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'''Deborah Geffner''' (born August 26, 1952) is an American [[actress]], singer, and dancer.
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'''Deborah Geffner''' (born August 26, 1952) is an [[United States|American]] [[actress]], singer, and dancer. She is best known for her role as Victoria in [[Bob Fosse]]'s award winning movie ''[[All That Jazz]]'', which she filmed while concurrently performing in ''[[A Chorus Line]]'' on Broadway in the role of Kristine.<ref>{{Cite web| title=About Me| url=http://web.me.com/deborahgeffner/Site/About_Me.html | accessdate=2012-12-28}}</ref>


== Early life ==
Geffner worked again with Fosse in his movie ''[[Star 80]].''<ref>{{Cite web| title=''Star 80'' cast & crew| url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086355/fullcredits#cast | work=The Internet Movie Database | year=1983 | accessdate=2012-12-28}}</ref> She also starred in the TV movie ''[[Legs (film)|Legs]]'' with [[Gwen Verdon]] and [[Sheree North]]. She has been on TV in ''Cold Case'', ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'', ''[[The Nine (TV series)|The Nine]]'', ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'', ''[[Criminal Minds]]'', ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', and ''[[Passions]]''.
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 ==
Geffner can also be seen in the movies ''[[Living Out Loud]]'' with [[Holly Hunter]], ''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.''<ref>{{Cite web| title=''Guitar Lessons'' | url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1455033 | work=The Internet Movie Database | year=2009 | accessdate=2012-12-28}}</ref>
She is best known for her role as Victoria Porter in [[Bob Fosse]]'s award-winning movie ''[[All That Jazz (film)|All That Jazz]]'', which she filmed while performing in ''[[A Chorus Line]]'' on Broadway in the role of Kristine.<ref>{{Cite web| title=About Me| url=http://web.me.com/deborahgeffner/Site/About_Me.html | accessdate=2012-12-28}}</ref>


Geffner worked again with Fosse in his movie ''[[Star 80]].''<ref>{{Cite web| title=''Star 80'' cast & crew| url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086355/fullcredits#cast | work=The Internet Movie Database | year=1983 | accessdate=2012-12-28}}</ref> She also starred in the TV movie ''[[Legs (film)|Legs]]'' with [[Gwen Verdon]] and [[Sheree North]]. She has been on TV shows like ''[[Scandal (TV series)|Scandal]]'', ''[[Mad Men]]'', ''Cold Case'', ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'', ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'', ''[[Criminal Minds]]'', ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', ''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|Tales of the Unexpected]]'' and ''[[Passions (soap opera)|Passions]]''.
She directed her first play, ''Beggars in the House of Plenty,'' at Theatre 68 in Hollywood as part of their "13 by Shanley" Festival in 2009. <ref>[http://theatre68.com/on-stage/past-productions/festivals/ 68 Cent Crew Theatre Company Past Festivals] </ref> 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.<ref>[http://theatre68.com/on-stage/past-productions/festivals/five-by-tenn-festival/ 68 Cent Crew Theatre Five by Tenn] </ref>

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.''<ref>{{Cite web| title=''Guitar Lessons'' | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1455033 | work=The Internet Movie Database | year=2009 | accessdate=2012-12-28}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://theatre68.com/on-stage/past-productions/festivals/ |title=68 Cent Crew Theatre Company Past Festivals |access-date=2011-12-28 |archive-date=2011-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113121611/http://theatre68.com/on-stage/past-productions/festivals/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://theatre68.com/on-stage/past-productions/festivals/five-by-tenn-festival/ |title=68 Cent Crew Theatre Five by Tenn |access-date=2011-12-28 |archive-date=2011-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113114035/http://theatre68.com/on-stage/past-productions/festivals/five-by-tenn-festival/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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|date=March 2022}}

== Personal life ==
She lives in Los Angeles where she continues to act and direct movies and plays.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

== Filmography ==

=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1979
|[[All That Jazz (film)|''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 (film)|''Infestation'']]
|Maureen
|
|-
|2010
|[[Chain Letter (film)|''Chain Letter'']]
|Irene Cristoff
|
|-
|2014
|''Booze Boys & Brownies''
|Sharon Dubrow
|
|-
|2015
|''[[Night of the Living Deb]]''
|Deb's Mom
|Voice
|-
|2015
|''[[A Beautiful Now]]''
|David's mother
|
|-
|2015
|''[[The Phoenix Incident]]''
|Susan Lauder
|
|-
|2016
|''[[Southside with You]]''
|[[Madelyn Dunham|Toot]]
|
|-
|2018
|''[[Under the Silver Lake]]''
|Mom
|Voice
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1981
|[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|''Tales of the Unexpected'']]
|Miss Grecco
|Episode: "A Woman's Help"
|-
|1981
|[[One Day at a Time (1975 TV series)|''One Day at a Time'']]
|Grace
|Episode: "Julie Shows Up: Part 2"
|-
|1983
|[[Legs (film)|''Legs'']]
|Terry Riga
| rowspan="2" |Television film
|-
|1983
|''Murder 1, Dancer 0''
|Jackie
|-
|1983
|[[Buffalo Bill (TV series)|''Buffalo Bill'']]
|Lauren Stockton
|Episode: "Buffalo Bill and the Movies"
|-
|1985
|''[[MacGruder and Loud]]''
|Jenny
|Episode: "On the Wire"
|-
|1986
|[[Fame (1982 TV series)|''Fame'']]
|Eve
|Episode: "Hold That Baby"
|-
|1989
|''[[Falcon Crest]]''
|Savannah Sharpe
|2 episodes
|-
|2001
|[[ER (TV series)|''ER'']]
|Mrs. Street
|Episode: "Piece of Mind"
|-
|2001
|''Chasing Destiny''
|Nurse Finnegan
|Television film
|-
|2004
|''[[Medical Investigation]]''
|Lucy Martin
|Episode: "Progeny"
|-
|2004, 2005
|''[[Passions]]''
|Dr. Carlyle
|2 episodes
|-
|2005
|''[[Criminal Minds]]''
|Neighbor
|Episode: "Natural Born Killer"
|-
|2006
|''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''
|Mrs. Burton
|Episode: "Yesterday"
|-
|2006
|[[The Nine (TV series)|''The Nine'']]
|Neighbor
|Episode: "Pilot"
|-
|2006
|[[Monk (TV series)|''Monk'']]
|Nun
|Episode: "Mr. Monk Meets His Dad"
|-
|2009
|''[[Cold Case]]''
|Joy Bellowes
|Episode: "Libertyville"
|-
|2009
|[[The Forgotten (TV series)|''The Forgotten'']]
|Dr. Sharon Walker
|Episode: "Railroad Jane"
|-
|2012
|''Nuclear Family''
|John's Lawyer
|Television film
|-
|2013
|''[[Mad Men]]''
|Mrs. Beresford
|Episode: "The Quality of Mercy"
|-
|2014
|[[Scandal (TV series)|''Scandal'']]
|Homeland Security Chief
|2 episodes
|-
|2014
|''The Comeback Kids''
|Casting Director
|Episode: "The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow"
|-
|2016
|''[[CSI: Cyber]]''
|Mary Ingram
|Episode: "Going Viral"
|-
|2018
|''[[How to Get Away with Murder]]''
|Jillian
|Episode: "Whose Blood Is That?"
|-
|2019
|''MILFriend''
|Kathy
|Episode: "Mother, Mama"
|-
|2019
|[[For the People (2018 TV series)|''For the People'']]
|Judge Drexen
|Episode: "One Big Happy Family"
|-
|2019
|''Aesthetic Rebellion Presents''
|K
|Episode: "Everything I Wish I Said"
|-
|2019
|[[The Morning Show (American TV series)|''The Morning Show'']]
|Kassie Spitser Crisis Specialist
|Episode: "In the Dark Night of the Soul
It's Always 3:30 in the Morning"
|-
|2020
|''[[The Young and the Restless]]''
|Gwendolyn Gardner
|2 episodes
|-
|2021
|''[[American Horror Story: Double Feature]]''
|JoAnna
|Episode: "Blood Buffet"
|}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*http://www.deborahgeffner.com/
*{{url|http://www.deborahgeffner.com/}}
*http://deborahgeffner.blogspot.com/
*{{url|http://deborahgeffner.blogspot.com/}}
*{{IBDB name|71747}}
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*{{IMDb name|id=0311708|name=Deborah Geffner}}
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Latest revision as of 04:05, 23 January 2024

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

Early life[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
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
2014 Booze Boys & Brownies Sharon Dubrow
2015 Night of the Living Deb Deb's Mom Voice
2015 A Beautiful Now David's mother
2015 The Phoenix Incident Susan Lauder
2016 Southside with You Toot
2018 Under the Silver Lake Mom Voice

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1981 Tales of the Unexpected Miss Grecco Episode: "A Woman's Help"
1981 One Day at a Time Grace Episode: "Julie Shows Up: Part 2"
1983 Legs Terry Riga Television film
1983 Murder 1, Dancer 0 Jackie
1983 Buffalo Bill Lauren Stockton Episode: "Buffalo Bill and the Movies"
1985 MacGruder and Loud Jenny Episode: "On the Wire"
1986 Fame Eve Episode: "Hold That Baby"
1989 Falcon Crest Savannah Sharpe 2 episodes
2001 ER Mrs. Street Episode: "Piece of Mind"
2001 Chasing Destiny Nurse Finnegan Television film
2004 Medical Investigation Lucy Martin Episode: "Progeny"
2004, 2005 Passions Dr. Carlyle 2 episodes
2005 Criminal Minds Neighbor Episode: "Natural Born Killer"
2006 Grey's Anatomy Mrs. Burton Episode: "Yesterday"
2006 The Nine Neighbor Episode: "Pilot"
2006 Monk Nun Episode: "Mr. Monk Meets His Dad"
2009 Cold Case Joy Bellowes Episode: "Libertyville"
2009 The Forgotten Dr. Sharon Walker Episode: "Railroad Jane"
2012 Nuclear Family John's Lawyer Television film
2013 Mad Men Mrs. Beresford Episode: "The Quality of Mercy"
2014 Scandal Homeland Security Chief 2 episodes
2014 The Comeback Kids Casting Director Episode: "The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow"
2016 CSI: Cyber Mary Ingram Episode: "Going Viral"
2018 How to Get Away with Murder Jillian Episode: "Whose Blood Is That?"
2019 MILFriend Kathy Episode: "Mother, Mama"
2019 For the People Judge Drexen Episode: "One Big Happy Family"
2019 Aesthetic Rebellion Presents K Episode: "Everything I Wish I Said"
2019 The Morning Show Kassie Spitser Crisis Specialist Episode: "In the Dark Night of the Soul

It's Always 3:30 in the Morning"

2020 The Young and the Restless Gwendolyn Gardner 2 episodes
2021 American Horror Story: Double Feature JoAnna Episode: "Blood Buffet"

References[edit]

  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". Archived from the original on 2011-11-13. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  5. ^ "68 Cent Crew Theatre Five by Tenn". Archived from the original on 2011-11-13. Retrieved 2011-12-28.

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