Joanna Cassidy
Biography
Joanna Cassidy is an American actress who spent the 1960s working as a model and moved into acting professionally in 1973, when she appeared in the thrillers The Laughing Policeman (1973) and The Outfit (1973). She starred in Bank Shot (1974) and The Late Show (1977), and in 1982 played the replicant Zhora Salome in Blade Runner (1982). Her role in Under Fire (1983) brought a Sant Jordi Award and a National Society of Film Critics nomination, and she won a Golden Globe for the comedy series Buffalo Bill, which also earned her an Emmy nomination. Her later films include Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), The Package (1989), Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991), Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) and Ghosts of Mars (2001). On Six Feet Under she played Margaret Chenowith from 2001 to 2005, earning Emmy and Screen Actors Guild nominations, and she won two Canadian Screen Awards for Call Me Fitz.
81years old
Turns 82 on August 2in 265 days
- Born Haddonfield
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 39
- Career span
- 52 years1973 to 2025
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A role that slipped away
Cassidy was in the running to play Wonder Woman on a television series, but the part went to Lynda Carter.
Big break
Cassidy landed her breakthrough film part in 1982, playing Zhora Salome, the replicant snake performer, in Ridley Scott's science-fiction movie Blade Runner.
Getting ready for a role
For the Final Cut of Blade Runner that came out in autumn 2007, Cassidy again wore Zhora's costume, recreating a climactic scene from the film 25 years after its release.
First role
Cassidy's first regular part came in 1979, playing Morgan Wainwright, a sheriff's pilot, on the action-adventure show 240-Robert. That series ran for just two abbreviated seasons.
Joanna Cassidy movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Andrew Davis directed two of these films, Wes Craven two. Fifteen actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Andrew DavisDirector, 2 films, 1989 to 1996
All films by Andrew Davis
All films by Wes Craven
Also two films together9 more actors
- Matt ClarkBarbarians at the Gate (1993) and The Laughing Policeman (1973)
- Pam GrierGhosts of Mars (2001) and The Package (1989)
- Kevin McCarthyThe Second Civil War (1997) and Invitation to Hell (1984)
- Clifton JamesThe Bank Shot (1974) and The Laughing Policeman (1973)
- Chelcie RossChain Reaction (1996) and The Package (1989)
- Jude CiccolellaStolen (2009) and Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart (2003)
- Betsy BrantleyWho Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and The Fourth Protocol (1987)
- Brooke DillmanKiss the Bride (2007) and Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector (2006)
- Nathan DavisChain Reaction (1996) and The Package (1989)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Joanna Cassidy's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$624 million
16 of the 39 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 39 films: 16 worldwide figure; 5 us gross only; 8 never in cinemas; 9 figure not found; 1 too new to count.
- 16Worldwide figure
- 5US gross only
- 8Never in cinemas
- 9Figure not found
- 1Too new to count
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 92% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$352M56.3% of the total
- 2$60M9.6% of the total
- 3$42M6.7% of the total
- 4$39M6.3% of the total
- 5$25M4.0% of the total
- 6$25M4.0% of the total
- 7$20M3.2% of the total
- 8$14M2.2% of the total
$47.7 millionfrom the other 8 films with a worldwide figure, 8% of the total
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