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Joanna Merlin

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Joanna Merlin is an actress and casting director who was born in Chicago, Illinois. She made her motion-picture debut in Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments. In 1961 she made her Broadway debut as a replacement performer in "A Far Country," a play about Sigmund Freud. Next on Broadway she created the role of Tzeitel in the original production of "Fiddler on the Roof," produced by Harold Prince... See full bio »

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2011 The Good Wife (TV series)
Loni Goslin
– In Sickness (2011) … Loni Goslin
 
2000-2011 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series)
Judge Lena Petrovsky
– Reparations (2011) … Judge Lena Petrovsky
– Rescue (2010) … Judge Lena Petrovsky
– Turmoil (2009) … Judge Lena Petrovsky
– Solitary (2009) … Judge Lena Petrovsky
– Baggage (2009) … Judge Lena Petrovsky
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2010 Sarah's Key
Mme Rainsferd
 
2008 Beautiful Hills of Brooklyn (short)
Jesse Sylvester
 
2008 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
Family Member
– The Lobotomist (2008) … Family Member (voice)
 
2008 The Wackness
Grandma Shapiro
 
2007/I The Invasion
Joan Kaufman
 
2004 The Jury (TV series)
Jackie Ochs
– Too Jung to Die (2004) … Jackie Ochs
 
2003 Just Another Story
Sadie
 
2001 The Jimmy Show
Emily
 
1999 Witness Protection (TV movie)
Cindy's Mother
 
1999 Black and Blue (TV movie)
Ann Benedetto
 
1998 City of Angels
Teresa Messinger
 
1992-1998 Law & Order (TV series)
Deirdre Powell / Carla Bowman
– Expert (1998) … Deirdre Powell
– Atonement (1996) … Deirdre Powell
– Virtue (1994) … Deirdre Powell
– Virus (1993) … Carla Bowman
– Silence (1992) … Carla Bowman
 
1997 All My Children (TV series)
Judge Brauer
 
1996-1997 New York Undercover (TV series)
Carmella McNamara / Carmella McNamara - Tommy's Mother
– Vendetta (1997) … Carmella McNamara
– Fade Out (1997) … Carmella McNamara
– Going Platinum (1996) … Carmella McNamara - Tommy's Mother
– Without Mercy (1996) … Carmella McNamara
 
1996 The Prosecutors (TV movie)
 
1996 MURDER and murder
Doris
 
1995 Two Bits
Guendolina
 
1993 Northern Exposure (TV series)
Nadine Fleischman
– Birds of a Feather (1993) … Nadine Fleischman
 
1993 Mr. Wonderful
Loretta
 
1993 Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage (TV movie)
Rose Profaci
 
1992 Baby Talk (TV series)
– Scenes from a Marriage (1992)
 
1991 In a Child's Name (TV movie)
Frances Silvano
 
1991 A Marriage: Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz (TV movie)
Dolly Stieglitz
 
1991 Class Action
Estelle Ward
 
1991 L.A. Law (TV series)
– Pump It Up (1991)
 
1990 Murder in Black and White (TV movie)
Dr. Bromberg
 
1989 CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV series)
Marian Rosenberg
– A Matter of Conscience (1989) … Marian Rosenberg
 
1988 Mystic Pizza
Mrs. Arujo
 
1987 Prince of Darkness
Bag Lady
 
1986 Amazing Stories (TV series)
Marie / Wealthy Lady
– Gather Ye Acorns (1986) … Marie/Wealthy Lady
 
1984 The Killing Fields
Sydney Schanberg's Sister
 
1983 Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number (TV movie)
 
1983 Baby It's You
Mrs. Rosen
 
1982 Another World (TV series)
Dr. Emily Cole
 
1982 Love Child
Mrs. Sturgis
 
1982 Soup for One
Allan's Mother
 
1981 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series)
Inez Marin
– Starstruck (1981) … Inez Marin
 
1980 Fame
Miss Berg
 
1980 Nurse (TV movie)
Nan Riley
 
1979 All That Jazz
Nurse Pierce
 
1978 The Last Tenant (TV movie)
Mrs. Farelli
 
1975 Hester Street
Jake's Landlady
 
1967 The Winter's Tale (TV movie)
Paulina
 
1964 East Side/West Side (TV series)
Lucia Lopez
– It's War, Man (1964) … Lucia Lopez
 
1963 The Defenders (TV series)
Katy Martinez
– The Bagman (1963) … Katy Martinez
 
1962 Naked City (TV series)
Gloria Werminski
– King Stanislaus and the Knights of the Round Stable (1962) … Gloria Werminski
 
1960 CBS Repertoire Workshop (TV series)
Musya
– The Seven Who Were Hanged (1960) … Musya
 
1958 Weddings and Babies
Josie
 
1956 The Ten Commandments
Jethro's Daughter
 
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1995 Everyman (TV series documentary) (casting advisor - 1 episode)
– Prisoners in Time (1995) (casting advisor)
 
1993 Little Buddha (casting: Tibetan, New York)
 
1993 M. Butterfly (casting consultant)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
2008 Beautiful Hills of Brooklyn (short) (adaptation)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
2008 Beautiful Hills of Brooklyn (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
2010 Frontline (TV series documentary)
– Digital Nation (2010) (voice)
 

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She was in the original Broadway cast of "Fiddler on the Roof, " playing the oldest daughter, Tzeitel, opposite Zero Mostel.
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