and his wife, Marilyn.
