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Currently, Joanna Merlin is 92 years, 9 months and 17 days old. Joanna Merlin will celebrate 93rd birthday on a Monday 15th of July 2024. Below we countdown to Joanna Merlin upcoming birthday.
Popular As | Joanna Merlin |
Occupation | Stage Actress |
Age | 92 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Cancer |
Born | July 15, 1931 (Illinois) |
Birthday | July 15 |
Town/City | Illinois |
Nationality | Illinois |
Joanna Merlin’s zodiac sign is Cancer. According to astrologers, the sign of Cancer belongs to the element of Water, just like Scorpio and Pisces. Guided by emotion and their heart, they could have a hard time blending into the world around them. Being ruled by the Moon, phases of the lunar cycle deepen their internal mysteries and create fleeting emotional patterns that are beyond their control. As children, they don't have enough coping and defensive mechanisms for the outer world, and have to be approached with care and understanding, for that is what they give in return.
Joanna Merlin was born in the Year of the Goat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Goat enjoy being alone in their thoughts. They’re creative, thinkers, wanderers, unorganized, high-strung and insecure, and can be anxiety-ridden. They need lots of love, support and reassurance. Appearance is important too. Compatible with Pig or Rabbit.
After starring as Tzeitel in the 1964 Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof, Merlin became a theatrical casting director and a television and film actress. Her best known screen credits include Judge Lena Petrovsky on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Mrs. Arujo in Mystic Pizza.
After earning a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, she trained with acting teacher Michael Chekhov. She first appeared on screen in the 1956 film The Ten Commandments; her professional stage debut was in the 1961 Broadway production of Becket.
She taught in the Master of Fine Arts-Acting program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
Born Joann Ratner, she grew up in Chicago, Illinois as the daughter of Toni Merlin and Harry Ratner. Following a brief marriage to Martin Lubner, she wed David Dretzin.
She served as the casting director for Follies, A Little Night Music, Into the Woods, and several other Stephen Sondheim musicals.