American actress
Deborah Geffner is an American actress , singer, and dancer.
Early life
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 played Gwendolyn Gardner on the soap opera The Young and the Restless in November 2020.[ 6]
Personal life
She lives in Los Angeles where she continues to act and direct movies and plays.[citation needed ]
Filmography
Film
Television
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"
2025
Leviathan
Nene
Voice
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