Joanna Merlin (Stage Actress ) was born in Illinois, United States on a Wednesday, July 15, 1931 🎈. Joanna Merlin is 93 years old. She is a Cancer ♋ and was born in the Year of the Goat 🐐.
After starring as Tzeitel in the 1964 Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof, Merlin became a theatrical casting director and a television and film actress. Her best known screen credits include Judge Lena Petrovsky on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Mrs. Arujo in Mystic Pizza.
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| FULL NAME: | Joann Ratner |
| BIRTH DATE: | July 15, 1931 |
| BIRTHPLACE: | Illinois, United States |
| AGE: | 93 years old |
| NATIONALITY: | American |
| ETHNICITY: | Unknown |
| ZODIAC: | Cancer |
| CHINESE ZODIAC: | Goat |
About
Joanna Merlin is a Stage Actress. Joanna was born in the 1930s, in the middle of the Silent Generation generation. Silent Generation are individuals born between 1925 and 1945. This generation is known for Jazz, Martin Luther King, Jr., Frank Sinatra, Malcolm X, Gone With The Wind, Mickey Mouse, Andy Warhol, Clint Eastwood, Bob Dylan. The Silent Generation has experienced critical historical events, including the Korean War, The Cold War, the McCarthy Hearings, and the Space Race.
Born Joann Ratner, she grew up in Chicago, Illinois as the daughter of Toni Merlin and Harry Ratner. Following a brief marriage to Martin Lubner, she wed David Dretzin. Find out who is Joanna Merlin dating right now.
After earning a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, she trained with acting teacher Michael Chekhov. She first appeared on screen in the 1956 film The Ten Commandments; her professional stage debut was in the 1961 Broadway production of Becket.
DID YOU KNOW She taught in the Master of Fine Arts-Acting program at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
FACT She served as the casting director for Follies, A Little Night Music, Into the Woods, and several other Stephen Sondheim musicals.
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Birthday
Currently, Joanna Merlin is 93 years old. Her next birthday is away. Joanna will celebrate her 94th birthday on a Wednesday, July 15th. She shares a birthday with everyone who was born on July 15, 1931. Below is the countdown to her next birthday.
Zodiac
Joanna Merlin’s zodiac sign is Cancer. People born between the dates of June 21st and July 22nd belong to the fourth sign in the zodiac, Cancer. Cancer are known for being loyal, hyper emotional, caring, and intuitive. On the bad side, Cancers can be overly sensitive, moody, and vindictive. Taurus & Pisces are the most compatible signs for Cancers.
Famous Cancer celebrities are Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Lionel Messi, Kevin Hart, Khloe Kardashian, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, and King Bach. Cancer ruling planet is Moon. Astrologically, Moon represents your emotional side, your feelings, intuition and memories.
Joanna Merlin was born in the Year of the Goat. Goat symbolizes pureness and preciousness in Chinese culture. People born in the Year of the Goat are intelligent, creative, charming, compassionate, and gentle. They can also sometimes be unorganized, lazy, pessimistic, insecure, indecisive, anxious, and gullible.
This year is the Year of the Dragon.
DID YOU KNOW United States life expectancy is about 78.5 years.
Joanna Merlin is a 93 years old Stage Actress, born in July, in the Year of the Goat (1931), and is a Cancer. Her life path number is 9. Joanna’s birthstone is Ruby, and her birth flower is Larkspur. You may also check out all famous birthdays in July or specifically birthdays on July 15.
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