Anne Jackson, who was half of one of America’s best-known acting couples and shared a long and distinguished career with her husband, Eli Wallach, died 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 Fontanneor Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy, Ms. Jackson and Wallach came close. From the early 1950s to 2000, when they co-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 how to love and how to fight. read more http://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Anne-Jackson-leading-stage-star-for-decades-dies-7249421.php
