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Jean Porter is a Actor American born on 8 december 1922 at Cisco (USA)

Jean Porter

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Birth name Bennie Jean Porter
Nationality USA
Birth 8 december 1922 at Cisco (USA)
Death 13 january 2018 (at 95 years)

Jean Porter (born December 8, 1922) is an American retired film actress. She was born in Cisco, Texas.

Biography

Between 1948-1999 she was married to film director and writer Edward Dmytryk, who was one of the Hollywood Ten, the most prominent blacklisted group in the film industry during the McCarthy-era.

Best films

Bathing Beauty (1944)
(Actress)

Usually with

David Snell
David Snell
(5 films)
Frank Faylen
Frank Faylen
(5 films)
Hal Roach
Hal Roach
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Jean Porter (28 films)

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Actress

The Left Hand of God, 1h27
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes Films about religion, Children's films
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Gene Tierney, Lee J. Cobb, Agnes Moorehead, E. G. Marshall, Jean Porter
Roles Mary Yin
Rating63% 3.1990353.1990353.1990353.1990353.199035
In 1947, Catholic priest Father O'Shea (Humphrey Bogart) makes his way to a remote mission in China to replace a priest who was killed there. He meets Dr. David Sigman (E.G. Marshall), his wife Beryl (Agnes Moorehead), and nurse Anne Scott (Gene Tierney), the only other Western residents. They run a hospital for the surrounding villagers, at a time when competing warlords and Communists are engaged in civil war.
Cry Danger
Cry Danger (1951)
, 1h19
Directed by Robert Parrish, Dick Powell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Dick Powell, Rhonda Fleming, Richard Erdman, William Conrad, Regis Toomey, Jean Porter
Roles Darlene LaVonne
Rating72% 3.6417753.6417753.6417753.6417753.641775
Rocky Mulloy was sentenced to life in prison for a robbery and murder that he didn't commit. He's released five years later when a witness named Delong appears and provides an alibi. Rocky then sets out to find who framed him, hoping that by uncovering the actual criminals, he'll be able to free his friend Danny Morgan, also accused of the same crime.
Roller Derby Girl, 10minutes
Directed by Justin Herman
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films
Actors Jean Porter
Rating58% 2.927542.927542.927542.927542.92754
That Hagen Girl, 1h23
Directed by Peter Godfrey, Peter Godfrey
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Shirley Temple, Rory Calhoun, Ronald Reagan, Lois Maxwell, Conrad Janis, Dorothy Peterson
Roles Sharon Bailey
Rating61% 3.098133.098133.098133.098133.09813
Mary Hagen is believed by town gossips to be the illegitimate daughter of Tom Bates, a former resident and lawyer. She is often treated badly. Bates moves back into town and begins a friendship with Hagen's favorite teacher Julia Kane (Maxwell). There are hints that Bates is the real father of Hagen, though it is later revealed that she was an orphan adopted by the Hagens. When the teacher leaves town, she suggests to Bates that he stop playing Hagen's father, as it has become clear that he is in love with her. The movie ends with Bates and Hagen boarding a train, presumably to get married.
Easy to Wed, 1h46
Directed by Edward Buzzell, Buster Keaton, Edward Sedgwick
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Van Johnson, Esther Williams, Lucille Ball, Keenan Wynn, Cecil Kellaway, Ben Blue
Roles Frances
Rating61% 3.0500553.0500553.0500553.0500553.050055
Financier J.B. Allenbury (Cecil Kellaway) is determined to file a $2 million libel suit against The Morning Star when the newspaper prints a story claiming his daughter Connie (Esther Williams) was responsible for the breakup of a marriage. Anxious to save his paper from financial ruin, editor Curtis Farwood (Paul Harvey) enlists the help of business manager Warren Haggerty (Keenan Wynn), who postpones his marriage to Gladys Benton (Lucille Ball) in order to assist his employer.
Till the End of Time, 1h44
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Dorothy McGuire, Guy Madison, Robert Mitchum, Bill Williams, Tom Tully, Tom Tully
Roles Helen Ingersoll
Rating66% 3.3476653.3476653.3476653.3476653.347665
Right after VJ Day, two Marine Corps buddies, Cpl. Bill Tabeshaw (Mitchum) and Pfc. Cliff Harper (Madison), are among a group selected to return immediately to civilian life. Bill, a former cowboy, has a silver plate implanted in his head, a "souvenir" of Iwo Jima, but has won $2,100 gambling and plans to buy a small cattle ranch in New Mexico. Former college student Cliff is physically uninjured but harbors deep resentments about losing nearly four years of his life because he enlisted right after Pearl Harbor.
Thrill of a Romance, 1h45
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Van Johnson, Esther Williams, Frances Gifford, Carleton G. Young, Henry Travers, Spring Byington
Roles Ga-Ga Bride (uncredited)
Rating64% 3.246413.246413.246413.246413.24641
Cynthia Glenn (Esther Williams) is a swimming instructor in Los Angeles, California, where she lives with her scatterbrained aunt and uncle Nona and Hobart (Spring Byington and Henry Travers). While demonstrating a dive to her students, she catches the eye of an interested stranger, Bob Delbar (Carleton G. Young). Cynthia returns home to find that she has received flowers from the stranger. The two court for one month, and then get married.
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood, 1h23
Directed by S. Sylvan Simon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Rags Ragland, Lucille Ball, Bob Haymes, Jean Porter
Roles Ruthie
Rating62% 3.147153.147153.147153.147153.14715
A barber, Buzz Curtis (Bud Abbott), and a porter, Abercrombie (Lou Costello), work for a Hollywood salon. They are sent to the office of agent Norman Royce (Warner Anderson) to give him a haircut and a shoeshine. On the way there they run into former co-worker Claire Warren (Frances Rafferty), who is about to star as the lead in a new musical. At the same time her co-star Gregory LeMaise (Carleton G. Young), whose fame is dwindling, arrives and invites her to join him at lunch. She declines, which angers him.
Twice Blessed, 1h16
Directed by Harry Beaumont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Preston Foster, Gail Patrick, Lee and Lyn Wilde, Jean Porter, Richard Gaines, Jimmy Lydon
Roles Kitty
Rating60% 3.0017953.0017953.0017953.0017953.001795
Stephanie (Lyn Wilde) and Terry (Lee Wilde) are two identical twins who have been split up since their parents divorced seven years before. Each envies the life style of the other so they decide, without telling Jeff (Preston Foster) or Mary (Gail Patrick), to switch families for a day or two.
What Next, Corporal Hargrove?, 1h35
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors Robert Walker, Keenan Wynn, Jean Porter, Chill Wills, Hugo Haas, Fred Essler
Roles Jeanne Quidoc
Rating57% 2.85622.85622.85622.85622.8562
U.S. artillery corporal Marion Hargrove (Robert Walker) finds himself at large in wartime France with wheeler-dealer pal Pvt. Thomas Mulvehill (Keenan Wynn). Inadvertently detached from their outfit, Hargrove and Mulvehill wander into a French village, where they're lauded as conquering heroes by the populace,
Bathing Beauty, 1h41
Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Musical films
Actors Red Skelton, Esther Williams, Basil Rathbone, Bill Goodwin, Jean Porter, Nana Bryant
Roles Jean Allenwood
Rating63% 3.194713.194713.194713.194713.19471
In Los Angeles, popular songwriter Steve Elliott (Red Skelton) prepares to marry Caroline Brooks (Esther Williams), who has pledged to give up her job as a college swimming instructor once she has wed. Likewise, Steve plans to quit his songwriting career, even though New York producer George Adams (Basil Rathbone) has already hired him to write new songs for a water ballet show.
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble, 1h47
Directed by George B. Seitz, John E. Burch
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Fay Holden, Sara Haden, Herbert Marshall, Bonita Granville
Roles Katy Anderson
Rating64% 3.2430253.2430253.2430253.2430253.243025
Blonde Trouble picks up from the previous installment of the Andy Hardy saga with Andy on a train to begin his college career at Wainwright College. While on the train, he meets Kay Wilson (Bonita Granville), and learns that Wainright College has just become a coeducational institution. The Dean of Wainwright College (and soon to be Andy's faculty advisor), Dr. Standish (Herbert Marshall) is also on the train. Dr. Standish's identity is not revealed to Andy until later.
San Fernando Valley, 1h14
Directed by John English
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Jean Porter, Andrew Tombes, Charles Smith, Edward Gargan
Roles Betty Lou Kenyon
Rating66% 3.324463.324463.324463.324463.32446
Nazty Nuisance, 43minutes
Directed by Glenn Tryon
Origin USA
Genres War, Action, Adventure
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Johnny Arthur, Jean Porter, Ian Keith, Sam Lufkin, Henry Victor, Emory Parnell
Roles Kela
Rating45% 2.283782.283782.283782.283782.28378
Germany's Führer Adolf Hitler embarks on a secret journey to the oriental country of Norom to negotiate a treaty with the blood-thirsty High Chief Paj Mub, mostly because Paj Mub insists on meeting Hitler personally instead of making relations through Hitler's emissary, Kapitän von Popoff. Unfortunately, despite Hitler's insistence that they shouldn't be told and Goebbels' efforts to mislead them, his Axis partners Benito Mussolini of Italy and General Suki Yaki of Japan unsolicitedly appear at the submarine dock and invite themselves to the trip.