Meryl Streep commenting that she played it on "automatic pilot". She performed the role of Katherine in "The Taming of the Shrew" for Shakespeare in the Park, and also played a supporting role in "Manhattan" (1979) for Woody Allen. Streep later said that Allen did not provide her with a complete script, giving her only the six pages of her own scenes, and did not permit her to improvise a word of her dialogue. In the drama "Kramer vs. Kramer", Streep was cast opposite Dustin Hoffman as an unhappily married woman who abandons her husband and child. Streep thought that the script
Joanna Gleason PBS "Great Performances" production of the musical), "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels", and "The Cartells". Her film and television career began in 1977 with her first appearance on "Let's Make A Deal", then in "Hello, Larry". She had film roles in "Hannah and Her Sisters" and "Heartburn" (both 1986). In Still the Beaver she played Beaver's ex-wife, Kimberly. Gleason worked again with Woody Allen in "Crimes and Misdemeanors" (1989), this time playing the wife of Allen's character. Gleason appeared in several films in the 1990s, including "F/X2", "Mr. Holland's Opus", "Boogie Nights", and "The Boys". More recently she has appeared in "The