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Anne Jackson Biography (1926-)

Full name, Anna June Jackson; born September 3, 1926 (some sources say 1925),in Allegheny (some sources say Millvale), PA; daughter of John Ivan (a beautician) and Stella Germaine (Murray) Jackson; married Eli Wallach (an actor),March 5, 1948; children: Peter, Roberta, Katherine. Addresses: Agent:Paradigm, 200 West 57th St., Suite 900, New York, NY 10019.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

September 3, 1926

Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Jackie, So Young, So Bad, United Artists, 1950
• Mrs. Margie Rhinelander, The Journey, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1959
• Myra Sullivan, Tall Story, Warner Bros., 1960
• Gloria Fiske, The Tiger Makes Out, Columbia, 1967
• Muriel Laszlo, How to Save a Marriage--and Ruin Your Life (also known as Band of Gold), Columbia, 1968
• Victoria Layton, The Secret Life of an American Wife, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968
• Belle Knops, Dirty Dingus Magee, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1970
• Lady in the store, The Angel Levine, United Artists, 1970
• Cathy, Lovers and Other Strangers, Cinerama, 1970
• Jean Cameron, Zigzag (also known as False Witness), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1970
• Abigail Adams, Independence, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975
• Subprioress Mildred (mistress of novices), Nasty Habits (also known as The Abbess and The Habit), Brut, 1976
• Dr. Nolan, The Bell Jar, Avco-Embassy, 1979
• Doctor, The Shining (also known as Stanley Kubrick's The Shining), Warner Bros., 1980
• Herself, Sanford Meisner--The Theatre's Best Kept Secret (documentary), Columbia, 1984
• Harriet Orowitz, Sam's Son, Invictus, 1984
• A View to a Kill, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1984
• Narrator, Are We Winning, Mommy? America and the Cold War (documentary), Cine Information/National Film Board of Canada/Channel Four/Svenges TV2, 1986
• "The Sahara Forest," "Sons of Bees," and "The Gorilla Safari," Funny, Associates and Ferren, 1988
• Adele Bergman, Funny about Love (also known as New York Times), Paramount, 1990
• Mildred Aldrich, Folks!, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
• Grandma, Something Sweet, Cineblast, 1999
• (As Madame du Froid) Margaret Twennies, Man of the Century (also known as Johnnie Twennies), Fine Line Features, 1999
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Rae Beeby, Everything's Relative, CBS, 1987
• Also appeared in Love of Life, CBS.
• Miniseries
• Bella Abzug, Out on a Limb, ABC, 1987
• Lorraine Abraham, Baby M, ABC, 1988
• Movies
• Maggie Madden, The Family Man, CBS, 1979
• Frances Bowers, Blinded by the Light, CBS, 1980
• Kathryn "Katie" Morgan Ryan, A Private Battle, CBS, 1980
• Shirlee Thum, Leave 'em Laughing, CBS, 1981
• Lou Kaddar and narrator, A Woman Called Golda, syndicated, 1982
• Maman, The Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women (also known asTwo Women: The Lady on the Bicycle), 1997
• Specials
• Sticks and Bones, CBS, 1973
• Helene Hanff, 84 Charing Cross Road (also known as Play for Today: 84 Charing Cross Road), BBC, 1975 , then syndicated, 1976
• "Rachel Carson," An American Portrait, CBS, 1985
• "Sanford Meisner: The Theatre's Best Kept Secret" (documentary), American Masters, PBS, 1990
• "Helen Hayes: First Lady of the American Theatre" (documentary), American Masters, PBS, 1991
• "Miracle on 44th Street: A Portrait of the Actors Studio" (documentary),American Masters, PBS, 1991
• Narrator, River of Steel (documentary), PBS, 1994
• Voice of Ada Lichtman, The Trial of Adolf Eichmann (documentary),PBS, 1997
• Tennessee Williams, Arts and Entertainment, 1998
• Episodic
• "Zone of Quiet," Actors' Studio, CBS, 1949
• "Greasy Luck," Actors' Studio, CBS, 1949
• "In the Shadow of the Glen," Academy Theater, NBC, 1949
• "Johnny Pickup," Armstrong Circle Theater (also known as CircleTheater), NBC, 1951
• "Happy Birthday George," Robert Montgomery Presents, NBC, 1952
• "Promotion," Lux Video Theatre, CBS, 1952
• "The Man in Half Moon Street," Kraft Television Theatre, NBC, 1952
• "The Vanished Hours," Lux Video Theatre, CBS, 1952
• "Call from a Killer," Suspense, CBS, 1952
• "Marti," The Doctor (also known as The Visitor), NBC, 1952
• "Night Riders in Apartment A," The Doctor (also known as The Visitor), NBC, 1952
• "The Decision," The Doctor (also known as The Visitor), NBC, 1953
• "No Rap Charlie," The Doctor (also known as The Visitor), NBC, 1953
• "The Big Deal," Philco Television Playhouse, NBC, 1953
• "Statute of Limitations," Philco Television Playhouse, NBC, 1954
• "The Merry-Go-Round," Goodyear Playhouse, NBC, 1955
• "O'Hoolihan and the Leprechaun," General Electric Theater (also known as G.E. Theater), CBS, 1956
• "Hostages to Fortune," Alcoa Hour, NBC, 1957
• "Lullaby," Play of the Week, syndicated, 1960
• "Cooker in the Sky," The Untouchables, ABC, 1962
• "Acres and Pains," General Electric Theater (also known as G.E.Theater), CBS, 1962
• "Moment of Truth," The Defenders, CBS, 1964
• "Dear Friends," CBS Playhouse, CBS, 1967
• "The Typists," Hollywood Television Theatre, PBS, 1971
• Phoebe Preston, "Blind Man's Bluff," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1972
• "A Taste of Salt," Marcus Welby, M.D., ABC, 1972
• "Come into My Parlour," Orson Welles Great Mysteries, syndicated,1973
• Maude, CBS, 1976
• Rhoda, CBS, 1977
• Gwen Schaeffer, "We Get Letters," The Facts of Life, NBC, 1985
• Henrietta Fields, "The Confirmation Day" (also known as "The Family"), The Equalizer, CBS, 1985
• "The Black Tomb," Worlds Beyond, \[Great Britain\], 1986
• Marge Malloy, "A Father's Faith," Highway to Heaven, NBC, 1987
• Judge Jane Simons, "Burned," Law and Order, NBC, 1997
• Appeared in "Twenty Shades of Pink," General Electric Theater (also known as G.E. Theater), CBS; also appeared in episodes of Danger and The Web, both CBS.
• Pilots
• Jenny Dutton, Acres and Pains, CBS, 1965
• Stage Appearances
• Anya, The Cherry Orchard, Wilmington, DE, 1944
• Guest, The Cherry Orchard, City Center Theatre, New York City, 1945
• Alice Stewart, Signature, Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, 1945
• Frida Foldal, John Gabriel Borkman, American Repertory Company, International Theatre, New York City, 1946
• A Christian, Androcles and the Lion, American Repertory Company, International Theatre, 1946
• What Every Woman Knows, American Repertory Company, InternationalTheatre, 1946
• Henry VIII, American Repertory Company, International Theatre, 1946
• This Property Is Condemned (one-act play), 1946
• Miss Blake, Yellow Jack, American Repertory Company, InternationalTheatre, 1947
• Judith, The Last Dance, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1948
• Pat, The Young and Fair, Falmouth Playhouse, Falmouth, MA, 1948
• Nellie Ewell, Summer and Smoke, Music Box Theatre, New York City,1948
• Nita, Magnolia Alley, Mansfield Theatre, New York City, 1949
• Margaret Anderson, Love Me Long, 48th Street Theatre, New York City, 1949
• Hilda, The Lady from the Sea, Fulton Theatre, New York City, 1950
• Louka, Arms and the Man, Hotel Edison Theatre, New York City, 1950
• Coralie Jones, Never Say Never, Booth Theatre, New York City, 1951
• Mildred Turner, Oh Men! Oh Women!, Henry Miller's Theatre, NewYork City, 1953
• The daughter, The Middle of the Night, American National Theatre and Academy Theatre, New York City, 1956
• Title role, Major Barbara, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1956
• Laura, The Glass Menagerie, Westport Country Playhouse, Westport,CT, then John Drew Theatre, Easthampton, NY, both 1959
• Daisy, Rhinoceros, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1961
• Brecht on Brecht (staged reading), Theatre De Lys, New York City,1962
• Sylvia, The Typists, produced on a double-bill with The Tiger, Orpheum Theatre, New York City, 1963 , then Globe Theatre, London, England, 1964
• Gloria, The Tiger, produced on a double-bill with The Typists, Orpheum Theatre, 1963 , then Globe Theatre, 1964
• Ellen Manville, Luv, Booth Theatre, 1964
• The actress, The Exercise, Berkshire Festival, Stockbridge, MA, 1967 , then John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1968
• Molly Malloy, The Front Page, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1969
• Ethel Rosenberg, The Inquest, Music Box Theatre, 1970
• Mother H., Doris, and Joan J., Promenade, All!, Alvin Theatre, NewYork City, 1972
• Madame St. Pe, Waltz of the Toreadors, Eisenhower Theatre, John F.Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, then Circle in the Square, New York City, both 1973
• Madame Ranevskaya, The Cherry Orchard, Hartford Stage Company, Hartford, CT, 1974
• Mrs. McBride, Marco Polo Sings a Solo, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1977
• Diana, Absent Friends, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1977
• Mrs. Frank, The Diary of Anne Frank, Theatre Four, New York City,1978
• Margaret Heinz, A Need for Brussels Sprouts, produced on a double-bill with A Need for Less Expertise as Twice around the Park, Syracuse Stage Theatre, Syracuse, NY, 1981 , then Cort Theatre, New York City,1982 , later Edinburgh Theatre Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1984
• Edie Frazier, A Need for Less Expertise, produced on a double-billwith A Need for Brussels Sprouts as Twice around the Park, Syracuse Stage Theatre, 1981 , then Cort Theatre, 1982 , later Edinburgh TheatreFestival, 1984
• Natalya Gavrilovna, The Nest of the Wood Grouse, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, 1984
• Title role, The Madwoman of Chaillot, Mirror Repertory Company, New York City, 1985
• Company F, Mirror Repertory Company, Theatre at St. Peter's Church, New York City, 1985-86
• Odile, Opera Comique, Eisenhower Theatre, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 1987
• Waitin' in the Wings: The Night the Understudies Take Center Stage, Triplex Theatre, New York City, 1988
• Anna Cole, Cafe Crown, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, 1988 , then Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1989
• Melissa Gardner, Love Letters, Broadway production, between 1991-1992
• Lost in Yonkers, Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York City, between 1991-1993
• In Person, 1993
• The Flowering Peach, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1994
• Mr. Peter's Connection, off-Broadway production, 1998
• Tennessee Williams Remembered, Arclight Theatre, New York City, 1999
• Appeared in Just an Evening with Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach; appeared in a poetry reading at the John Drew Playhouse, 1960. Also performed atArena Stage, Washington, DC, 1977-78; Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, PA;Clinton Playhouse, Clinton, NJ; Equity Library Theatre, New York City; and Actors Studio, New York City.
• Major Tours
• Zelda Rainier, Donnigan's Daughter, U.S. cities, 1945
• Bella, The Barretts of Wimpole Street, U.S. cities, 1947
• Mildred Turner, Oh Men! Oh Women!, U.S. cities, 1955
• Ellen Manville, Luv, U.S. cities, 1964
• Sylvia, The Typists, produced on a double-bill with The Tiger, U.S. cities, 1966
• Gloria, The Tiger, produced on a double-bill with The Typists, U.S. cities, 1966
• Mother H., Doris, and Joan J., Promenade, All!, U.S. cities, 1971
• Madame St. Pe, Waltz of the Toreadors, U.S. cities, 1973
• Diana, Absent Friends, U.S. and Canadian cities, 1977
• Also appeared in a touring production of The Glass Menagerie.
• WRITINGS
• Nonfiction
• Early Stages (autobiography), Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1979

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

• Charlotte, Susan, Tom Ferguson, and Bruce Felton, Creativity: Conversations with Twenty-Eight Who Excel, June 18, 1999, Momentum Books (Troy, MI), 1993.

Periodicals:

• Back Stage, Victor Gluck, "Tennessee Williams Remembered," p. 56.