In Memoriam: Joan Copeland 1922–2022

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Other| April 01 2022 In Memoriam: Joan Copeland 1922–2022 The Arthur Miller Journal (2022) 17 (1): 1–3. https://doi.org/10.5325/arthmillj.17.1.0001 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation In Memoriam: Joan Copeland 1922–2022. The Arthur Miller Journal 1 April 2022; 17 (1): 1–3. doi: https://doi.org/10.5325/arthmillj.17.1.0001 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectivePenn State University PressThe Arthur Miller Journal Search Advanced Search Acclaimed stage, film, and television actress Joan Copeland, the sister of Arthur Miller, passed away in her home in Manhattan on January 4, 2022, just six months short of her 100th birthday.Copeland’s career spanned seven decades. She made her stage debut in Romeo and Juliet in 1945 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and played Desdemona in Othello the following year. She was one of the original members of the Actor’s Studio. She made her Broadway debut in Sundown Beach in 1948, and the following year she was an original cast member in Sidney Kingsley’s Detective Story. Among other Broadway appearances, she played opposite Danny Kaye in Richard Rodgers’s Two by Two and she starred as Vera in the 1977 revival of Pal Joey, for which she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award as Outstanding Actress in a Musical. One reviewer wrote: “Watching Joan Copeland singing... You do not currently have access to this content.