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Biography
Anne Jeffreys seems able to be almost any place, any time, any
guise-- So great is her versatility.
Starting her professional career when a teenager, Miss Jeffreys
was a leading junior model for John Robert Powers in New York,
while studying for an operatic career.
She was offered and accepted a role in a musical review,
"Fun for the Money," to be done in Hollywood, which
led to her winning her first movie role, it was "I Married
an Angel," with her idols Janette MacDonald and Nelson
Eddy.
Next, she was put under contract to Republic Studios and made
a dozen films for them. One was "Flying Tigers" with
John Wayne.
R.K.O. bought out her contract in order for her to co-star
with Frank Sinatra "Step Lively," Between her many
career film assignments at R.K.O., she managed to continue her
singing career by performing with the New York Symphony and the
Ford Symphony and the Los Angeles Opera Company.
Kurt Weill heard her sing "Tosca" at the Brooklyn
Opera House and hailed her for his musical version of the
Elmer Rice Pulitzer Prize play "Street Scene," for
which she received critical acclaim. This started her love for
the stage.
Next came "My Romance," a play by Edward Sheldon.
The role was tailored for her talents by Mr. J.J. Shubert, who
commissioned Sigmund Romberg to compose the music. She toured
as well as played it on Broadway for a season.
Miss Jeffreys performed for the three seasons and the Greek
Theatre in Los Angeles, alternating with
"Bittersweet" and "The Merry Widow." While
there, Cole Porter offered her "Kiss Me Kate." She
spent two years and 887 consecutive performances in that
classic musical.
During her "Kate" run at the Shubert Theatre in New
York, she met Robert Sterling, then starring in "The
Grameroy Ghost" at the adjoining Morosco Theatre. The
columnists dubbed them "The Romance of Shubert
Alley." They were married six month after they met.
"Three Wishes for Jamie" was the next Broadway
starter for Miss Jeffreys, after which she joined forces and
talents with her husband; they toured top nightclubs and
hotels in the country including the Waldorf in New York, the
Sands in Las Vegas, Palmer House in Chicago, the Coconut Grove
in Los Angeles and the Fairmont in San Francisco.
Their highly successful club act let to the long running and
ever popular "Topper" TV series, in which they
delighted audiences all over the world as George and Marion
Kirby -- "The Ghosts with the Most."
After two years of filming 86 "Toppers," Miss
Jeffreys "semi-retired" for her role as wife and
mother. When she did accept a role, usually her three sons,
Jeffreys, Dana and Tyler, with nurse in tow, went with her.
She managed to do "Destry Rides Again" for the same
companies, which later they repeated at the Lincoln Centre in
New York and then on tour.
Alan Lerner persuaded her to take over the Broadway company of
"Camelot" and tour with it for six months in
Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. It remains on of her
favorite roles along with "The King and I," which
she has done many times.
Miss Jeffreys has appeared on most of the top dramatic shows
on TV as well as musical specials., talk shows and even a soap
opera She Received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her
work in "The Delphi Bureau" series.
Some of her other theatre performances include
"Carousel," "Anniversary Waltz,"
"Bells Are Ringing," "Ninothcka,"
"Desert Song," "Do I Hear a Waltz?"
"Song of Norway," "Most Happy Fella,"
"No Sex Please, We're British," "Take Me
Along," "Follies," "and "The King and
I."
An aquarian, born in North Carolina, Miss Jeffreys says she
owes everything to her mother, who started and managed her
career and even chose Robert Sterling as the man she should
marry. After 50 years of happy marriage and three fine sons --
and a well rounded career -- the gregarious actress says,
"My life has been a full, happy and active on; and I hope
I'll always be as busy as a blind dog in a meat shop. I thrive
on activity."
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FILMS (Link to IMDB)
Filmography
"Port Charles" (1997) TV Series . Amanda Barrington (1999, 2000-)
Clifford (1994) Annabelle Davis
A Message from Holly (1992) (TV) . Elizabeth Caulfield
Finder of Lost Loves (1984) (TV) .... Rita Hargrove
"General Hospital" TV Series Amanda Barrington (1984-)
Beggarman, Thief (1979) (TV) Honor Day
Independence (1976) Abigail Adams
"The Delphi Bureau" TV Series Sybil Van Loween (1972-73)
"Bright Promise" (1969) TV Series Sylvia Bancroft
Panic in the City (1967) Myra Pryor
Boys' Night Out (1962) Toni Jackson
"Love That Jill" (1958) TV Series Jill Johnson
"Topper" (1953) TV Series Marion Kerby
.Return of the Bad Men (1948) Cheyenne
Riffraff (1947) Maxine Manning
Trail Street (1947) Ruby Stone
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946) Tess Trueheart
Ding Dong Williams (1946) Vanessa Page
Vacation in Reno (1946) Eleanor
Step by Step (1946) .... Evelyn
Dick Tracy (1945) Tess Trueheart
Genius at Work (1945) Ellen Brent
Sing Your Way Home (1945) Kay Lawrence
Zombies on Broadway (1945) Jean LaDance
Those Endearing Young Charms (1945) .Suzibelle
Dillinger (1945) Helen Rogers
Nevada (1944) Julie Dexter
Step Lively (1944) Miss Abbott
Hidden Valley Outlaws (1944) June Clark
Mojave Firebrand (1944) Abigail Holmes
Calling Wild Bill Elliott (1943) .... Edith Richards
Chatterbox (1943) Vivan Gale
Death Valley Manhunt (1943) Nicky Hobart
Man from Thunder River (1943)
Overland Mail Robbery (1943) Judy Goodrich
Wagon Tracks West (1943) Moonbush
Bordertown Gun Fighters (1943) Anita Shelby
Joan of Ozark (1942) Marie Lamont
The Old Homestead (1942) Goldie
X Marks the Spot (1942) Lulu
Yokel Boy (1942) Witness at wedding
I Married an Angel (1942) Polly
.Olaf Laughs Last (1942)
Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942) Girl
Billy the Kid Trapped (1942) Sally Crane
Notable TV guest appearances
"Baywatch" (1989) "Irene Buchannon" "Diabolique"
"Baywatch" (1989)"Irene Buchannon": "To Everything There Is a
.....Season"
"Baywatch" (1989) "Irene Buchannon" "Fatherīs Day"
"Baywatch" (1989) "Irene Buchannon" "Rubber Ducky"
"Baywatch" (1989) "Irene Buchannon" "AMatter Of Life And
Death"
"L.A. Law" (1986) "I'm Ready For My Closeup, Mr. Markowitz"
"Murder, She Wrote" (1984) "Agnes Shipley" "If a Body Meets a Body"
"Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (1979) "Prime Minister"
"Planet of .....the Amazon Women"
"Battlestar Galactica" (1978) "Siress Blassie": "Man with Nine
Lives"
"Fantasy Island" (1978) "Reunion/Anniversary"
"My Three Sons" (1960) "Mrs. Carstairs" "What Did You Do Today,
.....Grandpa?"
"The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1964) "Calamity Rogers"
"The .....Abominable Snowman Affair"
"Bonanza" (1959) "Lilly" "The
Unwritten Commandment"
"Wagon Train" (1957) "Mary Beckett" "The Mary Beckett
Story"
"Wagon Train" (1957) "Julia Gage" "The Julia Gage Story, The"
"The Steve Allen Show"
"Ed Sullivan Show"
"Milton Berle Show"
"Twentieth Century Fox Hour"
"Perry Como Show"
"Joey Bishop Show"
"Johnny Carson Show"
"Merv Griffin SHow"
Stage
"Street Scene"
"Kiss Me Kate"
"Kismet"
"Destry Rides Again"
"Bells Are Ringing"
"Three Wishes from Jamie"
"Romance"
"The Merry Widow"
"Pal Joey"
"Light Up The Sky"
"Ninotchka"
"Bittersweet"
"Anniversary Waltz"
"Most Happy Fella"
"Desert Song"
"Marriage Go-Round"
"Do I Hear A Waltz"
"Song of Norway"
"No Sex Please, We're British"
"Take Me Along"
"The King and I"
"Carousel"
"Camolot"
"Follies"
"High Button Shoes"
"The Sound of Music"
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