Joan Ryan is an American actress and singer, who played Judy Denmark/Ginger Del Marco in the Los Angeles production of Ruthless!, and Miss Tina Paladrino on Good Morning, Miss Bliss, the television series that became Saved by the Bell.[1]
Career
editRyan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in Newport Beach, California. She attended the advanced training program at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, California, and while enrolled, appeared in productions of The Taming of the Shrew, Cyrano de Bergerac and A Doll's House as a member of the conservatory's theater company.[2] Upon completion of the program, Ryan moved to Los Angeles, California where she performed in productions of Little Shop of Horrors, Footloose, Angry Housewives, Nite Club Confidential, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
In 1988, Ryan was cast as Miss Tina Paladrino on the NBC/Disney Channel series Good Morning, Miss Bliss. The show ran for a single season on Disney Channel before being moved to NBC and re-imagined as Saved by the Bell.[3][4] In 1992, Good Morning, Miss Bliss was renamed Saved by the Bell: The Junior High Years and incorporated into the Saved by the Bell syndication package on TBS.[5]
In 1993, Ryan appeared as Judy Denmark/Ginger Del Marco in the Los Angeles stage production of Ruthless! The Musical.[6] The following year she would also appear on the original cast recording released by Varèse Sarabande.[7]
Alongside her work in theater and television, Ryan also records and performs as a solo vocal artist. Her one-woman show, entitled Joan Ryan Live!, has been performed at clubs including Feinstein's/54 Below,[8][9] Birdland,[10][11][12][13] Catalina Jazz Club,[14][15] and The Green Room 42,[16] and in 2013 earned Ryan the title of BroadwayWorld's Best Female Cabaret Artist.[17][18]
Theatre
edit| Production | Role | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Ruthless! | Judy Denmark/Ginger Del Marco | Canon Theatre |
| Mass | "World Without End" Soloist | Hollywood Bowl |
| Footloose | Vi Moore | Starlight Theatre |
| Enter the Guardsman | Dresser | Old Globe Theatre |
| Little Shop of Horrors | Audrey | La Mirada Civic Theatre |
| Nunsense 2: The Second Coming | Sister Mary Paul/Amnesia | Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts |
| Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Narrator | Upland Theater |
| Nite Club Confidential | Dorothy Flynn | Tiffany Theater |
| Angry Housewives | Jetta | Odyssey Theatre |
| Suds | Dee Dee | La Mirada Civic Theatre |
| Anyone Can Whistle | Fay Apple | Dupree Studio Theatre |
| Rainbow in the Night | Darlene | Matrix Theatre |
| Justice | Ruth Bader Ginsberg | Arizona Theatre Company |
Film and television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Format | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988-1989 | Good Morning, Miss Bliss | Miss Tina Paladrino | Television | 13 episodes |
| 1990 | His & Hers | Mrs. Jackson | Television | 1 episode |
| 1994 | The Young and the Restless | Kathleen Pullman | Television | 4 episodes |
| 1994 | The Today Show | Musical Guest | Television | 1 episode |
| 1997-1999 | Chicago Hope | Anesthesiologist | Television | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | The Wright Turn | Katherine Bailey | Television | 3 episodes |
Discography
editCast recordings
edit- George & Ira Gershwin: A Musical Celebration (1994) — MCA
- Ruthless! (1994) — Varèse Sarabande
- Sondheim: A Celebration (1997) — Varèse Sarabande
- Lerner, Loewe, Lane & Friends (1998) — Varèse Sarabande
- Everyone Has a Story: The Songs of Adryan Russ (2001) — LML Music
- Life Upon the Wicked S.T.A.G.E. (2002) — LML Music
- Dream: Lyrics and Music Of Johnny Mercer (2003) — LML Music
- The Perfect Year: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (2004) — Kritzerland
- Strouse, Schwartz, Schwartz (2006) — Kritzerland
Solo albums
edit- Joan Ryan (1995) — LML Music
References
edit- ^ "How 'Saved by the Bell' changed after the pilot". EW.com. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ Willis, John. (1975). Theatre world 1973 74. Crown. ISBN 0-517-51651-9. OCLC 948744866.
- ^ Greene, Andy (2015-02-05). "Flashback: Watch the Lost 'Saved by the Bell' Pilot". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ "25 Things You Never Knew About 'Saved by the Bell'". ABC News. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ "How Good Morning, Miss Bliss Became Saved By The Bell". ScreenRant. 2019-10-23. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ "THEATER REVIEW : In Grand Company With 'Ruthless!'". Los Angeles Times. 1993-11-19. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
- ^ Ruthless! - 1994 Los Angeles Cast, retrieved 2020-11-09
- ^ Hodges, Linda. "BWW Reviews: Joan Ryan Brings Down the House at Feinstein's at the Nikko". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
- ^ fbd (2013-10-29). "Joan Ryan - 'Journey to the Past'". Theater Pizzazz. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ "Joan Ryan To Be Joined By Joanna Gleason At Birdland Jazz May 16". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
- ^ Hetrick, Adam (2019-04-10). "Joanna Gleason to Join Joan Ryan at Birdland". Playbill. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ^ "Joan Ryan Proves She Has The Chops and More At Birdland – Times Square Chronicles". Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ "Love BIG BELTERS? Joan Ryan is for You!". 17 May 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-08-15.
- ^ Gruber, Xaque; ContributorWriter (2014-05-28). "Joan Ryan Makes Musical Magic at Hollywood's Catalina Jazz Club". HuffPost. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
{{cite web}}:|last2=has generic name (help) - ^ Grigware, Don. "BWW Reviews: Singer Joan Ryan Brings Smashing On the Edge to Catalina Jazz Club". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ Mosher, Stephen. "BWW Review: JOAN RYAN Stakes Her New York Claim at The Green Room 42". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
- ^ "2013 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Awards Winners Announced - Ramin Karimloo, Lindsay Pearce & More!". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
- ^ Grigware, Don. "BWW Reviews: Singer Joan Ryan Blows the Roof Off the Federal". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2020-05-23.