Soul - funk - disco songwriter - producer - vocalist Brother of Major Harris and cousin of Norman Harris.
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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