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Isabel Jewell is a Actor American born on 19 july 1907 at Shoshoni (USA)

Isabel Jewell

Isabel Jewell
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Nationality USA
Birth 19 july 1907 at Shoshoni (USA)
Death 5 april 1972 (at 64 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Isabel Jewell (July 19, 1907 – April 5, 1972) was an American actress most active in the 1930s and early 1940s. Some of her most famous films were Ceiling Zero, Marked Woman, A Tale of Two Cities and Gone With the Wind.

Biography

Isabel Jewell apparaît au cinéma à partir de 1932 et régulièrement jusque dans les années 1950, avant deux derniers films en 1972 (l'ultime sort en 1973, l'année suivant sa mort).

Elle tourne également quelques séries pour la télévision (notamment, un épisode de The Untouchables), entre 1952 et 1962.

Au théâtre, à Broadway, elle participe à deux pièces, en 1932 et 1942.

Pour sa contribution au cinéma, une étoile lui est dédiée sur le Walk of Fame d'Hollywood Boulevard.

Son nom est parfois orthographié « Jewel » et son prénom quelquefois écrit « Isobel ».

Usually with

Edward Gargan
Edward Gargan
(6 films)
Adrian
Adrian
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Isabel Jewell (58 films)

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Actress

Ciao! Manhattan, 1h24
Directed by David Weisman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Documentary
Actors Edie Sedgwick, Isabel Jewell, Paul America, Andy Warhol, Viva, Brigid Berlin
Roles Mummy
Rating56% 2.80332.80332.80332.80332.8033
Le film raconte le destin tragique d'Edie Sedgwick, star déchue de la Factory d'Andy Warhol. De retour chez sa mère en Californie, Susan/Edie s'installe dans la piscine aménagée et décorée de couvertures de journaux où elle apparaît et de photos de mode où elle ressasse ses années de gloire à New York dans le monde du pop art et de la folie régnant à la Factory à la fin des années 1960. Susan/Edie partage ses visions dues à la drogue et à l'alcool avec un jeune hippie paumé, Butch qui a pris Susan en stop lors de son pèlerinage en Californie.
Sweet Kill
Sweet Kill (1972)
, 1h25
Directed by Curtis Hanson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Tab Hunter, John Aprea, Isabel Jewell, Angus Scrimm, Roberta Collins
Roles Mrs. Cole
Rating50% 2.5147452.5147452.5147452.5147452.514745
Eddie Collins finds that he is unable to perform sexually with women because of some earlier repressed memories of his mother. After accidentally killing a woman while trying to sleep with her, he finds that he is able to get aroused by the dead body. This leads him into a chain of luring women into bed in order to kill them for sexual gratification.
Bernardine
Bernardine (1957)
, 1h35
Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Pat Boone, Terry Moore, Dick Sargent, Janet Gaynor, Dean Jagger, Ernestine Wade
Roles Ruby McDuff
Rating56% 2.812332.812332.812332.812332.81233
A singing teen pairs his military-officer brother with a dream-girl telephone operator new in town.
Drum Beat
Drum Beat (1954)
, 1h51
Directed by Delmer Daves
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Western
Actors Alan Ladd, Audrey Dalton, Marisa Pavan, Robert Keith, Hayden Rorke, Charles Bronson
Roles Lily White
Rating62% 3.146293.146293.146293.146293.14629
In 1872, veteran Indian fighter Johnny MacKay (Alan Ladd) is sent for by then President Grant (Hayden Rorke). He tells government officials in Washington about hostilities between settlers, soldiers and Modoc renegades near the California and Oregon border. He is appointed peace commissioner for the territory.
Man in the Attic, 1h21
Directed by Hugo Fregonese
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Jack Palance, Constance Smith, Frances Bavier, Rhys Williams, Sean McClory, Lester Matthews
Roles Katy
Rating60% 3.0444353.0444353.0444353.0444353.044435
The story takes place in London, 1888. On the third night of the Jack the Ripper killings, a man rents out an attic from an older couple in need of extra income. The man (Jack Palance), a research pathologist, begins working on his experiments in the rooms. Helen Harley, the landlady (Frances Bavier), becomes suspicious of the man, especially when her niece Lily Bonner (Constance Smith) shows an interest in him.
The Bishop's Wife, 1h49
Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Christmas films, Films about religion, Films about angels
Actors Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Monty Woolley, James Gleason, Gladys Cooper
Roles Hysterical Mother
Rating75% 3.7966453.7966453.7966453.7966453.796645
Bishop Henry Brougham (David Niven), troubled with funding the building of a new cathedral, prays for divine guidance. His plea is seemingly answered by a suave angel named Dudley (Cary Grant), who reveals his identity only to the clergyman.
Belle Starr's Daughter, 1h26
Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors George Montgomery, Rod Cameron, Ruth Roman, Wallace Ford, Charles Kemper, William Phipps
Roles Belle Starr
Rating57% 2.896382.896382.896382.896382.89638
Après que sa mère, la hors-la-loi Belle Starr, ait été tuée, sa fille Rose décide de marcher sur ses pas et de rejoindre la bande de Bob Yauntis qui multiplient les coups de force et attaques meurtrières. Son objectif : se venger de Tom Jackson, le marshal qu’elle croit coupable du meurtre de la femme qui l’a mise au monde.
Born to Kill, 1h32
Directed by Robert Wise
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Noir, Crime
Actors Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney, Walter Slezak, Phillip Terry, Audrey Long, Elisha Cook, Jr.
Roles Laury Palmer
Rating71% 3.595113.595113.595113.595113.59511
Helen Brent (Claire Trevor) has just received a Reno divorce in Nevada. That night, she discovers one of her neighbors, Laury Palmer, and Palmer's gentleman caller both murdered in Palmer's home. The killer is Palmer's other boyfriend, Sam Wilde (Lawrence Tierney), an insanely jealous man who won't abide anyone "cutting in" on him.
Badman's Territory
Directed by Tim Whelan
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Randolph Scott, George "Gabby" Hayes, Ann Richards, Ray Collins, Morgan Conway, Virginia Sale
Roles Belle Starr
Rating61% 3.0978953.0978953.0978953.0978953.097895
Just north of Texas and west of the Oklahoma border is "Badman's Territory," a region not yet governed by statehood. This is where Jesse James and brother Frank head after a train robbery, along with their partner, Coyote.
The Seventh Victim, 1h11
Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Noir
Actors Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Hugh Beaumont, Isabel Jewell, Kim Hunter, Evelyn Brent
Roles Frances Fallon
Rating66% 3.3465653.3465653.3465653.3465653.346565
Mary (Kim Hunter), a young woman at Miss Highcliff's boarding school, learns that her sister Jacqueline (Jean Brooks), her only relative, has gone missing and has not paid her tuition in months. The school officials tell Mary she can only stay on if she works for the school, to pay her tuition.
The Leopard Man, 1h6
Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Serial killer films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Dennis O'Keefe, Margo, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell, Richard Dix, Abner Biberman
Roles Maria the Fortune Teller
Rating66% 3.3469153.3469153.3469153.3469153.346915
The story, set in New Mexico, begins as Jerry Manning hires a leopard as a publicity stunt for his night-club performing girlfriend, Kiki. Her rival at the club, Clo-Clo, not wanting to be upstaged, startles the animal and it escapes the club into the dark night. The owner of the leopard, a solo sideshow performer named Charlie How-Come—billed as "The Leopard Man"—begins pestering Manning for money for replacement of the leopard.