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Joseph Jefferson
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Believed to be the earliest-born actor to work in films.
Father of actors
William Jefferson
,
Thomas Jefferson
and stage actor/manager
Charles B. Jefferson
. His daughter Margaret Jefferson married the novelist
B.L. Farjeon
and they begat the writer
Joseph Jefferson Farjeon
.
Was the third in a line of stage actors called Joseph Jefferson, including his grandfather (1774-1832), and his father (1804-1842) who made more of a career out of scene painting.
Both of his wives were stage actresses.
Actor
Tony Randall
named his son after him.
The Joseph Jefferson Awards, given out to theatrical productions in Chicago, are named after him.
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