Joan Copeland

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Joan Copeland
Born	Joan Miller June 1, 1922 (1922-06-01) (age 86) [1] New York City
Years active	1950–present

Joan Copeland (born June 1, 1922 in New York City^[1]) is an American actress.

[edit] Biography

Copeland was born Joan Miller to a middle-class Jewish family. Her father was a woman's clothes manufacturer and her mother was a schoolteacher and a housewife. She is the younger sister of the late playwright Arthur Miller,^[1] and was briefly sister-in-law to Marilyn Monroe.

On television soap operas, she has had roles on Search for Tomorrow, Love of Life (where she played twin sisters, one wearing a blond wig), The Edge of Night, How to Survive a Marriage and As the World Turns. She portrayed Gwendolyn Lord Abbott on One Life to Live from 1978-1979, ^[2] and later returned to the series to play Selma Hanen in 1995. ^[3]

She has had a long and extensive career on stage and on film. Her Broadway credits include 45 Seconds from Broadway, Checking Out, Two By Two, Coco, The Price, Something More!, Tovarich, Handful of Fire, Not for Children, Detective Story, and Sundown Beach among others. Copeland was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for the 1977 production of Pal Joey and won a Drama Desk Award in 1981 for American Clock.^[4]

Awards
Preceded by Pat Carroll for Gertrude Stein	Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play 1980-1981 for American Clock	Succeeded by Zoe Caldwell for Medea

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Joan Copeland at the Internet Movie Database