1. Joanna Cassidy began working as a model in the 1960s and made her professional acting debut in 1973, appearing in the thriller films The Laughing Policeman and The Outfit.
18 Facts About Joanna Cassidy
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Joanna Cassidy later starred in the films Bank Shot and The Late Show, the short-lived television series The Roller Girls, and 240-Robert.
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Joanna Cassidy later starred in films The Fourth Protocol, Who Framed Roger Rabbit for which she received a Saturn Award nomination, The Package, Where the Heart Is, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, Vampire in Brooklyn, and Ghosts of Mars.
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Joanna Cassidy starred in a number of made-for-television movies and miniseries, including Hollywood Wives, Invitation to Hell, Barbarians at the Gate and The Tommyknockers.
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Joanna Cassidy was raised in Haddonfield, and attended Haddonfield Memorial High School, and has described herself as being "a rowdy kid" there.
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Joanna Cassidy is known for her infectious, howling laugh which can be heard in the film The Laughing Policeman and on her appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
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Joanna Cassidy had a secondary role in the drama film Stay Hungry, a film about bodybuilding that featured a young Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Joanna Cassidy was considered for the role of Wonder Woman for a television series, but lost it to Lynda Carter.
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Joanna Cassidy co-starred in the film Our Winning Season.
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Joanna Cassidy starred as a lead character, CIA operative Liz "Foxfire" Towne, in the short-lived NBC action television series Code Name: Foxfire.
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In 1982, Joanna Cassidy had her breakthrough film role as the replicant snake performer Zhora Salome in Ridley Scott's science fiction film Blade Runner.
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Joanna Cassidy has appeared in both films and television; she co-starred in the television miniseries Hollywood Wives, and appeared in The Fourth Protocol, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, 1969, The Package, Where the Heart Is and Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead.
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Since 2000, Joanna Cassidy has appeared in the film Ghosts of Mars directed by John Carpenter, and had a recurring role as Margaret Chenowith on the HBO drama series Six Feet Under, for which she received Emmy Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.
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Joanna Cassidy voiced the villainess Hecubah in the computer game Nox and voiced Maggie Sawyer in the 2002 video game Superman: Shadow of Apokolips.
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In 2011, Joanna Cassidy began to appear in a recurring role on the ABC series Body of Proof as Judge Joan Hunt, the mother of Megan Hunt, Dana Delany's character on the series.
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In 2015, Joanna Cassidy was cast as a main character in the Bravo scripted series Odd Mom Out.
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Joanna Cassidy plays the role of Candace Von Weber, a snobbish Upper East Side socialite and mother-in-law to the show's protagonist Jill Weber.
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In 2015, Joanna Cassidy received an honorary award at the Oldenburg International Film Festival.