Anne Jackson (September 3, 1925 – April 12, 2016); retrieved April 16, 2016
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, with whom she often co-starred. In 1956, she was nominated for the

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for her performance in Paddy Chayefsky's ''

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''. In 1963, she won an

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for Best Actress for her performance in two

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plays, ''The Typists'' and ''The Tiger''.; retrieved June 11, 2017.

Life and career

Jackson was born in Millvale, Pennsylvania in 1925, the daughter of Stella Germaine (née Murray) and John Ivan Jackson, a barber. She was the youngest of three daughters, after Catherine, eight years older, and Beatrice, three years older. Her year of birth had been misreported for years as 1926, the year Jackson gave in a 1962 interview. Jackson's mother was of

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descent and her father, whose original name wa
Ivan Jakšeković
had emigrated from

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(then part of

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) in 1918.Jackson, Anne, in Jackson, Anne, in Her family moved to

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when she was eight years old. She attended Franklin K. Lane High School. In New York, Jackson trained at the Neighborhood Playhouse and the

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. 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''. Jackson's screen credits include '' The Tiger Makes Out'', '' The Secret Life of an American Wife'', ''

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'', '' Lovers and Other Strangers'', '' Dirty Dingus Magee'', '' Folks!'', and '' The Shining''. Her many television appearances include ''

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'', '' Academy Theatre'', ''

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'', '' Studio One'', '' The Untouchables'', '' The Defenders'', multiple appearances, as different, similar, characters on ''

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'', '' Marcus Welby, M.D.'', '' Rhoda'', '' The Facts of Life'', '' Highway to Heaven'', ''

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'', and '' ER''. She narrated '' Stellaluna'' on an episode of the PBS series '' Reading Rainbow''. In March 2017, the

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announced the acquisition of Anne Jackson's archive along with her husband's. It opened for research in 2018.

Personal life

Jackson was married to actor

, with whom she acted frequently, from March 5, 1948, until his death on June 24, 2014. They had three children, Peter, Katherine, and Roberta. Her marriage to Wallach was one of the longest and most successful in the industry. She later taught at the HB Studio in

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, and continued to act in cameo roles.

Death

Jackson died at her home in

on April 12, 2016, aged 90. Note: Some sources give middle name as June.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* *
Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach Papers
at the

Anne Jackson interviews
at the

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Actors Studio audio collection
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