Deborah Geffner

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Deborah Geffner (born August 26, 1952) is an American actress, singer, and dancer.

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Early life and

Born in Pittsburgh, Geffner moved to New York City at the age of sixteen to train at the Juilliard School. She later danced for the Stuttgart Ballet and American Chamber Ballet.

Career

She is best known for her role as Victoria Porter in Bob Fosse's award-winning movie All That Jazz , which she filmed while performing in A Chorus Line on Broadway in the role of Kristine. [1]

Geffner worked again with Fosse in his movie Star 80. [2] She also starred in the TV movie Legs with Gwen Verdon and Sheree North. She has been on TV shows like Scandal , Mad Men , Cold Case, Grey's Anatomy , Monk , Criminal Minds , ER , Tales of the Unexpected and Passions .

Geffner can also be seen in the movies Living Out Loud with Holly Hunter, Infestation , Exterminator 2 , Chasing Destiny with Christopher Lloyd, and as herself in the documentary Store. In 2009 she wrote, directed and starred in the award-winning short film Guitar Lessons. [3]

She directed John Patrick Shanley's play, Beggars in the House of Plenty, at Theatre 68 in Hollywood as part of their "13 by Shanley" Festival in 2009. [4] In 2011, she directed Portrait of a Madonna and performed in Auto-Da-Fé by Tennessee Williams, also at Theatre 68, as part of the "Five by Tenn" Festival. [5] In 2012 she directed the world premiere of "Jennifer Aniston Stole My Life" in the Hollywood Fringe Festival, chosen for Best of Fringe. She also briefly played Gwendolyn Gardner on the soap opera The Young and the Restless in November 2020.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

She lives in Los Angeles where she continues to act and direct movies and plays.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979 All That Jazz Victoria
1983 Star 80 Billie
1984 Exterminator 2 Caroline
1989 Bert Rigby, You're a Fool Dancer
1998 Living Out Loud Woman with Makeup
2009 Infestation Maureen
2010 Chain Letter Irene Cristoff
2014Booze Boys & BrowniesSharon Dubrow
2015 Night of the Living Deb Deb's MomVoice
2015 A Beautiful Now David's mother
2015 The Phoenix Incident Susan Lauder
2016 Southside with You Toot
2018 Under the Silver Lake MomVoice

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981 Tales of the Unexpected Miss GreccoEpisode: "A Woman's Help"
1981 One Day at a Time GraceEpisode: "Julie Shows Up: Part 2"
1983 Legs Terry RigaTelevision film
1983Murder 1, Dancer 0Jackie
1983 Buffalo Bill Lauren StocktonEpisode: "Buffalo Bill and the Movies"
1985 MacGruder and Loud JennyEpisode: "On the Wire"
1986 Fame EveEpisode: "Hold That Baby"
1989 Falcon Crest Savannah Sharpe2 episodes
2001 ER Mrs. StreetEpisode: "Piece of Mind"
2001Chasing DestinyNurse FinneganTelevision film
2004 Medical Investigation Lucy MartinEpisode: "Progeny"
2004, 2005 Passions Dr. Carlyle2 episodes
2005 Criminal Minds NeighborEpisode: "Natural Born Killer"
2006 Grey's Anatomy Mrs. BurtonEpisode: "Yesterday"
2006 The Nine NeighborEpisode: "Pilot"
2006 Monk NunEpisode: "Mr. Monk Meets His Dad"
2009 Cold Case Joy BellowesEpisode: "Libertyville"
2009 The Forgotten Dr. Sharon WalkerEpisode: "Railroad Jane"
2012Nuclear FamilyJohn's LawyerTelevision film
2013 Mad Men Mrs. BeresfordEpisode: "The Quality of Mercy"
2014 Scandal Homeland Security Chief2 episodes
2014The Comeback KidsCasting DirectorEpisode: "The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow"
2016 CSI: Cyber Mary IngramEpisode: "Going Viral"
2018 How to Get Away with Murder JillianEpisode: "Whose Blood Is That?"
2019MILFriendKathyEpisode: "Mother, Mama"
2019 For the People Judge DrexenEpisode: "One Big Happy Family"
2019Aesthetic Rebellion PresentsKEpisode: "Everything I Wish I Said"
2019 The Morning Show Kassie Spitser Crisis SpecialistEpisode: "In the Dark Night of the Soul

It's Always 3:30 in the Morning"

2020 The Young and the Restless Gwendolyn Gardner2 episodes
2021 American Horror Story: Double Feature JoAnnaEpisode: "Blood Buffet"

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  1. "About Me" . Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  2. "Star 80 cast & crew". The Internet Movie Database. 1983. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  3. "Guitar Lessons". The Internet Movie Database. 2009. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  4. 68 Cent Crew Theatre Company Past Festivals
  5. 68 Cent Crew Theatre Five by Tenn