Jane Winton

Jane Winton (October 10, 1905 - September 22, 1959) was a movieactress, dancer, opera soprano, writer, and painter. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

During the 1920s she began her stage career as a dancer with the Ziegfeld Follies.

Film actress

After coming to the west coast Winton became known as "the green-eyed goddess of Hollywood." Her film appearances include roles in "Tomorrow's Love" (1925), "Why Girls Go Back Home" (1926), "Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans", "The Crystal Cup" and "The Fair Coed" (1927), "Burning Daylight", "Melody of Love" and "The Patsy" (1928), "Scandal" (1929), and "The Furies" and "Hells Angels" (1930).

Winton played "Donna Isobel" in "Don Juan" (1926). The film starred John Barrymore and Mary Astor. The movie was billed as the Vitaphone, a new invention which synchronized sound with motion pictures. Modern "talking" pictures began with the Vitaphone.

Opera and radio

After leaving Hollywood Winton performed various operatic roles both in the United States and abroad. In 1933 she was with the National Grand Opera Company for their production of "I Pagliacci". She sang "Nedda". She starred in the opperetta "Caviar". In England she became noted for her singing and work in radio.

Novelist

In 1951 Winton's novel, "Park Avenue Doctor", was published by Frederick Fell. "Passion Is The Gale", her second novel, was releasedalmost a year later.

Marriage

Winton married three times. In 1927 she wed Hollywood screenwriter Charles Kenyon. She married New York businessman Horace Gumble in 1930. Her last husband was Michael T. Gottlieb, a stockbroker, tournament contract bridge player, and Arizona property owner. They wedin 1935.

Death

Jane Winton died in 1959 at the Pierre Hotel in New York City. She maintained other residences in Katonah, New York and Phoenix, Arizona.

References

*New York Times, "Jane Winton, 51, Actress, Singer", September 23, 1959, Page 35.

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