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Anne Jackson, an Obie-winning and Tony-nominated actress who often shared the stage and screen with husband Eli Wallach, died April 12 at home in Manhattan. Born September 3, 1925, she was 90 years old.Ms. Jackson and Mr. Wallach, who died in 2014, were longtime supporters of Sag Harbor’s Bay Street Theater. In 2003, they performed “Tennessee Williams Remembered” there. When the theater formed a second stage in 2010, it was named for the couple.
“Bay Street mourns the loss of Anne Jackson, a dear life-long friend and talented actress,” a statement posted on the theater’s website Friday states. “We will forever miss her and her equally beloved Eli Wallach who predeceased her. We send all of our love and condolences to Anne’s family.”
Bay Street Theater executive director Tracy Mitchell added that they never missed an opening night. They were always the cutest couple to ever walk through these doors," Ms. Mitchell remembered. "I'm smiling just thinking of them because their spirit was just so joyous. They laughed and they kidded each other like they were newlyweds."
Among Ms. Jackson’s memorable film roles was a doctor who pays a house call to Danny in Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” and Lou, the narrator, in “A Woman Called Golda” with Ingrid Bergman.
Her Broadway career spanned 50 years and included roles such as Grandma Kurnitz in Neil Simon’s “Lost in Yonkers” and Coralie Jones in Carl Leo’s “Never Say Never.” In 1956, she was nominated for a Tony for her part in Paddy Chayefsky’s “Middle of the Night.” For her Off-Broadway work, she won an 1963 Obie, awarded by The Village Voice.
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on Apr 15, 2016