Anne Jeffreys

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	Anne Jeffreys
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	Background information
Other name(s)	Anne Jeffries, Ann Jeffries
Born	Jan 26, 1923
Born as	Anne Carmichael
Occupation	Actress and Singer
Spouse(s)	Robert Sterling (1951 - 2006, by his death); Joseph R. Serena (1945 - 1949, annulled)
Official site	www.annejeffreys.com

Career

Anne Jeffreys entered the entertainment field at a young age; her initial training was in voice (she was an accomplished soprano), but she decided as a teenager to sign with the John Robert Powers agency as a junior model.

Her plans for an operatic career were sidelined when she was cast in a staged musical review, Fun for the Money. Her appearance in that revue led to her being cast in her first movie role, in I Married an Angel (1942), starring Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald. She was under contract to both RKO and Republic Studios during the 1940s, including several appearances as Tess in the Dick Tracy series, and the 1942 Frank Sinatra musical Step Lively.

When her career faltered, she instead focused on her stage career, playing lead roles on Broadway in productions such as the 1947 opera Street Scene, the 1948 Cole Porter musical Kiss Me, Kate (having replaced Patricia Morison) and the 1952 musical Three Wishes for Jamie. With her husband Robert Sterling, she appeared in the CBS sitcom Topper (1953-1955).

After a semi-retirement in the 1960s, she appeared on television, appearing in episodes of such TV series as L.A. Law and Murder, She Wrote. She was nominated for a Golden Globe for her work in The Delphi Bureau (1972). From 1984 to 1985, she starred in the short-lived Aaron Spelling series Finder of Lost Loves. She also appeared in Baywatch as David Hasselhoff's mother.

In 1979 she guest-starred as Siress Blassie in the Battlestar Galactica episode "The Man With Nine Lives" as a love interest of Chameleon, a part played by Fred Astaire. She was the last person to dance with Fred Astaire on screen before he died.

Her most recent career has been in daytime television; since 1984 she has appeared on the soap opera General Hospital (as well as its short-lived spinoff, Port Charles) as wealthy socialite Amanda Barrington.

Personal life

Jeffreys has been married twice. Her first marriage, to Joseph Serena, ended in divorce in 1949.

She married actor Robert Sterling ^↗ in 1951. Sterling appeared with Jeffreys in the series Topper. They had three sons: Jeffrey, Dana and Tyler. Sterling died on May 30, 2006.