Acting • AGE 92
Joanna Merlin (born Joann Ratner; July 15, 1931) was an American actress and casting director who has worked with Stephen Sondheim and starred in the original Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roo...


Active Adults
Miriam
2017

Homeland
Grandma
2011

Sarah's Key
Mrs. Rainsferd
2010

The Good Wife
Loni Goslin
2009

The Wackness
Grandma Shapiro
2008

The Invasion
Joan Kaufman
2007

The Jury
2004

The Jimmy Show
Emily
2002

Witness Protection
Cindy's Mother
1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Lena Petrovsky
1999

City of Angels
Teresa
1998

The Prosecutors
Jewel
1996

MURDER and murder
Doris
1996

Two Bits
Guendolina
1995

Jefferson in Paris
Casting
1995

New York Undercover
1994

Little Buddha
Casting
1993

Mr. Wonderful
Loretta
1993

Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
Rose Profaci
1993

In a Child's Name
Frances Silvano
1991

Class Action
Estelle Ward
1991

Into the Woods
Casting
1991

Baby Talk
Gina
1991

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Casting
1990

Law & Order
Deirdre Powell
1990

Northern Exposure
Nadine Fleischman
1990

Murder in Black and White
Dr. Bromberg
1990

Mystic Pizza
Mrs. Arujo
1988

American Experience
Family Member (voice)
1988

Prince of Darkness
Bag Lady
1987

The Last Emperor
Casting
1987

L.A. Law
Ellen Kennedy
1986

Big Trouble in Little China
Casting
1986

Amazing Stories
Marie
1985

The Killing Fields
Schanberg's Sister
1984

Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
1983

Baby It's You
Mrs. Rosen
1983

Love Child
Mrs. Sturgis
1982

Soup for One
Allan's Mother
1982

Starstruck
Inez Marin
1981

Fame
Miss Berg
1980

Nurse
Nan Riley
1980

All That Jazz
Nurse Pierce
1979

The Last Tenant
Mrs. Farelli
1978

Hester Street
Jake's Landlady
1975

Another World
1964

The Power and the Glory
1963

Weddings and Babies
Josie
1960

Naked City
Gloria Werminski
1958

The Ten Commandments
Jethro's Daughter
1956