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Anne Jackson

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Anne Jackson
Jackson in 1968
Born(1925-09-03)September 3, 1925
Millvale, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedApril 12, 2016(2016-04-12) (aged 90)
New York City, U.S.
Alma materActors Studio
OccupationActress
Years active1945–2008
Spouse
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(m. 1948; died 2014)​
Children3

Anne Jackson (September 3, 1925 – April 12, 2016)[1][2][3][4] was an American actress of stage, screen, and television. She was the wife of actor Eli Wallach, with whom she often co-starred. In 1956, she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in Paddy Chayefsky's Middle of the Night.[5] In 1963, she won an Obie Award for Best Actress for her performance in two Off-Broadway plays, The Typists and The Tiger.[6]

Early life

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Jackson was born in Millvale, Pennsylvania in 1925,[1] the daughter of Stella Germaine (née Murray) and John Ivan Jackson, a barber.[citation needed] She was the youngest of three daughters, after Catherine, eight years older, and Beatrice, three years older.[7] Her year of birth had been misreported for years as 1926, the year Jackson gave in a 1962 interview.[7] Jackson's mother was of Irish Catholic descent and her father, whose original name was Ivan Jakšeković, had emigrated from Croatia (then part of Austria-Hungary) in 1918.[1][7][8] Her family moved to Brooklyn, New York when she was eight years old. She attended Franklin K. Lane High School.[8]

Career

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In New York, Jackson trained at the Neighborhood Playhouse and the Actors Studio. She made her Broadway debut in 1945. Her theater credits included Summer and Smoke, Arms and the Man, Luv, The Waltz of the Toreadors, Mr. Peters' Connections and Lost in Yonkers.[3]

Jackson's screen credits include The Tiger Makes Out, The Secret Life of an American Wife, How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life, Lovers and Other Strangers, Dirty Dingus Magee, Folks!, and The Shining. Her many television appearances include Armstrong Circle Theatre, Academy Theatre, The Philco Television Playhouse, Studio One, The Untouchables, The Defenders, multiple appearances, as different, similar, characters on Gunsmoke, Marcus Welby, M.D., Rhoda, The Facts of Life, Highway to Heaven, Law & Order, and ER. She narrated Stellaluna on an episode of the PBS series Reading Rainbow.[citation needed]

In March 2017, the Harry Ransom Center announced the acquisition of Anne Jackson's archive along with her husband's. It opened for research in 2018.[9]

Personal life

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Jackson and her husband Eli Wallach in 2010

Jackson was married to actor Eli Wallach, with whom she acted frequently, from March 5, 1948, until his death on June 24, 2014. They had three children, Peter, Katherine, and Roberta.[1] Her marriage to Wallach was one of the longest and most successful in the industry. She later taught at the HB Studio[10] in Manhattan, and continued to act in cameo roles.[1]

Death

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Jackson died at her home in Manhattan on April 12, 2016, aged 90.[1]

Filmography

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Film

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Anne Jackson film credits
YearTitleRoleNotes
1950So Young So BadJackie Boone
1959The JourneyMargie Rhinelander
1960Tall StoryMyra Sullivan
1967The Tiger Makes OutGloria Fiske
1968How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your LifeMuriel Laszlo
1968The Secret Life of an American WifeVictoria Layton
1970Zig ZagJean Cameron
1970The Angel LevineCustomer in Delicatessencameo
1970Lovers and Other StrangersKathy
1970Dirty Dingus MageeBelle Nops
1976IndependenceAbigail AdamsDocudrama
1977Nasty HabitsSister Mildred
1979The Bell JarDr. Nolan
1980The ShiningDoctorScenes not in the European cut
1984Sam's SonHarriet Orowitz
1990Funny About LoveAdele
1992Folks!Mildred Aldrich
1999Man of the CenturyMargaret Twennies
2000Something SweetGrandma
2008Vote and Die: Liszt for PresidentPartisan woman
2008Lucky DaysCorkie

Television

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Anne Jackson television credits
YearTitleRoleNotes
1951 Armstrong Circle Theatre Lena
1952 Lux Video Theatre Sara
1952–1953 The Doctor Mary / Agatha Bunnerman
1953–1954 The Philco Television Playhouse Daughter
1955 Studio One Fredda Walters / Mattie Hobbs
1956–1962 General Electric Theater Jenny Dutton
1960 Play of the Week Eadie Horton
1960LullabyEadie HortonTV movie
1962 The Untouchables Edna Gordon
1964 The Defenders Sally Brandt
1967 CBS Playhouse Vivian Spears
1971The TypistsSylvia PaytonTV movie
1972 Gunsmoke Phoebe Preston Episode: "Blind Man's Bluff"
1972 Marcus Welby, M.D. Alicia Blair
1973Sticks and BonesHarrietTV movie
1974 Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Vivienne Carson
1975 Play for Today Helene Hanff
1977 Rhoda Bea
1979The Family ManMaggie MaddenTV movie
1980A Private BattleKatie RyanTV movie
1980Blinded by the LightFrances BowersTV movie
1981Leave 'em LaughingShirleeTV movie
1982A Woman Called GoldaLou Kaddar / NarratorTV movie
1985 The Equalizer Mrs. Henrietta Fields Episode: "The Confirmation Day"
1985 The Facts of Life Gwen
1986 Tall Tales & Legends Mother Nature
1987 Out on a Limb Bella Abzug TV mini-series
1987 Worlds Beyond Marian Burgess
1987 Highway to Heaven Marge Malloy
1987 Everything's Relative Rae Beeby
1988Baby MLorraine AbrahamTV miniseries
1997Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two WomenMamanTV movie
1997 Law & Order Judge Jane Simons Episode: "Burned"
2002 The Education of Max Bickford Pat
2003 ER Mrs. Langston

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 McFadden, Robert D. (April 13, 2016). "Anne Jackson, Stage Star With Her Husband, Eli Wallach, Dies at 90". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 16, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016. Note: Some sources give middle name as June.
  2. ↑ Bernstein, Adam (April 14, 2016). "Anne Jackson, theater stalwart who teamed onstage with husband Eli Wallach, dies at 90". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 24, 2016. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Anne Jackson at the Internet Broadway Database; retrieved April 16, 2016. Archived from the original on April 16, 2016.
  4. ↑ United States Census records list "Anna Jackson" as 4 years old in 1930 Census Archived 2016-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, enumerated on April 19, 1930, and 14 years old in 1940 Census Archived 2016-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, enumerated on April 6, 1940, putting her birth date between April 1925 and April 1926.
  5. ↑ Simonson, Robert (April 13, 2016). "Anne Jackson, Seasoned Stage Actress and Half of Legendary Stage Pair, Dies at 90". Playbill. Archived from the original on 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
  6. ↑ Anne Jackson at the Internet Off-Broadway Database (archived) Edit this at Wikidata; retrieved June 11, 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 Jackson, Anne, in Ross, Lillian, ed. (1962). "Anne Jackson". The Player: A Profile of an Art. Simon and Schuster. p. 193. Archived from the original on April 5, 2016. Retrieved February 13, 2016. I was born on September 3, 1926, in Millvale, Pennsylvania, on the outskirts of Pittsburgh. My father, John Jchekovitch, was born in Croatia, came to America in 1918, at the age of seventeen, and settled in Pittsburgh. He changed his name to John Jackson.
  8. 1 2 Jackson, Anne, in Tallmer, Jerry (October 2006). "Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach: Act II". Thrive NYC. Vol. 1, no. 17. Community Media, LLC. Archived from the original on October 11, 2010. I was in school, Franklin K. Lane High School. I was born in Millvale, Pennsylvania [just outside Pittsburgh], and the family moved to Brooklyn when I was 8.
  9. ↑ "Papers of Actors Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson Acquired". www.hrc.utexas.edu. Archived from the original on 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
  10. ↑ "HB Alumni". Archived from the original on 2019-02-12. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
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