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Arleen Sorkin (born October 14, 1955)[1] is a retired[2] American actress, screenwriter, presenter and comedian. Sorkin is known for portraying Calliope Jones on the NBC daytime serial Days of Our Lives and for inspiring and voicing the DC Comics villain Harley Quinn, created by her college friend Paul Dini, in Batman: The Animated Series and the many animated series and video games that followed it.[3][4]

Arleen Sorkin
Born	(1955-10-14) October 14, 1955 (age 67) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation	Actress, screenwriter, comedian, presenter
Years active	1983–2012
Spouse	Christopher Lloyd ​ (m. 1995)​
Children	2

Life and career

Born in Washington, D.C.,[1] Sorkin began her career in cabaret in the late 1970s and early 1980s as a member of the comedy group The High-Heeled Women, alongside Mary Fulham, Tracey Berg, and Cassandra Danz.^{[citation needed]} Sorkin is Jewish.[5]

One of her more prominent roles was the wacky but lovable Calliope Jones, as seen on Days of Our Lives. She played this part from 1984 to 1990 and made return visits in 1992 and 2001. She reprised her role on the soap for the fourth time on February 24, 2006. She returned to Days for a limited run beginning on May 5, 2010.[6]

From 1987 to 1989, Sorkin played Geneva, a sexy maid to yuppie couple Richard and Linda Phillips, on the Fox dramedy series Duet. She would reprise this role on one episode of Open House, the sequel series to Duet. In 1990, she went on to be the original female co-host on America's Funniest People. In 1992, Sorkin was dismissed from America's Funniest People by producer Vin Di Bona. In response, Sorkin filed a lawsuit against Di Bona, claiming she was dismissed from the show due to her race, after ABC Chairman Dan Burke had suggested to Di Bona that Sorkin be replaced by an African-American or a person of another ethnic minority. Sorkin sought $450,000 for lost earnings, and an additional unspecified amount for harm to her professional reputation and emotional injury. She additionally claimed that after she denounced the move as being racially motivated, Di Bona changed plans and hired new cohost Tawny Kitaen, who was also white.[7]

Sorkin's writing included for the Tiny Toon Adventures 1990-1992 television series, and co-writer of the story and screenplay of the 1997 Jennifer Aniston film, Picture Perfect

She provided inspiration for and voiced the animated character Harley Quinn, a sidekick and lover to the Joker, first appearing in a 1992 episode of Batman: The Animated Series.[8][9] Quinn was created by Paul Dini, a college friend of Sorkin's, who partly modeled the character after her personality and mannerisms. Though Harley Quinn was originally intended to appear in a single episode, reaction to the character and Sorkin's voice performance was positive and Quinn was written into the show regularly. Quinn went on to appear in DC comic books and in further animated TV series including The New Batman Adventures, Static Shock, and Justice League, as well as Gotham Girls, an internet cartoon series. Sorkin also voiced Harley in the animated film Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker and multiple video games. Following DC Universe Online, Sorkin retired from voicing Harley Quinn^{[citation needed]} and therefore did not reprise her role in any subsequent DC projects. Sorkin was succeeded by several voice actresses, usually Tara Strong or Hynden Walch, in various media.

For the series Frasier (1993-2004), produced by her husband Christopher Lloyd, Sorkin would perform as a caller to Frasier Crane's radio show; the lines would later be dubbed over by a celebrity caller.[10] In the final episode of Frasier, Sorkin had an onscreen part as the owner of a monkey.

Personal life

Since 1995, Sorkin has been married to television writer-producer Christopher Lloyd, with whom she has two sons,[11] Eli and Owen.[12]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Trading Places	Woman at Party	Uncredited
1985	From Here to Maternity	Judy	Television film
1986	Odd Jobs	Diner Waitress
1987	Paul Reiser Out on a Whim
1991	Oscar	Vendetti's Manicurist
	Ted & Venus	Marcia
	I Don't Buy Kisses Amymore	Monica
1993	Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss	Peg Ferman	Television film
	Batman: Mask of the Phantasm	Ms. Bambi (voice)
1994	It's Pat	Herself
2000	Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker	Harley Quinn / Harleen Quinzel (voice)	Direct-to-video
2004	Comic Book: The Movie	Ms. Q (Studio Secretary)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984–1990, 1992, 2006, 2010	Days of Our Lives	Calliope Jones
1986–1989	The New Hollywood Squares	Panelist
1987	The New Mike Hammer	Traci Baskin	Episode: "The Last Laugh"
1987–1989	Duet	Geneva	50 episodes
1989	Open House		Episode: "Parade of Homes"
	Family Feud	Herself	[13]
1990	Dream On	Donna di Angelo	Episode: "Angst for the Memories"
	Room for Romance		Episode: "Fool's Good"
1990–1992	America's Funniest People	Co-host
1991	Taz-Mania	Veronica (voice)	Episode: "Bewitched Bob"
1992–1994	Batman: The Animated Series	Harley Quinn / Harleen Quinzel (voice)	9 episodes
1997–1999	The New Batman Adventures		6 episodes
1997	Superman: The Animated Series		3 episodes
2000–2002	Gotham Girls		25 episodes
2003	Static Shock		Episode: "Hard as Nails"
	Justice League		2 episodes
2004	Frasier	Rachel	Episode: "Goodnight, Seattle: Part 2"

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
1994	The Adventures of Batman & Robin	Harley Quinn / Harleen Quinzel	Sega CD version
2001	Batman Vengeance
2009	Batman: Arkham Asylum		[14]
2011	DC Universe Online

Writer

Year	Title	Notes
1997	Picture Perfect	Screenplay, story

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
2009	Spike Video Game Awards	Best Voice	Batman: Arkham Asylum (as "Harley Quinn")	Nominated
1988	Daytime Emmy Awards	Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Days of Our Lives	Nominated
1989				Nominated
1985	Soap Opera Digest Awards	Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role in a Daytime Serial		Won
		Outstanding New Actress in a Daytime Serial		Won
1986		Outstanding Comic Relief Role on a Daytime Serial		Won
1988		Outstanding Comic Performance by an Actress: Daytime		Won
2011	Peabody Awards	Shared with Jessica Hernández (editor)	Bhutto	Won
2011	International Documentary Association	Video Source Award Shared with Duane Baughman (director/producer) Johnny O'Hara (director/writer) Mark Siegel (producer) Glenn Aveni (executive producer)		Won

References

External links

• Arleen Sorkin at IMDb

На других языках

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[es] Arleen Sorkin

Arleen Sorkin (nacida el 14 de octubre de 1956) es una actriz estadounidense. Nacida en Washington, Sorkin es conocida por su papel secundario de Calliope Jones en la teleserie de NBC "Days of Our Lives" y por interpretar la voz del personaje Harley Quinn en Batman: La Serie Animada y en la mayoría de las series animadas sucesivas (a partir de 1992), así como en los videojuegos Batman: Arkham Asylum.

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[ru] Соркин, Арлин

Арлин Соркин (англ. Arleen Sorkin, род. 14 октября 1955, Вашингтон, США) — американская актриса, сценаристка, телеведущая и комик. Наиболее известна благодаря роли Каллиопы Джонс Брэдфорт в мыльной опере «Дни нашей жизни», а также озвучиванию суперзлодейки Харли Квинн в мультсериале «Бэтмен»[1], а также в сиквеле «Новые приключения Бэтмена».

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