- She, her husband Eli Wallach and their daughter, Roberta Wallach, have all made guest appearances in different episodes of Law & Order (1990).
- Was named "Queen of Brooklyn" at the Welcome Back to Brooklyn Festival in 1998. Her husband Eli Wallach was named "King of Brooklyn" at the same festival.
- With her husband, Eli Wallach, appeared 13 times on Broadway and seven times Off Broadway.
- Has appeared with her husband Eli Wallach in six films: The Tiger Makes Out (1967), How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968), Zig Zag (1970), The Angel Levine (1970), Nasty Habits (1977) and Sam's Son (1984).
- Red-haired Broadway actress trained in the Meisner Technique who earned a Tony nomination as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) for her work in "Middle of the Night" in 1956 and won an Obie opposite her husband, actor Eli Wallach, in 1963 for a pair of plays - "The Typists" and "The Tiger". She ventured infrequently into film and television comedy as frumpish wives or wisecracking confidantes.
- Attended drama classes at the New School for Social Research. Perfected her acting by studying 'the method' under Lee Strasberg.
- First acted in Eva Le Gallienne's touring production of Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard.".
- Her father, John Ivan Jackson, was born John Jchekovitch in Croatia. Her mother, Stella Germaine (Murray), was of Irish descent.
- She made guest appearances on both of the longest running prime time dramas in United States television history: Gunsmoke (1955) and Law & Order (1990).
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