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| Born | August 2 1944 [1] Haddonfield, New Jersey |
| Other name(s) | Joanna Virginia Caskey |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Official site | Joannacassidy.com |
Joanna Cassidy (born August 2 1944) is an American actress who has been active in film and television much of her career.[1] Cassidy was born Joanna Virginia Caskey in Haddonfield, New Jersey. She got her start guest starring on television series such as Mission: Impossible, Falcon Crest, Starsky & Hutch and Fantasy Island, as well as having starring roles on programs such as 240-Robert, Buffalo Bill, and Dallas. In 1982, she had her first major feature film role as the replicant Zhora in Blade Runner.[2] The following year, she co-starred in Under Fire with Gene Hackman and Nick Nolte. She was also featured in such films as Hollywood Wives (1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), The Package (1989), Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991), Barbarians at the Gate (1993), the 1993 adaptation of Stephen King's The Tommyknockers and Wes Craven's Vampire in Brooklyn (1995). On television, she provided the voice of Maggie Sawyer in the 1990s animated series of Superman, has had recurring guest roles on shows such as Diagnosis Murder and The District; and has guest starred on Everwood and Star Trek: Enterprise as T'Les, the mother of T'Pol. She voiced the villain character Hecubah in the computer game Nox. She also appeared opposite actor James Garner, playing his ex-wife, in the 1994 television movie The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. She was also in the 2001 film, Ghosts of Mars, made by John Carpenter. Cassidy is also known for her recurring role as Margaret Chenowith on Six Feet Under which she played for the entire series. Interestingly, her husband on the show was played by Robert Foxworth, whom she also acted with in episodes of both Falcon Crest and Star Trek: Enterprise. She earned a guest acting Emmy nomination for this role in 2006. She was in a famous and unsettling "Smokey the Bear" commercial in 1973 where she tells people to be extra careful in the forest at which point she removes her face, revealing her to be "Smokey" in disguise and tells people, "If you knew it was me, would you have listened?" Cassidy has a daughter and a son from her marriage in the 1960s. She recently re-shot certain scenes from Blade Runner with director Ridley Scott, correcting continuity errors and a bad stuntwoman match for the upcoming "Final Cut" commercial release.[3] In the second season of the NBC series Heroes, she is seen in a photo of the 12 senior members of the show's mysterious company. Beyond appearances in photographs, the actress first appeared as Victoria Pratt in the 10th episode of season two, "Truth & Consequences".
References
- ^ a b NetIndustries, LLC. (2007). Joanna Cassidy Biography (1944-) (English). NetIndustries, LLC.. Retrieved on October 1, 2007.
- ^ James Christopher (2007). Blade Runner: The Final Cut (English). Times Online. Retrieved on October 1, 2007.
- ^ Carolyn Giardina (2007). Cutting a new 'Blade': No bloodshed allowed (English). The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved on October 1, 2007.
External links
- Joanna Cassidy at the Internet Movie Database
- Joanna Cassidy at the TCM Movie Database
- Joanna Cassidy article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
