Editing Michael Jeter (section)

== Early life and education ==
Jeter was born in [[Lawrenceburg, Tennessee]] on August 26, 1952. His mother, Virginia (née Raines; May 6, 1927 – May 21, 2019), was a housewife. His father, William Claud Jeter (March 10, 1922 – March 1, 2010), was a dentist.<ref name=william>{{cite web| url=http://torchbearer.utk.edu/2010/03/william-claud-jeter-1943/| title=William Claude Jeter (1943)| publisher=[[University of Tennessee]]| date=March 10, 2010| access-date=February 28, 2014| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305104539/http://torchbearer.utk.edu/2010/03/william-claud-jeter-1943/| archive-date=March 5, 2014}}</ref> Jeter had one brother, William, and four sisters, Virginia, Amanda, Emily, and Lori.<ref name=times>{{cite web| title=Michael Jeter, 50, Dies; Won Acting Prizes| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/02/arts/michael-jeter-50-dies-won-acting-prizes.html| work=[[The New York Times]]| date=April 2, 2003| access-date=February 28, 2014}}</ref> Jeter was a student at [[Memphis State University]] (now the [[University of Memphis]]) when his interests changed from medicine to acting. He performed in several plays and musicals at the Circuit Theatre and its partner theatre, the Playhouse on the Square, in midtown Memphis. He left [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] to further pursue his stage career in [[Baltimore]], Maryland.