Annalee Jefferies is an American stage actress.

Early years

Jefferies' father was a ranch manager, and her mother was artistically inclined. She lived in Texas her first 11 years, then moved with her family to Australia. They returned to the United States when she was 15. She was active in drama in high school and college before refining her talent at the

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in London.

Career

Jefferies was in the nine-hour trilogy of Horton Foote's ''Orphan’s Home Cycle'' in New York, directed by Michael Wilson, which won the Drama Desk Award for Theatrical Event of the Season of 2010. She played Blanche in ''Streetcar Named Desire'', Violet in ''Suddenly Last Summer'', Hannah in ''Night of the Iguana'', Carol in ''Orpheus Descending'', and Amanda in ''The Glass Menagerie'', which was among the ''Wall Street Journal''’s best 10 productions of 2009. She toured England in John Barton’s ten hour epic ''Tantalus'', directed by Sir Peter Hall. She spent 20 years as a resident company member at the Alley Theatre (1986–2007) and 3 years as a resident company member at the Arena Stage (1978–1981). Her film credits include ''Hellion'', ''Arlo and Julie'', ''The Sideways Light'', ''The Girl'', ''Monsters'', ''Violets Are Blue'', and ''No Mercy''. On television, Jefferies appeared in ''Dallas'', and ''War of The Worlds''. She currently lives on a farm in

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Film and television

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New York stage

Playwrights Horizons

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Regional stage

Royal Shakespeare Company, Denver Performing Arts Complex

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Hartford Stage Company

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Hartford Theatreworks

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Williamstown Theatre

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Alley Theatre, Houston, Texas

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Great Lakes Theatre Festival

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Long Wharf Theatre

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Arena Stage, Washington D.C.

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Public theatre

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References

External links

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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

a one-woman show, reviewed by

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18 Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana opens at Hartford Stage
reviewed by

The Night of the Iguana review from The Boston Phoenix

8 By Tenn review from The Portland Phoenix

Alley Theater, Annalee Jefferies

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20060614033054/http://centerstage.net/theatre/articles/tantalus.html Tantalus, review by J.T. Bowen, May 5, 2001, Centerstage Chicago
Alley takes classic Streetcar to a bold new level

* ttp://www.kuhf.org/upload/multimedia/Annalee_Jefferies.ram Interviewed by Dean Dalton at KUHF Radio, Houston, Texas - March 21, 2002(Real Audio Media)
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Annalee Jefferies at the ITDb

Annalee Jefferies Google Search

Annalee's Web Site
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Early years

Career

Film and television

New York stage

Playwrights Horizons

Regional stage

Royal Shakespeare Company, Denver Performing Arts Complex

Hartford Stage Company

Hartford Theatreworks

Williamstown Theatre

Alley Theatre, Houston, Texas

Great Lakes Theatre Festival

Long Wharf Theatre

Arena Stage, Washington D.C.

Public theatre

See also

References

External links