Anne Sullivan their roles as Sullivan and Keller in the 1962 film version "The Miracle Worker". Anne Sullivan Johanna Mansfield Sullivan Macy (April 14, 1866 – October 20, 1936), better known as Anne Sullivan, was an American teacher, best known for being the instructor and lifelong companion of Helen Keller. At the age of five, Sullivan contracted trachoma, an eye disease, which left her blind and without reading or writing skills. She received her education as a student of the Perkins School for the Blind where upon graduation she became a teacher to Keller when she was 20. Sullivan was born on
Anne Meacham Anne Meacham Mary Anne Meacham (July 21, 1925 — January 12, 2006) was a noted American actress of stage, film and soap opera. Born and raised in Chicago, Meacham left to study drama at Yale University, graduating with a degree in 1947. Meacham debuted on Broadway as Ensign Jane Hilton in 1952's "The Long Watch" (written by Harvey Haislip), for which she received a Clarence Derwent Award, given to outstanding newcomers to the New York stage. She is most famous for her roles on and off-Broadway, most notably in adaptations of plays written by Tennessee Williams, who was a close