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Acting

Joanna Merlin

Career

Active from 1960 to 2017, with a break from 1961 to 1980, busiest in 1982 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
3
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Baby It's You
Baby It's You
GoodWatch score80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 37 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Joanna Merlin Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.8, average 4.8
  • Physical Comedy
    1.5, average 2.4
  • Scare
    1.8, average 2.6
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.4, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    49
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    2010s

    3 titles · average score 75
    Active Adults
    Active Adults (2017)

    as Miriam

    Homeland
    Homeland (2011)
    GoodWatch score 82

    TV show · as Grandma

    Sarah's Key
    Sarah's Key (2010)
    GoodWatch score 69

    as Mrs. Rainsferd

    2000s

    5 titles · average score 58
    The Good Wife
    The Good Wife (2009)
    GoodWatch score 85

    TV show · as Loni Goslin

    The Wackness
    The Wackness (2008)
    GoodWatch score 66

    as Grandma Shapiro

    The Invasion
    The Invasion (2007)
    GoodWatch score 43

    as Joan Kaufman

    The Jury
    The Jury (2004)

    TV show

    The Jimmy Show
    The Jimmy Show (2002)
    GoodWatch score 38

    as Emily

    1990s

    19 titles · average score 63
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    GoodWatch score 73

    TV show · as Lena Petrovsky

    City of Angels
    City of Angels (1998)
    GoodWatch score 62

    as Teresa

    MURDER and murder
    MURDER and murder (1996)

    as Doris

    Jefferson in Paris
    Jefferson in Paris (1995)
    GoodWatch score 44

    Casting

    New York Undercover
    New York Undercover (1994)
    GoodWatch score 76

    TV show

    Little Buddha
    Little Buddha (1993)
    GoodWatch score 53

    Casting

    Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
    Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage (1993)
    GoodWatch score 62

    as Rose Profaci

    Class Action
    Class Action (1991)
    GoodWatch score 64

    as Estelle Ward

    Into the Woods
    Into the Woods (1991)
    GoodWatch score 87

    Casting

    Law & Order
    Law & Order (1990)
    GoodWatch score 74

    TV show · as Defense Attorney Carla Bowman / Deirdre Powell

    Northern Exposure
    Northern Exposure (1990)
    GoodWatch score 82

    TV show · as Nadine Fleischman

    Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
    Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
    GoodWatch score 69

    Casting

    1980s

    15 titles · average score 68
    American Experience
    American Experience (1988)
    GoodWatch score 75

    TV show · as Family Member (voice)

    The Last Emperor
    The Last Emperor (1987)
    GoodWatch score 80

    Casting

    Prince of Darkness
    Prince of Darkness (1987)
    GoodWatch score 61

    as Bag Lady

    Big Trouble in Little China
    Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
    GoodWatch score 66

    Casting

    L.A. Law
    L.A. Law (1986)
    GoodWatch score 77

    TV show · as Ellen Kennedy

    Amazing Stories
    Amazing Stories (1985)
    GoodWatch score 54

    TV show · as Marie

    The Killing Fields
    The Killing Fields (1984)
    GoodWatch score 81

    as Schanberg's Sister

    Baby It's You
    Baby It's You (1983)
    GoodWatch score 80

    as Mrs. Rosen

    American Playhouse
    American Playhouse (1982)
    GoodWatch score 69

    TV show · as Dolly Stieglitz

    Soup for One
    Soup for One (1982)
    GoodWatch score 54

    as Allan's Mother

    Love Child
    Love Child (1982)
    GoodWatch score 57

    as Mrs. Sturgis

    Starstruck
    Starstruck (1981)

    as Inez Marin

    1970s

    3 titles · average score 77
    All That Jazz
    All That Jazz (1979)
    GoodWatch score 80

    as Nurse Pierce

    The Last Tenant
    The Last Tenant (1978)

    as Mrs. Farelli

    Hester Street
    Hester Street (1975)
    GoodWatch score 74

    as Jake's Landlady

    1960s

    2 titles · average score 58
    Another World
    Another World (1964)
    GoodWatch score 42

    TV show

    Weddings and Babies
    Weddings and Babies (1960)
    GoodWatch score 75

    as Josie

    1950s

    2 titles · average score 75
    Naked City
    Naked City (1958)
    GoodWatch score 69

    TV show · as Gloria Werminski

    The Ten Commandments
    The Ten Commandments (1956)
    GoodWatch score 81

    as Jethro's Daughter