Anne Meacham
Anne Meacham | |
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| Born | 21 July 1925 Chicago, U.S. |
| Died | 12 January 2006 (aged 80) Canaan, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actress |
Anne Meacham (21 July 1925 — 12 January 2006) was an American actress of stage, film and television.
Biography[edit]
Born and raised in Chicago, Meacham left to study drama at Yale University and the Neighborhood Playhouse, New York.[1][2] She debuted on Broadway as Ensign Jane Hilton in the 1952 The Long Watch,[3] for which she received a Clarence Derwent Award, a prize for newcomers to the New York stage.[1]
She appeared in many on- and off-Broadway productions, often adaptations of plays written by Tennessee Williams, such as Suddenly Last Summer, The Gnädiges Fräulein and In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel.[1] For her interpretation of the role of Catherine Holly in Suddenly Last Summer (played by Elizabeth Taylor in the film version), she received an Obie Award as Best Actress.[1][4]
Other Broadway appearances included Jean Giraudoux's Ondine, Eugenia, an adaptation of Henry James's The Europeans, The Crucible and The Seagull.[1][3] She received a second Obie award for her performance in Hedda Gabler in 1961.[1][5] Her last Broadway appearance was as Gertrude in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead in 1968.[1]
Meacham made many TV appearances since the 1950s and gave her film debut in Robert Rossen's 1964 Lilith.[1] She was a long-lasting cast member of the TV series Another World.[6]
She died from undisclosed causes in Canaan, New York, on 12 January 2006 at the age of 80. Her death was reported by her friend, actress Marian Seldes.[1]
Filmography (selected)[edit]
- 1964: Lilith as Yvonne Meaghan
- 1972: Dear Dead Delilah as Grace Charles
- 1972–1982: Another World (TV series) as Louise Goddard
- 1974: The Gardener as Mrs. García
- 1974: Seizure as Eunice Kahn
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Isherwood, Charles (17 January 2006). "Anne Meacham, 80, Actress On New York Stages and TV". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ Daniel Blum's Theatre World. Vol. 20. Greenberg. 1963. p. 247.
- ^ a b "Anne Meacham". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ^ Bronski, Michael (1984). Culture Clash: The Making of Gay Sensibility. South End Press. p. 123. ISBN 9780896082175.
- ^ Sell, Mike (2018). Modern American Drama: Playwriting in the 1960s. Voices, Documents, New Interpretations. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 216. ISBN 9781350204546.
- ^ "Anne Meacham, 80; Actress Had Roles in Plays by Her Friend Tennessee Williams". Los Angeles Times. 18 January 2006. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
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