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Joanna Merlin (Stage Actress) - Age, Birthday, Bio, Facts, Family, Net Worth, Height & More

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Joanna Merlin is an American actress and casting director who worked with Stephen Sondheim and starred in the Broadway-produced Fiddler on the Roof. She has written two theater instructors and is a lecturer in the Graduate Theater Program at New York University. In recent years, she has been known for her recurring roles in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as judge Lena Petrovsky.
BornJoann Ratner, July 15, 1931, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
OccupationActor, teacher, author, casting director
Years active1956–present
Children2

About Joanna Merlin

Stage Actress Joanna Merlin was born in Illinois, United States on July 15, 1931. She dies at the age of 92, on October 15, 2023.

Merlin went on to work as a theatrical casting director and a television and film actress after starring as Tzeitel in the 1964 Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof. Judge Lena Petrovsky on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Mrs. Arujo in Mystic Pizza are two of her most well-known cinematic roles.

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Joanna Merlin before becoming famous

Joanna Merlin was born in the Zodiac sign Cancer (The Crab), and 1931 is also the year of Goat (羊) in the Chinese Zodiac.

She trained with acting teacher Michael Chekhov after getting a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. Her professional theatrical debut was in the 1961 Broadway production of Becket. She initially appeared on television in the 1956 picture The Ten Commandments.

Achievement of Joanna Merlin

She was a professor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts' Master of Fine Arts-Acting program.

Joanna Merlin's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Joann Ratner, the daughter of Toni Merlin and Harry Ratner, grew up in Chicago, Illinois. She married David Dretzin after a brief marriage to Martin Lubner.

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Joanna Merlin Collabed with

She worked as a casting director for Composer Stephen Sondheim's musicals Follies, A Little Night Music, Into the Woods, and others.

Joanna Merlin Income & Net worth

Joanna Merlin's income mainly comes from the work that created her reputation: a stage actress. Information about her net worth in 2024 is being updated as soon as possible by allfamous.org, you can contact to tell us Net Worth of the Joanna Merlin.

Joanna Merlin Height and Weight

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Latest information about Joanna Merlin updated on March 20 2023.