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Joanna Merlin is an actress and casting director who was born in Chicago...
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Filmography
- "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" .... Judge Lena Petrovsky (39 episodes, 2000-2009)
... aka "Law & Order: SVU" (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka "Special Victims Unit" (New Zealand: English title)
- Baggage (2009) TV episode .... Judge Lena Petrovsky
- Lead (2009) TV episode .... Judge Lena Petrovsky
- PTSD (2008) TV episode .... Judge Lena Petrovsky
- Cold (2008) TV episode .... Judge Lena Petrovsky
- Authority (2008) TV episode .... Judge Lena Petrovsky
(34 more) - Beautiful Hills of Brooklyn (2008) .... Jesse Sylvester
- "The American Experience" .... Family Member (1 episode, 2008)
- The Lobotomist (2008) TV episode (voice) .... Family Member - The Wackness (2008) .... Grandma Shapiro
- The Invasion (2007) .... Joan Kaufman
- "The Jury" .... Jackie Ochs (1 episode, 2004)
- Too Jung to Die (2004) TV episode .... Jackie Ochs - Just Another Story (2003) .... Sadie
- The Jimmy Show (2001) .... Emily
- Witness Protection (1999) (TV) .... Cindy's Mother
- Black and Blue (1999) (TV) .... Ann Benedetto
- City of Angels (1998) .... Teresa Messinger
... aka Stadt der Engel (Germany) - "Law & Order" .... Deirdre Powell / ... (5 episodes, 1992-1998)
... aka "Law & Order Prime" (USA: informal title)
- Expert (1998) TV episode .... Deirdre Powell
- Atonement (1996) TV episode .... Deirdre Powell
- Virtue (1994) TV episode .... Deirdre Powell
- Virus (1993) TV episode .... Carla Bowman
- Silence (1992) TV episode .... Carla Bowman - "All My Children" (1970) TV series .... Judge Brauer (unknown episodes, 1997)
... aka "All My Children: The Summer of Seduction" (USA: promotional title) - "New York Undercover" .... Carmella McNamara / ... (3 episodes, 1996-1997)
... aka "Uptown Undercover"
- Vendetta (1997) TV episode .... Carmella McNamara
- Fade Out (1997) TV episode .... Carmella McNamara
- Going Platinum (1996) TV episode .... Carmella McNamara - Tommy's Mother - The Prosecutors (1996) (TV)
- MURDER and murder (1996) .... Doris
- Two Bits (1995) .... Guendolina
... aka A Day to Remember - "Northern Exposure" .... Nadine Fleischman (1 episode, 1993)
- Birds of a Feather (1993) TV episode .... Nadine Fleischman - Mr. Wonderful (1993) .... Loretta
- Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage (1993) (TV) .... Rose Profaci
- In a Child's Name (1991) (TV) .... Frances Silvano
- A Marriage: Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz (1991) (TV) .... Dolly Stieglitz
- Class Action (1991) .... Estelle Ward
- "L.A. Law" (1 episode, 1991)
- Pump It Up (1991) TV episode - Murder in Black and White (1990) (TV) .... Dr. Bromberg
- "CBS Schoolbreak Special" .... Marian Rosenberg (1 episode, 1989)
- A Matter of Conscience (1989) TV episode .... Marian Rosenberg - Mystic Pizza (1988) .... Mrs. Arujo
- Prince of Darkness (1987) .... Bag Lady
... aka John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness (USA: complete title) - "Amazing Stories" .... Marie / ... (1 episode, 1986)
... aka "Steven Spielberg Presents Amazing Stories" (Australia)
... aka "Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories" (USA: complete title)
- Gather Ye Acorns (1986) TV episode .... Marie/Wealthy Lady - The Killing Fields (1984) .... Sydney Schanberg's Sister
- Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number (1983) (TV)
... aka Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number - Baby It's You (1983) .... Mrs. Rosen
- "Another World" (1964) TV series .... Dr. Emily Cole (unknown episodes, 1982)
... aka "Another World: Bay City" - Love Child (1982) .... Mrs. Sturgis
- Soup for One (1982) .... Allan's Mother
- "ABC Afterschool Specials" .... Inez Marin (1 episode, 1981)
- Starstruck (1981) TV episode .... Inez Marin - Fame (1980) .... Miss Berg
- Nurse (1980) (TV) .... Nan Riley
- All That Jazz (1979) .... Nurse Pierce
- The Last Tenant (1978) (TV) .... Mrs. Farelli
- Hester Street (1975) .... Jake's Landlady
- "East Side/West Side" .... Lucia Lopez (1 episode, 1964)
- It's War, Man (1964) TV episode .... Lucia Lopez - "The Defenders" .... Katy Martinez (1 episode, 1963)
- The Bagman (1963) TV episode .... Katy Martinez - "Naked City" .... Gloria Werminski (1 episode, 1962)
- King Stanislaus and the Knights of the Round Stable (1962) TV episode .... Gloria Werminski - "CBS Repertoire Workshop" .... Musya (1 episode, 1960)
- The Seven Who Were Hanged (1960) TV episode .... Musya
- Weddings and Babies (1958) .... Josie
- The Ten Commandments (1956) .... Jethro's daughter
- Prisoners in Time (1995) (TV) (casting advisor)
- Little Buddha (1993) (Tibetian casting: New York)
... aka Little Buddha (France)
... aka Piccolo Buddha (Italy) - M. Butterfly (1993) (casting consultant)
- The Last Emperor (1987) (casting supervisor)
... aka L'ultimo imperatore (Italy)
... aka Le dernier empereur (France)
... aka Modai huangi (China: Cantonese title)
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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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