Biography
Anna June Jackson was born in Allegheny, PA (now part of Pittsburgh) and was studying in New York with famed acting coach Sanford Meisner by age 17. In 1944, she made her stage debut playing Anya in a Wilmington, Delaware, production of "The Cherry Orchard" and the next year played a smaller role in a Broadway production of the same play. Soon, Jackson was appearing in a new play on Broadway each year. She earned strong notices in 1948 …
Career Milestones
| Had regular role on the CBS soap "Love of Life" | ||
1944 | Stage debut as Anya in "The Cherry Orchard" in Wilmington, Delaware | |
1945 | Broadway debut in "The Cherry Orchard" | |
1949 | TV debut in episode of "Academy Theatre" (NBC) | |
1950 | Film debut in "So Young, So Bad" | |
1956 | Played the daughter in Broadway production of "Middle of the Night", starring Edward G Robinson | |
1961 | Starred on Broadway with Eli Wallach and Zero Mostel in "Rhinoceros" | |
1964 | Made London debut in "The Typist" and "The Tiger", by Murray Schisgal; recreated NY stage roles opposite Eli Wallach | |
1967 | Co-starred with Wallach in feature "The Tiger Makes Out"; film version of "The Typist" and "The Tiger"; first of eight features with her husband | |
1970 | Played Ethel Rosenberg in "Inquest" on Broadway | |
1973 | Appeared in "The Waltz of the Torreadors" opposite Wallach and their daughters | |
1979 | Made TV-movie debut, "The Family Man" (CBS) | |
1980 | Cast as a doctor in Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation of Stephen King's novel "The Shining" | |
1982 | Narrated and co-starred with Ingrid Bergman in the syndicated miniseries "A Woman Called Golda" | |
1987 | Had regular role on the CBS TV series "Everything's Relative" | |
1987 | Portrayed Bella Abzug in the ABC miniseries "Out on a Limb" | |
1988 | With Wallach, was featured in "Cafe Crown", Off-Broadway and on Broadway | |
1992 | Co-starred in the comedy "Folks" | |
1999 | Played the imperious mother of Johnny Twennies (Gibson Frazier) in "Man of the Century" | |
1999 | Starred opposite husband Eli Wallach and daughter Roberta Wallach in Anne Meara's stage play "Down the Garden Paths" | |
1999 | With husband, wrote and performed in the stage piece, "Tennessee Williams Remembered" | |
2001 | Had title role in Off-Broadway production of "The Madwoman of Chaillot" | |