Joanna Merlin

Joanna Merlin

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Joanna Merlin

Performer, Casting Director
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Joanna Merlin

Performer, Casting Director

July 15, 1931

Chicago, Illinois

October 15, 2023

Joanna Merlin was an American actress and casting director who worked with Stephen Sondheim and starred in the original Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof. She wrote two acting guides and was a faculty member of New York University's graduate acting program. From 2000 to 2011, she was known for her recurring role on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Judge Lena Petrovsky.

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