Joanna Gleason was born on June 2, 1950, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and had Caucasian ethnicity. Gemini is her Zodiac Sign. Though the public knows Joanna Gleason by her fatherβs name, she emerged in the film industry as a popular Canadian actress and has won the Tony Award as a musical theatre actress, overshadowing her fatherβs stardom. She has plenty of notable films and TV roles under her belt.
| Facts About Joanna Gleason | |
| Full Name | Joanna Gleason |
| Profession | actress |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Birth City | Toronto |
| Birth Country | Canada |
| Father Name | Monty Hall |
| Father Profession | game show personality |
| Mother Name | Marilyn Hall |
| Mother Profession | television producer |
| Gender Identity | Female |
| Sexual Orientation | Straight |
| Horoscope | Gemini |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Spouse | Chris Sarandon |
| No Of Children | 1 |
| Net worth | $10 M |
| Date of Birth | June 2,1950 |
| Age | 69 years |
| Married Date | July 22,1994 |
Parents, family, and siblings
Her father, Monty Hallβs former name, was Maurice Halperin, working in Canadian Wheat Board before entering the radio business. After Joanna was born, he changed his name to Monty Hall in the entertainment industry. Her motherβs name is Marilyn Hall, who was a Canadian theatre and TV producer. She has one brother, Richard Hall, and a sister, Sharon Hall. Later, the family relocated to New York in the year 1956. Joanna was nearing six years at that time. In 1960, they shifted to Los Angeles, where Monty hosted the game shows like Video Village and Letβs Make a Deal.Β
Education
Right from her school days, Joanna worked with her acting mentor cum actor, John Inge, before completing her schooling in 1968, after which she attended UCLA and studied at Occidental College in Los Angeles, where she had undergone the training for voice and acting.
Acting Career, Net Worth, Salary, and Income
Joanna started with a stage debut on the West Coast in the musical front, βPromises, promises,β where she starred opposite to Stacy Keach in Hamlet, in Los Angeles. She played a supporting role in the film Letβs Make A Deal. Since then, she got the parts in Hannah and Her Sisters, Heartburn, The Newsroom, The Good Wife, and others. Joanna began her acting career in the year 1977.Β She starred with Hello, Larry in 1979 in a one-season sitcom. After working with McLean Stevenson, Joanna got a chance in her Broadway debut film, named I Love My Wife, which fetched her the Theatre World Award. She then acted in Broadway Peter Nicoleβs films, nominated, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Nick & Nora, and Into the Woods. All these movies fetched her numerous awards, including Tony Award, where she played the lead role as Bakerβs Wife. Joanna then began to act in the TV Shows like Oh Baby and American Sitcom. Her other TV Shows are:
- The Outer Limits
- The West Wing
- King of the Gill
- Practice and Friends.
In the year 2020, Joannaβs net worth estimation is over millions of dollars.
Personal Life
Joanna is currently Chris Sarandonβs wife, who is also an actor. She had divorced twice. Joannaβs first marriage took place in 1975 and gave birth to Aaron David Gleason. However, they legally separated in the year 1982. Joanna remarried Micheal Bennahum in 1984 and welcomed Stephanie Alexis, and Micheal, in 1984. But the tragedy took place in the year 1990, in the form of the second divorce. She married in the year 1991 and is now living romantically with her present husband. Joanna lost her mother on June 5, 2017. Three months later, her father passed away on September 30, 2017.
Conclusion:
Joanna has bought a Vintage Home in Fairfield County in Connecticut with Chris Sarandon in October 2007.
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