Joanna Cassidy was born on August 2, 1944 in Haddonfield, New Jersey. She is an American actress.

She got her start guest starring on television series such as Mission: Impossible, Falcon Crest, Starsky & Hutch and Fantasy Island. In 1982, she had her first major feature film role as the replicant Zhora in Blade Runner.

The following year, she co-starred in Under Fire with Gene Hackman and Nick Nolte. She was also featured in such films as Hollywood Wives (1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), The Package (1989), Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991), Barbarians at the Gate (1993), the 1993 adaptation of Stephen King's The Tommyknockers and Wes Craven's Vampire in Brooklyn (1995).

On television, she provided the voice of Maggie Sawyer in the 1990s animated series of Superman and The District.

He also acted with in episodes of both Falcon Crest and Star Trek: Enterprise. His last credits include The Grudge 2 (2006) and Kiss the Bride (2007).

Filmography

• For Sale by Owner (2007)
• Kiss the Bride (2007)
• Anderson's Cross (2007)
• The American Standards (2007)
• The Grudge 2 (2006)
• Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector (2006)
• The Virgin of Juarez (2006)
• "Boston Legal" (5 episodes, 2006)
• The Reading Room (2005)
• "Six Feet Under" (21 episodes, 2001-2005)
• Witches of the Caribbean (2005)
• Found (2005)
• "Enterprise" (2 episodes, 2004)
• Intermission (2004)
• Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart (2003)
• "Everwood" (1 episode, 2003)
• "Hidden Hills" (1 episode, 2003)
• "Less Than Perfect" (1 episode, 2003)
• Wildfire 7: The Inferno (2002)
• Superman: Shadow of Apokolips (2002)
• "The District" (3 episodes, 2001-2002)
• Anthrax (2001)
• "Philly" (1 episode, 2001)
• Ghosts of Mars (2001)
• "Three Sisters" (1 episode, 2001)
• The Right Temptation (2000)
• "Hollywood Off-Ramp" (1 episode, 2000)
• "Diagnosis Murder" (8 episodes, 1999-2000)
• "D.C." (1 episode, 2000)
• "Rude Awakening" (1 episode, 2000)
• Moonglow (2000)
• Nox (2000)
• "Twice in a Lifetime" (1 episode, 1999)
• "Tribe" (1999)
• To Serve and Protect (1999)
• "The Hunger" (1 episode, 1998)
• Dangerous Beauty (1998)
• "Superman" (9 episodes, 1997-1998)
• Circle of Deceit (1998)
• "Melrose Place" (3 episodes, 1997)
• Executive Power (1997)
• Loved (1997)
• The Second Civil War (1997)
• Chain Reaction (1996)
• Crystal Cave (1996)
• Alchemy (1996)
• Eye of the Stalker (1995)
• "Ned and Stacey" (1 episode, 1995)
• Sleep, Baby, Sleep (1995)
• Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
• The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. (1994)
• "Hotel Malibu" (1 episode, 1994)
• "L.A. Law" (3 episodes, 1993-1994)
• "Murder, She Wrote" (1 episode, 1994)
• "Burke's Law" (1 episode, 1994)
• The Ticket (1994)
• "CBS Schoolbreak Special" (1 episode, 1993)
• The Tommyknockers (1993)
• "Dudley" (1993)
• Barbarians at the Gate (1993)
• All-American Murder (1992)
• Perfect Family (1992)
• "The Ray Bradbury Theater" (1 episode, 1992)
• Live! From Death Row (1992)
• Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story (1992)
• "Northern Exposure" (1 episode, 1992)
• Grass Roots (1992)
• Landslide (1992)
• May Wine (1991)
• Lonely Hearts (1991)
• Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)
• Wheels of Terror (1990)
• Bar Girls (1990)
• Where the Heart Is (1990)
• A Girl of the Limberlost (1990)
• The Package (1989)
• 1969 (1988)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
• Nightmare at Bitter Creek (1988)
• Rattennest, Das (1988)
• The Fourth Protocol (1987)
• Club Paradise (1986)
• Pleasures (1986)
• The Children of Times Square (1986)
• "Code Name: Foxfire" (2 episodes, 1985)
• "Hollywood Wives" (1985)
• Code Name: Foxfire (1985)
• Invitation to Hell (1984)
• "Buffalo Bill" (25 episodes, 1983-1984)
• "The Family Tree" (1983)
• "Fantasy Island" (1 episode, 1983)
• Under Fire (1983)
• "Falcon Crest" (4 episodes, 1982)
• "Lou Grant" (1 episode, 1982)
• Blade Runner (1982)
• "Strike Force" (1 episode, 1982)
• "The Love Boat" (2 episodes, 1979-1982)
• "Trapper John, M.D." (2 episodes, 1980-1981)
• "Hart to Hart" (1 episode, 1981)
• "Enos" (1 episode, 1981)
• "Charlie's Angels" (1 episode, 1981)
• "Dallas" (2 episodes, 1980-1981)
• Reunion (1980)
• Night Games (1980)
• "Insight" (1 episode, 1980)
• "Hagen" (1 episode, 1980)
• "240-Robert" (1979)
• The Glove (1979)
• She's Dressed to Kill (1979)
• "Kaz" (1 episode, 1979)
• "Starsky and Hutch" (1 episode, 1978)
• "Taxi" (1 episode, 1978)
• Our Winning Season (1978)
• "The Roller Girls" (1978)
• Stunts (1977)
• The Late Show (1977)
• "Shields and Yarnell" (1977)
• American Raspberry (1977)
• Stay Hungry (1976)
• Medaglione insanguinato, Il (1975)
• Bank Shot (1974)
• The Laughing Policeman (1973)
• The Outfit (1973)
• "Mission: Impossible" (3 episodes, 1972-1973)
• Fools (1970)

Awards

• Golden Globe Award Best Actress in a Television Series (Musical or Comedy) "Buffalo Bill" 1983