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Jean Kent is a Actor British born on 29 june 1921 at London (United-kingdom)

Jean Kent

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Birth name Joan Mildred Summerfield
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 29 june 1921 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 30 november 2013 (at 92 years) at Bury St Edmunds (United-kingdom)

Jean Kent (29 June 1921 − 30 November 2013) was a British film and television actress.

Biography

Born Joan Mildred Summerfield in Brixton, London, the only child of variety performers Norman Field (né Summerfield) and Nina Norre, she started her theatrical career in 1931 as a dancer. She used the stage name Jean Carr when she appeared as a chorus girl in the Windmill Theatre in London. She signed to Gainsborough Pictures during the Second World War. The turning point in her career came when she was given a dramatic part in 1945 film Fanny by Gaslight. She appeared in several British films during the 1940s and 1950s before turning to television probably best remembered for her role as Queen Elizabeth I in the TV historical adventure series Sir Francis Drake (TV series) filmed in 1961-62.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Jean Kent (34 films)

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Shout at the Devil
Shout at the Devil (1976)
, 2h4
Directed by John Glen, Peter Hunt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films
Actors Lee Marvin, Roger Moore, Ian Holm, Barbara Parkins, Reinhard Kolldehoff, George Coulouris
Roles Mrs. Smythe
Rating60% 3.0499353.0499353.0499353.0499353.049935
Colonel Flynn O'Flynn (Lee Marvin), a hard-drinking American, manipulates British aristocrat Sebastian Oldsmith (Roger Moore) into helping poach ivory in Tanganyika, which is part of the German-controlled pre-World War I territory of German East Africa. On hearing news that the American has returned, Herman Fleischer, the local German Commander of the Southern Provinces, relentlessly hunts O'Flynn with his Schutztruppen.
Web of Evidence
Web of Evidence (1959)
, 1h30
Directed by Jack Cardiff
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Van Johnson, Vera Miles, Emlyn Williams, Bernard Lee, Jean Kent, Moultrie Kelsall
Roles Louise Burt
Rating62% 3.1425253.1425253.1425253.1425253.142525
A la fin des années 50, un jeune homme Paul Mathry (Van Johnson) débarque à Liverpool. Il vient des Etats Unis pour retrouver les traces de son père, mort héroïquement pendant la guerre d’après sa mère. Mais il apprend rapidement une fois à Liverpool que celui-ci est toujours vivant et qu’il est emprisonné depuis vingt ans pour meurtre !
Please Turn Over
Please Turn Over (1959)
, 1h27
Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Ted Ray, Leslie Phillips, Jean Kent, Julia Lockwood, Joan Sims, Tim Seely
Roles Janet Halliday
Rating62% 3.1427853.1427853.1427853.1427853.142785
In the quiet suburbs of an English town, seventeen-year-old Jo Halliday lives a fairly boring life working as a hairdresser and living at home, with her nagging mother, pompous father, and fitness obsessed Aunt. Her father, an accountant, continually wishes that his dreamy, untidy daughter could be more like his secretary Miss Jones.
Bonjour Tristesse
Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
, 1h34
Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes La provence
Actors Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Jean Seberg, Mylène Demongeot, Geoffrey Horne, Juliette Gréco
Roles Mrs. Helen Lombard
Rating68% 3.4459253.4459253.4459253.4459253.445925
On the French Riviera, Cécile (Jean Seberg) is a decadent young girl who lives with her rich playboy father, Raymond (David Niven). Anne (Deborah Kerr), a mature and cultured friend of Raymond's late wife, arrives at Raymond's villa for a visit. Cécile is afraid that Anne will disrupt the undisciplined way of life that she has shared with her father.
Grip of the Strangler
Grip of the Strangler (1958)
, 1h20
Directed by Robert Day
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Boris Karloff, Jean Kent, Elizabeth Allan, Anthony Dawson, Antonio Margheriti, Vera Day
Roles Cora Seth
Rating61% 3.0974653.0974653.0974653.0974653.097465
In Victorian London, Edward Styles is accused of being the notorious Haymarket Strangler, the brutal killer of five women. Twenty years after he is tried and executed for these crimes James Rankin (Karloff), a novelist and social reformer, launches an investigation to prove that Styles is innocent. His search for clues leads him first to the sleazy Judas Hole music hall, where the Strangler picked his victims from the resident can-can dancers and loose women, and then to the prison cemetery of Newgate where Styles was buried - in order to exhume his body. When the killings start again, Rankin's theory seems to be vindicated. However his growing obsession with the case signals a most unwelcome revelation as to the true identity of the murderer.
The Prince and the Showgirl
The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
, 1h55
Directed by Laurence Olivier
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Political films, Films based on plays, Films about royalty
Actors Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, Sybil Thorndike, Richard Wattis, Esmond Knight, Jeremy Spenser
Roles Maisie Springfield
Rating63% 3.199663.199663.199663.199663.19966
The film is set in London in June 1911. George V will be crowned king on 22 June and in the preceding days many of the most important dignitaries arrive. Among those arriving are King Nicholas of Carpathia (Jeremy Spenser) and the regent, Prince Charles (Laurence Olivier).
The Browning Version
The Browning Version (1951)
, 1h30
Directed by Anthony Asquith, George Pollock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about education, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Michael Redgrave, Jean Kent, Nigel Patrick, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Bill Travers, Ronald Howard
Roles Millie Crocker-Harris
Rating80% 4.043064.043064.043064.043064.04306
Andrew Crocker-Harris is an aging Classics master at an English public school, and is forced into retirement by his increasing ill health. The film, in common with the original stage play, follows the schoolmaster's final few days in his post, as he comes to terms with his sense of failure as a teacher, a sense of weakness exacerbated by his wife's infidelity and the realization that he is despised by both pupils and staff of the school.
Her Favourite Husband
Her Favourite Husband (1950)
, 1h19
Directed by Marino Girolami, Mario Soldati
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Jean Kent, Robert Beatty, Gordon Harker, Margaret Rutherford, Max Adrian, Rona Anderson
Roles Dorothy Pellegrini
Rating59% 2.95792.95792.95792.95792.9579
Mild mannered Italian bank clerk Antonio, much dominated by his English wife Dorothy, is the double of Leo L'Americano, a local gangster. The gangster kidnaps Antonio and takes his place as husband in the family, to give him cover for a big bank robbery, which he plans to pin on Antonio. Farcical confusions ensue.
The Woman in Question
The Woman in Question (1950)
, 1h28
Directed by Anthony Asquith, George Pollock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors Jean Kent, Dirk Bogarde, Susan Shaw, Hermione Baddeley, Charles Victor, John McCallum
Roles Agnes / Madame Astra / Parrot (voice)
Rating67% 3.3904053.3904053.3904053.3904053.390405
Agnes Huston, an English widow, is found murdered at her house. Superintendent Lodge, the detective on the case, and Inspector Butler start questioning people closely associated with her. Her neighbour Mrs. Finch, tells Lodge that Agnes is a gentlewoman, and throughout her rendition Agnes is shown in a pleasant looking, smart and well-mannered light. She explains that Agnes’ sister Catherine Taylor is a rude, obnoxious woman.
Trottie True
Trottie True (1949)
, 1h36
Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Jean Kent, James Donald, Hugh Sinclair, Christopher Lee, Lana Morris, Roger Moore
Roles Trottie True
Rating57% 2.863042.863042.863042.863042.86304
En 1900, une duchesse se remémore ce qui l'a amenée à cette position sociale. Après s'être fait un nom au music-hall, celle qui s'appelait alors Trottie True est engagée pour rejoindre la troupe du Bedford. Là elle attire l'attention de plusieurs admirateurs bien nés, et notamment de Lord Digby Landon avec qui elle se mariera.