Anne Meacham

Anne Meacham (July 21, 1925 — January 12, 2006) was an American actress of stage, film and television.

Biography

Born and raised in Chicago, Meacham left to study drama at Yale University and the Neighborhood Playhouse, New York.<ref name="nyt">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> She debuted on Broadway as Ensign Jane Hilton in the 1952 The Long Watch,<ref name="ibdb">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> for which she received a Clarence Derwent Award, a prize for newcomers to the New York stage.<ref name="nyt" />

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.<ref name="nyt" /> 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.<ref name="nyt" /><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Other Broadway appearances included Jean Giraudoux's Ondine, Eugenia, an adaptation of Henry James's The Europeans, The Crucible and The Seagull.<ref name="nyt" /><ref name="ibdb" /> She received a second Obie award for her performance in Hedda Gabler in 1961.<ref name="nyt" /><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Her last Broadway appearance was as Gertrude in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead in 1968.<ref name="nyt" />

Meacham made many TV appearances since the 1950s and made her film debut in Robert Rossen's 1964 Lilith.<ref name="nyt" /> She was a long-lasting cast member of the TV series Another World.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

She died from undisclosed causes in Canaan, New York, on January 12, 2006, aged 80. Her death was reported by her friend, actress Marian Seldes.<ref name="nyt" />

Filmography (selected)

• 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

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