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Beth Toussaint (b. 25 September 1962) is an American actress. She is the first actress to play Anna Sheridan, being replaced by Bruce Boxleitner 's wife, Melissa Gilbert in later episodes.
From 1988 to 1989, she was a recurring cast member in the CBS primetime soap opera Dallas as Tracey Lawton, and from 1996 to 1997 in The WB primetime soap opera Savannah. Toussaint also appeared in Cheers, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Melrose Place, Matlock, Babylon 5 and Martial Law.
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Doctor Anna Sheridan was the second wife of John Sheridan, and later an unwilling agent of the Shadows. A respected xeno-archaeologist, she held at least one PhD.
Anna Keller was introduced to John Sheridan through his sister, Elizabeth Sheridan, one of her best friends. They were married on December 3rd, 2249.
In November 2256, Anna was asked by Dr. Chang to join him on an expedition aboard the Icarus, an IPX exploratory ship. Partly funded by Earthforce New Technologies, the Icarus's mission was to find and survey a newly discovered planet out on the Rim, codenamed Alpha Omega III. Unknown to Anna at the time, IPX sent the Icarus there after specifically tracking a Shadow vessel found buried in Syria Planum to that world. During the journey to the Rim, Anna befriended Dr. Morden, a fellow xeno-archaeologist on loan to IPX from Earthforce New Technologies. On January 3, 2257 after setting down on the planet, the crew came into contact with the newly awakened Shadows.
The Shadows offered the crew members a choice: serving them willingly or unwillingly. It appears the Shadows destroyed the Icarus when attempted to escape. Anna was among those who refused, but rather than have her killed, the Shadows placed her inside one of their ships - as they used living beings as their central processing units.
Anna was the controller of one of the Shadow vessels involved in the Battle of Quadrant 37. Before coming out of Hyperspace, she had received her orders from The Eye to first destroy the ships in orbit and then subsequently destroy the outpost below. She, along with the other Shadow vessels, made sure that all structures had been completely obliterated.
•Anna Sheridan first appeared on a message recorded to Elizabeth Sheridan prior to her death in "Revelations" played by Beth Toussaint. When the time came for Anna to appear again, Beth Toussaint wasn't available and actress Melissa Gilbert (Bruce Boxleitner's then real-life spouse) was cast in her place. Gilbert's first appearance as Anna was in War Without End, Part II, though only her shadow and voice were featured in that episode before being fully revealed at the very end of "Shadow Dancing," and throughout the episode "Z'ha'dum".
•In addition to these appearances, Melissa Gilbert also re-shot Anna's message to Elizabeth Sheridan from "Revelations", which was cut together with the original footage of Bruce Boxleitner for a brief flashback scene in "Z'ha'dum". In the DVD commentary for that episode, J. Michael Straczynski slyly refers to the scene as a piece of "Soviet Revisionism" and mentions the possibility of inserting the re-shot footage into "Revelations".
1.Revelations
2.The Shadow Within
3.Strange Relations
4.In the Beginning (Novelization)
5.The Shadow Within
6.Casting Shadows
Sep 26, 2016 · Originally she was played by Beth Toussaint via a video message for John Sheridan in "Revelations". When the time came for Anna to reappear on screen at the end of Season 3's "Shadow Dancing" and throughout "Z'ha'dum", the actress wasn't available so they recast the role with Bruce Boxleitner's real-life spouse Melissa Gilbert.
Beth Toussaint was born on 25 September 1962 in Pleasant Hill, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Scream 3 (2000), Red Eye (2005) and Babylon 5 (1993). She has been married to Jack Coleman since 21 June 1996. They have one child.
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With Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian, Jerry Doyle, Mira Furlan. After his supposedly dead wife Anna turns up very much alive on Babylon 5, Sheridan travels with her to the Shadows' homeworld Z'ha'dum.
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In this recording, Anna is played by Beth Toussaint. Later when Toussaint was unable to reprise the role and Melissa Gilbert was cast in her place, the footage from this episode was re-shot with Gilbert and inserted into a flashback scene in ("Z'ha'dum").
