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Jennifer Jones is a Actor American born on 2 march 1919 at Tulsa (USA)

Jennifer Jones

Jennifer Jones
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Birth name Phylis Flora Isley
Nationality USA
Birth 2 march 1919 at Tulsa (USA)
Death 17 december 2009 (at 90 years) at Malibu (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Actress

Jennifer Jones (March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009), also known as Jennifer Jones Simon, was an American actress during the Hollywood golden years. Jones, who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Song of Bernadette (1943), was also Academy Award-nominated for her performances in four other films. She married three times, most notably to film producer David O. Selznick.

Jones starred in more than twenty films over a thirty-year career, going into semi-retirement following Selznick's death in 1965. In 1980, she founded the Jennifer Jones Simon Foundation For Mental Health And Education after her daughter's suicide. In later life, Jones withdrew from public life to live in quiet retirement with her son and his family in Malibu, California.

Biography

Jones had two sons of her first marriage: Robert Walker, Jr. (born April 15, 1940; the only one of Jones' children who would not predecease her), and Michael Walker (March 13, 1941 – December 27, 2007). Both later became actors. Jones had an affair with film producer David O. Selznick; she separated from Walker in November 1943 and divorced him in June 1945.
Jones married Selznick on July 13, 1949, a union which lasted until his death June 22, 1965. After his death, she semi-retired from acting. According to media reports, Jones attempted suicide in November 1967 after hearing of the death of close friend Charles Bickford. She was found unconscious at the base of a cliff overlooking Malibu Beach; she was hospitalized in a coma before eventually recovering.

Jones' daughter with Selznick, Mary Jennifer Selznick (1954–1976), committed suicide by jumping from a 20th-floor window in Los Angeles on May 11, 1976. This led to Jones' interest in mental health issues. In 1980, she founded the Jennifer Jones Simon Foundation For Mental Health And Education. The Foundation pledged $400,000 to be used exclusively for the world-renowned Mary Jennifer Selznick Workshop Program, named in honor of Jones's late daughter.

On May 29, 1971, Jones married her third husband, multi-millionaire industrialist, art collector and philanthropist Norton Simon, whose son Robert had committed suicide in 1969. The marriage took place aboard a tugboat 5 miles off the English coast, and was conducted by Unitarian minister Eirion Phillips. Years before, Simon had attempted to buy the portrait of her used in the film Portrait of Jennie. Simon later met Jones at a party hosted by fellow industrialist and art collector Walter Annenberg.

Four years before his death in June 1993, Simon resigned as President of Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena and Jennifer Jones-Simon was appointed Chairman of the Board of Trustees, President and Executive Officer. In 1996, she began working with architect Frank Gehry and landscape designer Nancy Goslee Power on renovating the museum and gardens. She remained active as the director of the Norton Simon Museum until 2003, when she was given emeritus status.

Jones was a breast cancer survivor. Actress Susan Strasberg, who would die of the disease in 1999 and was then married to actor Christopher Jones, named her own daughter Jennifer Robin Jones in the older actress's honor.

Best films

Duel in the Sun (1946)
(Actress)
Since You Went Away (1944)
(Actress)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
(Actress)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
(Actress)
Portrait of Jennie (1948)
(Actress)

Usually with

John Huston
John Huston
(3 films)
Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht
(5 films)
Ben Nye
Ben Nye
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Jennifer Jones (29 films)

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Actress

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words, 1h54
Directed by Stig Björkman
Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors Alicia Vikander, Isabella Rossellini, Roberto Rossellini, Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Sigourney Weaver
Roles Self (archive footage)
Rating73% 3.6930053.6930053.6930053.6930053.693005
Nommée sept fois aux Oscars, Ingrid Bergman y fut récompensée trois fois. Elle fut une des actrices les plus talentueuses de l’âge d’or du cinéma hollywoodien et ses rôles dans des films comme CASABLANCA (1942), HANTISE (1944) et SONATE D’AUTOMNE (1978) sont inoubliables. En partant d’archives privées et d’interviews de ses enfants, ce film dresse un portrait personnel et offre aux spectateurs un aperçu de la vie exceptionnelle d’une jeune Suédoise qui devint l’une des plus célèbres actrices des États-Unis et du monde.
Patricia
Patricia (1981)
, 1h21
Origin Austria
Genres Erotic, Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Anne Parillaud, José Luis de Vilallonga, Brigitte Stein, Jennifer Jones
Roles Scheherezade
Rating42% 2.1216152.1216152.1216152.1216152.121615
Fille d'un milliardaire, Charlotte tombe amoureuse d'un professeur de tennis. Son père qui ne voit pas cela d'un très bon œil, décide d'envoyer un jeune homme à sa poursuite afin de la ramener dans le droit chemin.
The Towering Inferno, 2h45
Directed by Irwin Allen, John Guillermin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Disaster, Action
Themes La fin du monde, Films about the labor movement, Children's films, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely
Roles Lisolette
Rating69% 3.499813.499813.499813.499813.49981
Architect Doug Roberts (Newman) returns to San Francisco for the dedication of the Glass Tower, which he designed for owner James Duncan (Holden). At 138 stories (1,800 ft/550 m), it is the world's tallest building. Shortly after his arrival, an electrical short starts an undetected fire on the 81st floor while Roberts accuses the building's electrical engineer, Roger Simmons (Chamberlain), of cutting corners. Simmons insists the building is up to standards.
That's Entertainment!, 2h15
Directed by Jack Haley Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about films, Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about cities, Musical films, Documentary films about films
Actors Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Peter Lawford, Liza Minnelli
Roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rating77% 3.8947053.8947053.8947053.8947053.894705
Cette nostalgique leçon d'histoire recèle les trésors cachés des plus grandes comédies musicales de la MGM ainsi que de nombreux autres extraits merveilleux mais moins célèbres, avec Esther Williams, Jimmy Durante, Eleanor Powell et même Clark Gable chantant et dansant. « Il était une fois Hollywood » est une véritable gourmandise pour cinéphiles et amateurs de comédies musicales.
Angel, Angel, Down We Go, 1h33
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Jennifer Jones, Roddy McDowall, Charles Aidman, Jordan Christopher, Lou Rawls, Holly Near
Roles Astrid Steele
Rating43% 2.17282.17282.17282.17282.1728
The emotionally troubled daughter (Holly Near) of an affluent but brittle Hollywood couple gets caught up with a charismatic rock singer (Jordan Christopher) and his friends. The singer proceeds to seduce and manipulate her entire family.
The Idol
The Idol (1966)
, 1h49
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Jennifer Jones, Michael Parks, John Leyton, Guy Doleman, Natasha Pyne, Jack Watson
Roles Carol
Rating53% 2.6803452.6803452.6803452.6803452.680345
A rebellious student embarks on an affair with the mother of his best friend, leading to disastrous consequences.
Tender Is the Night, 2h22
Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Jennifer Jones, Jason Robards, Joan Fontaine, Tom Ewell, Cesare Danova, Jill St John
Roles Nicole Diver
Rating59% 2.9993052.9993052.9993052.9993052.999305
At a party in the south of France, when she sees her husband, Dr. Dick Diver, take an interest in an American movie starlet, Rosemary Hoyt, jealousy gets the better of Nicole Diver, a woman with many emotional issues.
A Farewell to Arms, 2h32
Directed by John Huston, Charles Vidor, Andrew Marton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Rock Hudson, Jennifer Jones, Vittorio De Sica, Elaine Stritch, Oskar Homolka, Mercedes McCambridge
Roles Catherine Barkley
Rating58% 2.9002352.9002352.9002352.9002352.900235
Frederick Henry (Rock Hudson) is an American officer serving in an ambulance unit for the Italian Army during World War I. While recovering from a wound in a British base hospital in northern Italy, he is cared for by Catherine Barkley (Jennifer Jones), a Red Cross nurse he had met earlier, near the front, and they engage in an affair. Frederick's friend, the doctor, convinces the army that Frederick's knee is more severely wounded than it actually is and the two continue their romance but never get married.
The Barretts of Wimpole Street, 1h45
Directed by Sidney Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about families
Actors John Gielgud, Jennifer Jones, Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna, Susan Stephen, Jean Anderson
Roles Elizabeth Barrett
Rating64% 3.2453653.2453653.2453653.2453653.245365
Elizabeth Barrett (Jennifer Jones) is the disabled grown-up daughter of Edward Moulton-Barrett (John Gielgud) of Wimpole Street, and has an intense interest in poetry. However, she lives under the obsessive rule of her father, and this severely limits her ability to develop her love of rhyme amongst her peers. Edward in fact shows clear incestuous tendencies towards her, and discourages close contact with any males. When the poet Robert Browning (Bill Travers) enters her life, though, matters are brought to a head, through the intervention of Browning. Edward finds that his control over Elizabeth, and her younger sister Henrietta (Virginia McKenna), is far from complete.
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, 2h33
Directed by Nunnally Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Fredric March, Ann Harding, Keenan Wynn, Marisa Pavan
Roles Betsy Rath
Rating70% 3.5463653.5463653.5463653.5463653.546365
Tom and Betsy Rath live in a rundown house in Westport, Connecticut around 1953 (1955 in the movie). They have three television-addicted children (two girls and a boy) and have money problems. Tom is 33 years old, a Harvard graduate. He barely survived as an Army paratroop officer during World War II, having fought in both the European and Pacific combat theaters, during which he had an extramarital affair.
Good Morning, Miss Dove, 1h47
Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about education, Children's films
Actors Jennifer Jones, Robert Stack, Kipp Hamilton, Robert Douglas, Peggy Knudsen, Mary Wickes
Roles Miss Dove
Rating69% 3.49343.49343.49343.49343.4934
Miss Dove (Jennifer Jones), commonly referred to as "the terrible Miss Dove," is a prim and proper geography teacher who governs her classroom with strict disciplinary rules, dependable habits and a common-sense approach to life's everyday challenges. To the citizens and former pupils of Liberty Hill, she is regarded as the epitome of gentility and wisdom.
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, 1h42
Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Political films, Children's films
Actors Jennifer Jones, William Holden, Keye Luke, Torin Thatcher, Isobel Elsom, Richard Loo
Roles Dr. Han Suyin
Rating63% 3.1969253.1969253.1969253.1969253.196925
The widowed Eurasian doctor Han Suyin (Jones) falls in love with the married-but-separated American correspondent Mark Elliott (Holden) in Hong Kong, during the period of China's Civil War in the late 1940s. Although they briefly find happiness together, she is ostracized by the greater Chinese community. After losing her position at the hospital, Suyin and her adopted daughter go to live with a friend while Mark is on an assignment during the Korean War. They write to each other constantly.
Indiscretion of an American Wife, 1h30
Directed by Vittorio De Sica
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Montgomery Clift, Jennifer Jones, Richard Beymer, Gino Cervi, Paolo Stoppa, Nando Bruno
Roles Mary Forbes
Rating61% 3.097973.097973.097973.097973.09797
Une Américaine mariée, en visite chez des parents à Rome, a entretenu durant son séjour une liaison avec un homme. Elle décide qu'il est temps d'y mettre un terme, et commence à envisager son retour aux États-Unis, auprès de son mari. Mais elle se rend compte rapidement qu'elle n'est pas sûre de ce qu'elle veut, de ce qu'elle doit faire, et ne cesse de se tourmenter.
Beat the Devil, 1h29
Directed by John Huston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lorre, Robert Morley, Edward Underdown
Roles Gwendolen Chelm
Rating63% 3.198623.198623.198623.198623.19862
Billy Dannreuther (Humphrey Bogart) is a formerly-wealthy American who has fallen on hard times. He is reluctantly working with four crooks: Peterson (Robert Morley), ex-Nazi Julius O'Hara (Peter Lorre), Major Jack Ross (Ivor Barnard) and Ravello, who are trying to acquire uranium-rich land in British East Africa. Billy suspects that Major Ross has murdered a British Colonial officer who had threatened to expose their plan. While waiting in Italy for passage to Africa, Billy and his wife Maria (Gina Lollobrigida) make the acquaintance of a British couple: Harry (Edward Underdown) and Gwendolen Chelm (Jennifer Jones), who are planning to travel on the same ship. Harry is a very proper and traditional Englishman, while Gwendolen is flighty and fanciful and a compulsive liar. Billy and Gwendolen have an affair, while Maria flirts with Harry. Peterson becomes suspicious that the Chelms may be attempting to acquire the uranium themselves. His suspicians are unfounded, but they seem to him to be confirmed by Gwendolen, who lies about her husband and exaggerates his importance.
Carrie
Carrie (1952)
, 1h58
Directed by William Wyler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Romance
Actors Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones, Miriam Hopkins, Eddie Albert, Ray Teal, Barry Kelley
Roles Carrie Meeber
Rating72% 3.64223.64223.64223.64223.6422
Carrie Meeber (Jennifer Jones) leaves her family in a small rural town and heads to Chicago. On the train to Chicago, Charles Drouet (Eddie Albert) approaches her. Although Carrie is reluctant to speak to him, the salesman persists and the two chat until they reach Chicago. Carrie gets off in South Chicago, the slums as Charles Drouet points out, after taking Drouet's business card.