---
name: "Joan Copeland"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joan-copeland"
fi1m_id: "joan-copeland"
imdb_id: "nm0178616"
tmdb_id: 31504
wikidata_id: "Q1846284"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 June 1922"
died: "4 January 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T03:04:40.986490+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joan Copeland

## Identity

Joan Copeland

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joan-copeland
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joan-copeland
- **IMDb ID:** nm0178616
- **TMDB ID:** 31504
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1846284
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Copeland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1846284, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0178616/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31504

Actor. Born 1 June 1922 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 4 January 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 June 1922, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 4 January 2022
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Copeland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1846284, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0178616/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31504

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Brother Bear*](https://film.one/film/brother-bear.md) (56)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Joan Copeland (born Joan Maxine Miller) was an American actress. She made her professional stage debut in 1945 and her Broadway debut in 1948. One of the first members of the Actors Studio, she maintained a long career in theatre while also working in film and television.

Her film credits include *Middle of the Night* (1959), *Her Alibi* (1989), *Jungle 2 Jungle* (1997), *The Peacemaker* (1997), *The Object of My Affection* (1998) and *The Private Lives of Pippa Lee* (2009). She voiced Tanana in the animated film *Brother Bear* (2003). On television she appeared in series including *ER*, *Law & Order* and several daytime soaps. On stage she performed in multiple Broadway productions, including the 1977 revival of *Pal Joey* and *The American Clock* (1980), for which she received a Drama Desk Award.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Brother Bear* (2003), Fi1m 56, as Tanana (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/brother-bear.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Love is Like Life But Longer* (2011), as Older Nun
- *The Private Lives of Pippa Lee* (2009), as Piano Player
- *The Last Request* (2006), as Alice Rudolf
- *Jonny Zero* (2005), series, as Ms. Monroe
- *Brother Bear* (2003), as Tanana (voice) — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/brother-bear.md)
- *The Audrey Hepburn Story* (2000), as Cathleen Nesbitt
- *The Adventures of Sebastian Cole* (1998), as Grandmother Cole
- *The Object of My Affection* (1998), as Madame Reynolds
- *The Peacemaker* (1997), as Senator Helen Bevens
- *Jungle 2 Jungle* (1997), as Mrs. Prelot
- *ER* (1994), series, as Hanna Steiner — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, as Mrs. Thurmond
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), series, as Ramona Dwartz — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Rebecca Stein — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Women and Wallace* (1990), as Grandmother
- *Murder in Black and White* (1990), as Mrs. Finkelstein
- *Her Alibi* (1989), as Audrey
- *The Laser Man* (1988), as Ruth Weiss
- *Happy New Year* (1987), as Sunny Felix
- *A Little Sex* (1982), as Mrs. Harrison (Kate's Mother)
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Grandmother
- *Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot* (1981), as Miss Friedlander
- *Nurse* (1981), series, as Beverly Thompson
- *It's My Turn* (1980), as Rita
- *Roseland* (1977), as Pauline
- *How to Survive a Marriage* (1974), series, as Monica Courtland
- *All in the Family* (1971), series, as Elizabeth Tannen — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/all-in-the-family.md)
- *The Reason Why* (1970), as Charles's Wife (voice) (uncredited)
- *The Patty Duke Show* (1963), series, Actor
- *The Defenders* (1961), series, as Phyllis Maxwell
- *The Iceman Cometh* (1960), series, as Cora
- *Middle of the Night* (1959), as Lillian Englander
- *Naked City* (1958), series, as Beverly Lewine
- *The Goddess* (1958), as Alice Marie
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Nina
- *Suspense* (1949), series, as Louisa Hackett

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