Annalee Jefferies
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| Born | May 14, 1954 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
Annalee Jefferies (born May 14, 1954 in Houston, Texas) is a stage actress.
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[edit] Biography
Jefferies started acting at the Twelfth Night Community Theatre[1] in Brisbane, Australia when she was 10 years old. She studied drama under June Smith at Bellaire High and under Sidney Berger and Cecil Pickett at the University of Houston (Pickett also coached other notable actors including Cindy Pickett, his daughter, Randy Quaid, Dennis Quaid, Brent Spiner, Trey Wilson, Robert Wuhl and Thomas Schlamme). Her formal training also included two years at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Her most noted roles during 17 seasons with the Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas are Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, the title role in Hedda Gabler, Harper in Angels in America, Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Marion in Danton's Death. During her time at the Alley, she has also performed in over 15 productions across the nation and abroad.
Most recently she played a lizard in Edward Albee's Seascape and took a sabbatical from the Alley during the 2000-2001 season to perform Clytemnestra, Helen of Troy and Andromache in John Barton's 10-hour epic Tantalus, directed by Sir Peter Hall, which originated at Denver Center Theatre Company (co-produced by the RSC) and had a five-month UK tour. Prior to the Alley Theatre, she spent three years as a company member at the Arena Stage Theater in Washington D.C. She lived in New York City for five years working at local and regional theatres.
Her film and television credits include No Mercy, Violets Are Blue, Ned Blessing, Walker Texas Ranger, L.A. Law, and Charlie's Angels.
[edit] Film and television
- Monsters - Homeless Woman (Dir: Gareth Edwards)
- Walker, Texas Ranger - Molly (Dir: Tony Mordente)
- Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life - Flood Phillips (Dir: Peter Werner)
- L. A. Law "Dances With Sharks" - Janice Long (Dir: David Carson)
- No Mercy - Susan (Dir: Richard Pearce)
- Violets Are Blue - Sally (Dir: Jack Fisk)
- Charlie's Angels - Joan Freeman (Dir: Larry Doheny)
[edit] New York stage
[edit] Playwrights Horizons
- What Didn't Happen - Elaine (Dir: Michael Wilson)
[edit] Regional stage
[edit] Royal Shakespeare Company, Denver Performing Arts Complex
- Tantalus - Helen of Troy, Clytemnestra, Andromache, Ilione (Dir: Sir Peter Hall, Edward Hall)
[edit] Hartford Stage Company
- 8 By Tenn - Lucretia, Viola, Grace, Madge (Dir: Michael Wilson)
- The Night of the Iguana - Hannah Jelkes
- A Streetcar Named Desire - Blanche DuBois
- Seascape - Sara (Dir: Mark Lamos)
- Three Sisters - Olga
- Our Town
[edit] Hartford Theatreworks
- The Year of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion (Dir: Steve Campo)
[edit] Williamstown Theatre
- Enemy of the People - Mrs. Stockman (Dir: Gerald Freeman)
[edit] Alley Theatre, Houston, Texas
Dir: Gregory Boyd
- A Comedy of Errors - Adriana
- Travesties - Nadya
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Nurse Ratchet
- Measure for Measure - Mariana
- Tartuffe - Elmire
Dir: Michael Wilson
- A Streetcar Named Desire - Blanche DuBois
- Angels in America - Harper Pitt
- Lips Together, Teeth Apart - Chloe
- Dancing at Lughnasa - Kate
Dir: Misc
- Hedda Gabler - Hedda (Dir: Gerald Freeman)
- A View from the Bridge - Beatrice (Dir: Stephen Rayne)
- Death and the Maiden - Paulina Salas (Dir: Ken Grantham)
- Our Town - Mrs. Webb (Dir: Jose Quintero (director))
- Danton's Death - Marion (Dir: Robert Wilson - Wikipedia Robert Wilson's Web Site)
- American Vaudeville - Fanny Brice (Dir: Anne Bogart)
- Alfred Stieglitz Loves O'Keiffe - Georgia (Dir: Eb Thomas)
- Henceforward... U.S. Premier - Nan 300F, Corrina (Dir: Alan Ayckbourn)
- A Lie of the Mind - Beth (Dir: George Anderson)
[edit] Great Lakes Theatre Festival
- Antony and Cleopatra - Cleopatra (Dir: Gerald Freeman)
- Uncle Vanya - Sonya
[edit] Long Wharf Theatre
- Tobacco Road - Elly May (Dir: Arvin Brown)
[edit] Arena Stage, Washington D.C.
- God Bless You Mr. Rosewater - Mary Moody (Dir: Howard Ashman, Mary Kyte)
- Kean - Anna Danby (Dir: Martin Fried)
- The Man Who Came to Dinner - Maggie Cutler (Dir: Douglass Wager)
- An American Tragedy - Roberta Alden (Dir: Michael Lessac)
- Don Juan - Mautherine (Dir: Liviu Ciulei)
- After The Fall - Maggie (Dir: Zelda Fischandler)
[edit] Public theatre
- Aunt Dan and Lemon - Understudy: Aunt Dan, Mother
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Annalee Jefferies at the Internet Movie Database
- The Learned Ladies of Park Avenue review from In Newsweekly
- The Learned Ladies of Park Avenue review from Theater Mania
- Best Actress, Annalee Jefferies in Bad Dates - HoustonPress 2005: Arts & Entertainment
- Annalee Jefferies Endures Bad Dates for Hartford Stage Run
- Bad Dates a one-woman show, reviewed by Hartford Advocate
- Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana opens at Hartford Stage reviewed by Hartford Advocate
- The Night of the Iguana review from The Boston Phoenix
- 8 By Tenn review from The Portland Phoenix
- Annalee Jeffries Joins Mandy Patinkin in Williamstown Enemy
- Alley Theater, Annalee Jefferies.
- What Didn't Happen, A CurtainUp Review
- Tantalus, A CurtainUp Review
- Tantalus, review by Philip Fisher (2001), The British Theatre Guide
- Tantalus, review by J.T. Bowen, May 5, 2001, Centerstage Chicago
- Alley takes classic Streetcar to a bold new level
- Six people freed from death row tell tales of injustice in The Exonerated
- Interviewed by Dean Dalton at KUHF Radio, Houston, Texas - March 21, 2002 (Real Audio Media). kuhf.org
- Annalee Jefferies at the ITDb
- Annalee Jefferies New York Times Filmography
- Annalee Jefferies Google Search
- Annalee's Web Site
