Classic Film Club

Awards

AWARDS

Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

PRIMETIME EMMY NOMINEE

Buffalo Bill

  • Emmy iconOutstanding
  • Lead Actress
  • in a Comedy
  • Series
Buffalo Bill
  • Buffalo Bill
  • 1984
  • NBC

Six Feet Under

  • Emmy iconOutstanding
  • Guest Actress
  • in a Drama
  • Series
Six Feet Under
  • Six Feet Under
  • 2006
  • HBO

JOANNA CASSIDY

Joanna Cassidy

Joanna Cassidy (1982)
  • © The Blade Runner Partnership
  • (Joanna Cassidy in Blade Runner, 1982)

Biography

BIO

Joanna Cassidy was born Joanna Virginia Caskey in Haddonfield, New Jersey, in 1945.   Her parents were artists and Cassidy graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in art.   She married a doctor-in-residency and the couple moved to San Francisco, California where she began raising two children, worked as a model and began her acting career.

She made her film debut in 1968, at the age of 23, for Warner Bros.   She has appeared in more than 45 feature films and numerous television series.

Cassidy has received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her performances in Buffalo Bill (1984) and Six Feet Under (2006).

She married Dr. Kennard Korbin in 1964.   They divorced in 1974.


Films

NOTED FILMS

Bullitt

Bullitt
  • Bullitt
  • 1968
  • A pair of San Francisco detectives try to track down a Mafia bag man who stole millions - and they must find him before the Organization does.

    Peter Yates directs Steve McQueen.

Blade Runner

Blade Runner
  • Blade Runner
  • 1982
  • Director Ridley Scott's apocalyptic vision of a futuristic Los Angeles where a detective seeks to destroy a group of escaped cyborgs.
Complete filmography at:

TV Series

TV SERIES

240-Robert

Newhart
  • 240-Robert
  • 1979
  • as Deputy Morgan Wainwright
  • ABC

Buffalo Bill

Buffalo Bill
  • Buffalo Bill
  • 1983-1984
  • as Jo Jo White
  • NBC

Hotel Malibu

Hotel Malibu
  • Hotel Malibu
  • 1994
  • as Eleanor Mayfield

Superman: The Animated Series

Superman: The Animated Series
  • Superman: The Animated Series
  • 1997-1998
  • as Maggie Sawyer
  • USA

Diagnosis Murder

Diagnosis Murder
  • Diagnosis Murder
  • 1999-2000
  • as Madison Wesley
  • CBS

Six Feet Under

Six Feet Under
  • Six Feet Under
  • 2001-2005
  • as Margaret Chenowith
  • HBO