Joanna Merlin: movies and TV shows
Joanna Merlin has 52 credits in the archive: 36 films and 16 TV series, from 1956 to 2017. Highest rated: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (8.0/10).
Career timeline
1956 – 2017 · busiest year: 1990 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Active Adults | Miriam | Film | — | 85 |
| 2011 | Homeland | Grandma | TV | 7.6 | 79 |
| 2010 | Sarah's Key | Mrs. Rainsferd | Film | 7.3 | 78 |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Loni Goslin | TV | 7.6 | 77 |
| 2008 | The Wackness | Grandma Shapiro | Film | 6.4 | 76 |
| 2007 | The Invasion | Joan Kaufman | Film | 6.0 | 75 |
| 2004 | The Jury | TV | 9.0 | 72 | |
| 2002 | The Jimmy Show | Emily | Film | 6.3 | 70 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Lena Petrovsky | TV | 8.0 | 67 |
| 1999 | Witness Protection | Cindy's Mother | Film | 6.3 | 67 |
| 1998 | City of Angels | Teresa | Film | 6.8 | 66 |
| 1996 | The Prosecutors | Jewel | Film | 8.0 | 64 |
| 1996 | MURDER and murder | Doris | Film | 4.9 | 64 |
| 1995 | Jefferson in Paris | Film | 5.1 | 63 | |
| 1995 | Two Bits | Guendolina | Film | 5.7 | 63 |
| 1994 | New York Undercover | TV | 7.3 | 62 | |
| 1993 | Little Buddha | Film | 6.3 | 61 | |
| 1993 | Mr. Wonderful | Loretta | Film | 5.6 | 61 |
| 1993 | Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage | Rose Profaci | Film | 6.0 | 61 |
| 1991 | Class Action | Estelle Ward | Film | 6.3 | 59 |
| 1991 | In a Child's Name | Frances Silvano | TV | 7.8 | 59 |
| 1991 | Into the Woods | Film | 8.0 | 59 | |
| 1991 | Baby Talk | Gina | TV | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Deirdre Powell | TV | 7.3 | 58 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Defense Attorney Carla Bowman | TV | 7.3 | 58 |
| 1990 | Northern Exposure | Nadine Fleischman | TV | 7.8 | 58 |
| 1990 | Murder in Black and White | Dr. Bromberg | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1990 | Mr. & Mrs. Bridge | Film | 6.1 | 58 | |
| 1988 | American Experience | Family Member (voice) | TV | 6.5 | 56 |
| 1988 | Mystic Pizza | Mrs. Arujo | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1987 | The Last Emperor | Film | 7.6 | 55 | |
| 1987 | Prince of Darkness | Bag Lady | Film | 6.8 | 55 |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Ellen Kennedy | TV | 7.1 | 54 |
| 1986 | Big Trouble in Little China | Film | 7.2 | 54 | |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories | Marie | TV | 7.5 | 53 |
| 1984 | The Killing Fields | Schanberg's Sister | Film | 7.5 | 52 |
| 1983 | Baby It's You | Mrs. Rosen | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1983 | Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number | Film | 10.0 | 51 | |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Dolly Stieglitz | TV | 6.6 | 50 |
| 1982 | Love Child | Mrs. Sturgis | Film | 5.6 | 50 |
| 1982 | Soup for One | Allan's Mother | Film | 5.2 | 50 |
| 1981 | Starstruck | Inez Marin | Film | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1980 | Fame | Miss Berg | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 1980 | Nurse | Nan Riley | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1979 | All That Jazz | Nurse Pierce | Film | 7.5 | 47 |
| 1978 | The Last Tenant | Mrs. Farelli | Film | — | 46 |
| 1975 | Hester Street | Jake's Landlady | Film | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1964 | Another World | TV | 5.5 | 32 | |
| 1963 | The Power and the Glory | Film | 9.0 | 31 | |
| 1960 | Weddings and Babies | Josie | Film | 5.9 | 28 |
| 1958 | Naked City | Gloria Werminski | TV | 5.7 | 26 |
| 1956 | The Ten Commandments | Jethro's Daughter | Film | 7.8 | 24 |