Anne Jackson

Anne Jackson

Anne Jackson in 1968.
Born Anna Jane Jackson
(1925-09-03)September 3, 1925
Millvale, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died April 12, 2016(2016-04-12) (aged 90)
New York, New York, U.S.
Alma mater Actors Studio
Occupation Actress
Years active 1945–2002
Spouse(s) Eli Wallach (m. 1948; d. 2014)
Children 3
Family A. O. Scott (great nephew)

Anna Jane "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.

In 1963, she won an Obie Award for Best Actress for her performance in two Off-Broadway plays, The Typists and The Tiger.[5]

Life and career

Jackson, the youngest of three sisters, was born in Millvale, Pennsylvania in 1925,[1] the daughter of Stella Germaine (née Murray) and John Ivan Jackson, a barber who ran a beauty parlor.[6][7] She was the youngest of three children, after Catherine, eight years older, and Beatrice, three years older.[6] Her year of birth had been misreported for years as 1926, the year Jackson gave in a 1962 interview.[6]

Jackson's mother was of Irish Catholic descent and her father, whose original name was John Jchekovitch, had emigrated from Croatia in 1918.[1][6][8] Her family moved to Brooklyn, New York when she was eight years old. She attended Franklin K. Lane High School.[8] In New York, Jackson trained at the Neighborhood Playhouse and The Actor's 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, and The Shining. Her many television appearances include Armstrong Circle Theatre, Academy Theatre, The Philco Television Playhouse, Studio One, The Untouchables, The Defenders, Gunsmoke, Marcus Welby, M.D., Rhoda, Highway to Heaven, Law & Order, and ER. She narrated Stellaluna on an episode of the PBS series Reading Rainbow.

Marriage

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 in Manhattan, and continued to act in cameo roles.[1]

Death

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

Filmography

Year Title Role
1950 So Young So Bad Jackie Boone
1959 The Journey Margie Rhinelander
1960 Tall Story Myra Sullivan
1960 Lullaby Eadie Horton
1967 The Tiger Makes Out Gloria Fiske
1968 How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life Muriel Laszlo
1968 The Secret Life of an American Wife Victoria Layton
1970 The Angel Levine Customer in Delicatessen (cameo)
1970 Lovers and Other Strangers Kathy
1970 Zig Zag Jean Cameron
1970 Dirty Dingus Magee Belle Nops
1971 The Typists Sylvia Payton
1973 Sticks and Bones Harriet
1976 Independence Abigail Adams
1977 Nasty Habits Sister Mildred
1979 The Bell Jar Dr. Nolan
1979 The Family Man Maggie Madden
1980 A Private Battle Katie Ryan
1980 The Shining Doctor
1980 Blinded by the Light Frances Bowers
1981 Leave 'em Laughing Shirlee
1982 A Woman Called Golda Lou Kaddar
1984 Sam's Son Harriet Orowitz
1987 Out on a Limb TV mini-series Bella Abzug
1988 Baby M Lorraine Abraham
1990 Funny About Love Adele
1992 Folks! Mildred Aldrich
1997 Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women Maman
1999 Man of the Century Margaret Twennies
2000 Something Sweet Grandma

References

  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, including FilmReference.com, 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 17, 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, enumerated on April 19, 1930, and 14 years old in 1940 Census, enumerated on April 6, 1940, putting her birth date between April 1925 and April 1926.
  5. ↑ Anne Jackson at the Internet Off-Broadway Database; retrieved April 16, 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 4 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.
  7. ↑ "Anne Jackson profile". FilmReference.com. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2016. Anna June Jackson profile
  8. 1 2 Jackson, Anne, in Tallmer, Jerry (October 2006). "Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach: Act II". Thrive NYC. 1 (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.

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