Isabel Jeans

Isabel Jeans

Infobox actor
bgcolour = silver
name = Isabel Jeans


imagesize = 180px
caption = from the trailer for the film "Tovarich" (1937)
birthdate = September 16, 1891
location = London, England
deathdate = Death date and age|1985|9|4|1891|9|16|df=y
deathplace = London, England

Isabel Jeans (September 16, 1891 – September 4, 1985) was an English stage and film actress.

She played a couple of major roles in two Alfred Hitchcock silent films, "Downhill" (1927) and "Easy Virtue" (1928), before playing a number of grande dames in Hollywood films, such as Hitchcock's "Suspicion" (1941) and "Gigi" (1958).

Personal life

Jeans' brother Desmond was an actor and boxer, while her sister Ursula became a respected character actress and married the actor Roger Livesey.

She was twice married, both times to fellow actors:
* Claude Rains (1913–1915}
* Gilbert Wakefield

Filmography

* "The Profligate" (1917)
* "Tilly of Bloomsbury" (1921)
* "The Rat" (1925)
* "Windsor Castle" (1926)
* "The Triumph of the Rat" (1926)
* "Further Adventures of a Flag Officer" (1927)
* "Downhill" (1927)
* "Easy Virtue" (1928)
* "Gigi" (1958)

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0419978/ The Internet Movie Database]

Persondata
NAME= Jeans, Isabel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor
DATE OF BIRTH= September 16, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH= London, England
DATE OF DEATH= September 4, 1985
PLACE OF DEATH= London, England


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