Deborah Geffner

Deborah Geffner is an actress, writer, director, singer, dancer, filmmaker, coach, animal-lover, and mom. She is best recognized for her role in Bob Fosse's Oscar-winning film All That Jazz (1979). You've seen her on TV in ER (1994), Grey's Anatomy (2005), Monk (2002), and Criminal Minds (2005), among others, and in films such as Living Out Loud (1998), Infestation, and Exterminator 2 (1984). Deborah's passion is telling stories. She has loved acting ever since the age of five when she filled in for the little boy who got the measles on opening night of the Caucasian Chalk Circle at Carnegie Mellon. She got to say lines, fence with boys and eat cookies on stage. And at the end everyone applauded for her! (What could be better?!) Later engagements included 2 ½ years on Broadway in the original run of "A Chorus Line", the Broadway revival of "Pal Joey" and "Accomplice" at the Pasadena Playhouse. While in New York, Deborah studied at Juilliard, at HB Studios and with great teachers: Lar