Anne Meacham friend. Williams once wrote an editorial in "The New York Times" praising Meacham, noting "There's nothing she won't say or do onstage without any sign of embarrassment" (). She also portrayed roles in the Broadway productions of "Candide" and "A Passage to India". She won two Best Actress Obie Awards, one for her role as "Catherine Holly" (the first actress to play the role which was later essayed by Elizabeth Taylor in the film version) in Tennessee Williams' "Suddenly, Last Summer" (1958) and another for the title role in Henrik Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler" (1961). She also appeared in "The Gnädiges
Hedda Gabler was released as "Hedda" (1975) for which Jackson was nominated for an Oscar. In 2005, a production by Richard Eyre, starring Eve Best, at the Almeida Theatre in London was well-received, and later transferred for an 11½ week run at the Duke of York's on St Martin's Lane. The play was staged at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater starring actress Martha Plimpton. British playwright John Osborne prepared an adaptation in 1972, and in 1991 the Canadian playwright Judith Thompson presented her version at the Shaw Festival. Thompson adapted the play a second time in 2005 at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in