Career
Although Gleason has had an active film and TV career, she is probably best known for her stage work. Gleason made her Broadway debut in 1977 in I Love My Wife, for which she was honored with a Theatre World Award. Additional Broadway credits include Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, Peter Nichols A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Nick & Nora, Into the Woods (for which she won several awards including a Tony Award in the lead role of the Baker's Wife), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and The Cartells. In early 2002, she directed her first New York play.
Gleason's TV and film career also began in 1977, her first appearance was on Let's Make A Deal starring Monty Hall at the Hilton Hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada, then in the TV show Hello, Larry. She next appeared as the host of a short lived cable talk show Personal Side in the early 1980s. This was followed by her first film roles in Hannah and Her Sisters (a cameo) and Heartburn (both 1986). Gleason would work again with Woody Allen in Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), this time playing the wife of Allen's character.
Gleason appeared in several films in the 1990s, including F/X2, Mr. Holland's Opus, Boogie Nights, The Boys and Road Ends. More recently Gleason has appeared in The Pleasure of Your Company, The Good Wife, Fathers and Sons, and The Wedding Planner. On television, she played the role of Nadine Berkus on the show Love & War from 1992–95. In addition to acting, Gleason directed several episodes of this show. She also played the role of Joan Silver on the short lived series Temporarily Yours in 1997. Gleason starred in the Lifetime series Oh Baby as Charlotte from 1998–2000 also directing episodes of this show. Shortly following this show, she starred opposite Bette Midler and Lindsay Lohan on the show Bette as agent Connie Randolph. Gleason also appeared in several made-for-TV movies, including If These Walls Could Talk, For the Love of Aaron, Born Too Soon, and For Richer, for Poorer. She also played the Baker's Wife in the PBS Great Performances broadcast of Into the Woods. Gleason's numerous guest starring TV credits include episodes of The West Wing, The Practice, King of the Hill, Friends, Tracey Takes On..., Murphy Brown, ER, and Diff'rent Strokes.
In 2007, Gleason was honored by the New England Theatre Conference with a Special Award for her Achievement in Theatre.
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