Joanna Cassidy is an American film and television actress who has played in projects such as Stuntmen, Blade Runner, Home Where the Heart Is, Call Me Fitz, and others. She has won several honorary awards, including Golden globe ”, starred in more than 160 films and series. In the article, we will take a closer look at the biography of the actress and note the main roles that made her popular.
Joanna Cassidy: biography
Joanna was born in 1945 in the city of Haddonfield, located in Camden County (New Jersey). Studied at the local Haddonfield Memorial High School. Since she grew up in a creative family, was a daughter and granddaughter of artists, in her youth, Joanna Cassidy also worked in painting - she studied art at Syracuse University. There she met the future doctor Kennard Kobrin, whom she married in 1964. And after studying, the couple moved to San Francisco, where Joanna worked as a model, and Kennard went through psychiatric practice.
Running under fire
The career of the actress began in 1968. Filming in films and TV shows, she combined with the modeling business. During this time, she starred in projects such as Bullitt (1968), Fools (1970), Mission: Impossible (1966-1973), Team (1973), Laughing Police Officer (1973 -th) and “True Chance” (1974th). And only after a divorce from her husband, with whom they lived for about ten years, Joanna moved to Los Angeles, where she devoted herself entirely to acting.
In 1976, together with Arnold Schwarzenegger, she starred in Bob Reifelson's comedy drama "Stay Hungry." A year later, got into the main cast of detective Mark L. Lester "Stuntmen". In 1982, Ridley Scott's fantastic racer Blade Runner was shot, a film with Joanna Cassidy, where she played Zora, a physically and intellectually developed replicant. Then she played the role of Claire - one of the main characters in Roger Spottieswood's military drama “Under Fire” (1983), and was awarded a prize at the Sant Jordi Awards. And in 1983 she received the Golden Globe for the role of Joe-Joe White - producer of the rating show in the Tomcat Patchett sitcom Buffalo Bill (1983-1984).
The Curse of Roger Rabbit
The actress played the KGB agent Irina Vasilievna in John Mackenzie’s spy thriller The Fourth Protocol (1987). The image of Dolores, a former girl of private detective Edward Valiant, Joanna Cassidy tried on in an animated film by Robert Zemeckis “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” (1988). She played the role of Lieutenant Colonel of the US Army Eileen Gallagher in the political thriller Andrew Davis "Deliver to the Destination" (1989th). Together with Uma Thurman replenished the main cast of John Boorman’s romantic comedy “The House is Where the Heart Is” (1990). And as Rose Lindsay, CEO of General Apparel West, appeared in Stephen Herek’s family comedy “Don't Tell Mom the Nanny is Dead” (1991).
Sheriff Ruth Merill Joanna Cassidy played in the two-part television project John Power, Tomminokera (1993), based on the eponymous novel by Stephen King. In the role of Dr. Arlene, Whitlock appeared in John Carpenter's fantastic action movie Ghosts of Mars (2001). Throughout the 21st episode, she played the role of Margaret Chinuit, a psychologist suffering from flashes of uncontrollable anger, in Alan Ball's multi-part drama "The Client Is Always Dead" (2001-2005). And the role of Mrs. Davis, the sick mother of the sisters Aubrey and Karen Davis, was performed in the horror film Takashi Shimizu “Curse 2” (2006).
Fitz investigation
In 2007, Joanna Cassidy played one of the main characters in the romantic comedy S. Jay Cox "Kiss the Bride." Three years later, she got a place in the main cast of Derek Magyar’s drama Flight Lessons (2010). Then she played the role of Mrs. McCarthy in the comedy drama Jerome Elston Scott's Anderson's Cross (2010). And from 2011 to 2013. took part in the filming of the medical drama of the ABC channel “Body Investigation” (2011-2013), where she got the role of Joan Hunt - the former judge and authoritative mother of forensic expert Megan Hunt.
The role of Elaine, the mother of the protagonist Richard Fitzpatrick, the actress played for 18 episodes of the Canadian television series HBO Canada "Call Me Fitz" (2010-2013). As one of the main characters, Eleanor Mahler starred in Dennis Howe’s drama “Too Late” (2015). And the image of Candice von Weber, an ardent supporter of matriarchy in the family and the mother-in-law of the main character, was tried on in the comedy series Jill Kargman “Wrong Mother” (2015-2017).
