Posted on 04/14/2016 10:02:34 AM PDT by EveningStar
Anne Jackson, a distinguished star of the stage who was half of one of America’s best-known acting couples, sharing much of a long and distinguished career with her husband, Eli Wallach, died on Tuesday at her home in Manhattan. She was 90.
Her death was confirmed by her daughter Katherine Wallach.
If not quite on the same level of stardom as Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne or Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy, Ms. Jackson and Mr. Wallach came close. From the early 1950s to 2000, when they starred Off Broadway in Anne Meara’s comedy “Down the Garden Paths,” they captivated audiences with their onstage synergy, displaying the tense affections and sizzling battles of two old pros who knew both how to love and how to fight.
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As always, a Times obit reads like a bad review...
Tuco’s wife?
Sad.
History
Obits are among the things the NYT does best. They take it very seriously.
Eli was the best Mexican bandito ever!
Oh, really?
Yes. TGTBaTU is one of my all-time favorites.
I can’t say I ever knew of his wife though, however RIP.
Yeah they keep them on file for famous people before they die. I’m sure they articles ready to go when Olivia De Haviland, Kirk Douglas or Jimmy Carter die, Apparently writing Obits there is a highly prestigious position.
You don’t see many new hollyweird couples married more than a few years anymore.
She played the doctor who talks to Shelley Duvall early in "The Shining" about son Danny's "problems"
RIP.
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