Deborah Geffner

Deborah Geffner (born August 26, 1952) 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 briefly played Gwendolyn Gardner on the soap opera The Young and the Restless in November 2020.

Personal life

She lives in Los Angeles where she continues to act and direct movies and plays.

Filmography

Film
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
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
  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
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