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Joanna Merlin
Date of birth
15 July 1931
Place of birth
Chicago, Illinois
Date of death
16 October 2023
IMDb profile

Joanna Merlin was an actress who played three different characters in Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Merlin is best known for her portrayal of Judge Lena Petrovsky in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

She starred as Tzeitel in the original Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof (with Austin Pendleton). She starred as Mrs. Arujo in the movie Mystic Pizza (with Vincent D'Onofrio, Julia Roberts, Annabeth Gish, Lili Taylor, Adam Stroke, and Matt Damon).

Merlin passed away on October 16, 2023, at 92 years of age.

Appearances[]

Carla Bowman
Deirdre Powell
Lena Petrovsky
Defense Attorney Carla Bowman Defense Attorney Deirdre Powell Judge Lena Petrovsky
L&O: "Silence" • "Virus" L&O: "Virtue" • "Atonement" • "Expert" SVU: "Legacy" • "Asunder" • "Secrets" • "Countdown" • "Scourge" • "Repression" • "Ridicule" • "Prodigy" • "Guilt" • "Greed" • Denial" • "Lust" • "Damaged" • "Perfect" • "Loss" • "Control" • "Mean" • "Criminal" • "Bound" • "Weak" • "Quarry" • "Intoxicated" • "Blood" • "Strain" • "Rockabye" • "Manipulated" • "Class" • "Recall" • "Burned" • "Outsider" • "Impulsive" • "Savant" • "Streetwise" • "Inconceivable" • "Authority" • "Cold" • "PTSD" • "Lead" • "Baggage" • "Solitary" • "Turmoil" • "Rescue" • "Reparations"
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