Eli Herschel Wallach (/ˈiːlaɪ ˈwɔːlək/;
December 7, 1915 – June 24, 2014) was an American film, television and stage
actor whose career spanned more than six decades, beginning in the late 1940s.
Trained in stage acting, which he enjoyed doing most, he became "one of
the greatest 'character actors' ever to appear on stage and
screen" states TCM, with
over 90 film credits. On stage, he often co-starred with his wife, Anne Jackson,
becoming one of the best-known acting couples in the American theater. As a
stage and screen character actor, Wallach had one of the longest careers in
show business, spanning 62 years from his Broadway debut to his last major
Hollywood studio movie.
Anna Jane "Anne" Jackson (September 3, 1925 – April 12, 2016) was
an American actress of stage, screen, and television. She was the wife of
actor Eli Wallach, with whom she often co-starred. In
1956, she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress
in a Play for her performance in Paddy
Chayefsky's Middle of the Night. In 1963, she won
an Obie Award for Best Actress for
her performance in two Off-Broadway plays, The Typists and The
Tiger.