Famed casting director, actor, and educator JOANNA MERLIN has died at 92.
Famed casting director, actor, and educator JOANNA MERLIN has died at 92.
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#1Famed casting director, actor, and educator JOANNA MERLIN has died at 92.
Posted: 10/16/23 at 1:37pm
Joanna Merlin starred as Tzeitel in the original FIDDLER and in BECKET alongside Laurence Olivier & Anthony Quinn before becoming a casting director for Hal Prince and other notable figures. Her Casting credits include all the Prince/Sondheim collabs, Into the Woods, Evita, On the 20th Century, and more. Since 1998, she taught in the Grad Acting program at NYU Tisch.
She was 92.
May her memory be a blessing.
Confirmed by NYU Tisch.
IBDB page: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/joanna-merlin-52828
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