Overview
Born : March 2, 1919 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Died : December 17, 2009 in Malibu, California, USA (natural causes)
Birth Name : Phylis Lee Isley
Height : 5' 6½" (1.69 m)
One of the world's most misjudged Academy Award-winning entertainers, Jennifer Jones was conceived Phylis Lee Isley on 2 March 1919 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Flora Mae (Suber) and Phillip Ross Isley, who ran a voyaging stage show. As a youthful yearning entertainer, she met and succumbed to youthful, attractive, hopeful entertainer Robert Walker. They before long wedded, and moved to Chicago to satisfy their fantasies about becoming film stars. However their arrangements (at first) failed to work out, Phyllis started filling in as a model; wearing chiefly caps, gloves and gems, and furthermore every so often discovered a few work on neighborhood radio broadcasts, where she gave the voice to different characters in radio projects, alongside her better half.
In a final desperate effort to seek after her fantasy, Phyllis headed out to Selznick studios for a perusing which would eventually completely change her. It was that day where she met David O. Selznick, and from that point forward, her profession started to come to fruition. At first, Phyllis thought the tryout went horrendously and stomped out of the studios in tears, just to be pursued by Selznick, who guaranteed her she had been fine. In spite of the fact that she didn't get that specific part (which was for the notorious person, Scarlett O'Hara, which would eventually go to Vivien Leigh, in one of the most renowned castings in Hollywood's set of experiences), Phyllis was given an agreement with Selznick studios. Very soon, Phyllis was 'renamed' to the alliterative Jennifer Jones, and was projected north of thousands of different hopefuls in the job of Bernadette Soubirous in The Song of Bernadette (1943).
For her moving depiction of the wiped out youngster who sees a dream of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes and gives her life to her by turning into a religious recluse, Jones won the Academy Award for best entertainer in a main job on 2 March 1944 (incidentally her 25th birthday celebration) taking down fierce opposition like Ingrid Bergman (who later turned into a dear companion of hers), Greer Garson, Joan Fontaine and Jean Arthur.
Presently, considered a 'genuine' star, Jones' profession was set apart out and shaped for her by Selznick, who might turn into her first love. They started an issue and in the long run she left her better half and two children for the maker, which eventually drove Walker to an awkward passing, ascribed to liquor and illicit drug use incited because of their partition. Concerning her profession, Jones assumed the supporting job of Jane Hilton, a hardheaded young lady who grows up quick when her life partner is killed in real life during WWII, in Since You Went Away (1944). For her presentation Jones got a best supporting entertainer Oscar designation, however missed out to Ethel Barrymore for None But the Lonely Heart (1944). Jennifer kept on conveying solid exhibitions, getting further best entertainer Oscar designations for Love Letters (1945) (she lost to Joan Crawford for Mildred Pierce (1945)) and Duel in the Sun (1946), (she lost to Olivia de Havilland for To Each His Own (1946)) which considered her cast against type to be the alluring biracial magnificence Pearl Chavez.
Jones kept on delivering paramount exhibitions all through the 1940s , including Portrait of Jennie (1948). During the 1950s she accepted her fifth and last Oscar selection for Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955), missing out to Anna Magnani for The Rose Tattoo (1955).
Notwithstanding her prosperity inside the entertainment world, Jones was an extremely private individual and figured out how to avoid the spotlight that ruled such countless other entertainers' lives. In any case, an absence of exposure prompted an absence of jobs, a pattern that enhanced when Selznick kicked the bucket in 1965. She showed up in increasingly few movies, and after a decently fruitful supporting exhibition in The Towering Inferno (1974) Jones chose to make that job her final appearance, retiring from the entertainment world. She did, in any case, attempt to restore her movie profession in later years by lobbying for the job of Aurora Greenway in Terms of Endearment (1983), however Shirley MacLaine was given all things being equal and a role therefore, won the Oscar for best entertainer.
Jennifer Jones passed on 17 December, 2009, in Malibu, California. In the 21st century, Jones may not be also known as different entertainers of her time, for example, Ingrid Bergman, Katharine Hepburn, Greer Garson, Bette Davis and so on However, for the people who know about her and her uncommon ability, she is charming to watch and her acting capacities stretched out far more noteworthy than the vast majority of her peers.
Was addressed by the John Robert Powers Agency, when she was a style model, during the 1930s.
Her little girl with David O. Selznick, Mary Jennifer Selznick, serious self destruction on May 11, 1976, just a short time after Mother's Day.
Praised her 25th birthday celebration on the day that she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in The Song of Bernadette (1943).
Gone to Northwestern University prior to zeroing in on acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, where she met her first spouse, Robert Walker.
Joined in and moved on from Monte Cassino, a young ladies' school and junior school in Tulsa, Oklahoma (1936).
She was an individual from Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She was started into the Tau part (Northwestern) (1937).
She purchased the freedoms to Larry McMurtry's book, "Affectionate nicknames", determined to star in the movie however chief James Brooks told her that she was excessively old for the lead job (1981). The job at last went to Shirley MacLaine who won an Academy Award.
She gave $1 million to set up the Jennifer Jones Simon Foundation for Mental Health and Education (1980).
Once had an interest in getting back to the screen to play sentenced murderess Jean Harris yet deserted the task when Ellen Burstyn showed up in a fruitful broadcast film.
On November 9, 1967, she looked into a Malibu inn and took an excess of dozing pills in the wake of becoming aware of the demise of her dear companion and co-star from The Song of Bernadette (1943) and Duel in the Sun (1946), Charles Bickford. She was tracked down oblivious on an ocean side in Malibu, California. She was taken to the medical clinic, and stayed in a trance like state for a very long time prior to waking and afterward recuperating.
She was granted a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6249 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.
Was old buddies with Peggy Knudsen.
In Italy, practically the entirety of her movies were named by Lydia Simoneschi, with the exception of Beat the Devil (1953) where she was named by Rosetta Calavetta.
Her first Oscar selection for The Song of Bernadette (1943) marks her first of four back to back designations, an accomplishment she imparts to Thelma Ritter (1950-1953), Marlon Brando (1951-1954) Elizabeth Taylor (1957-1960) and Al Pacino (1972-1975). Pacino and Brando's four continuous assignments are the record for male entertainers. The female record is five in succession by Bette Davis (1938-1942) and Greer Garson (1941-1945).
Is one of 15 entertainers who have gotten an Oscar assignment for their presentation as a religious woman. The others, in sequential request, are: Gladys Cooper for The Song of Bernadette (1943); Ingrid Bergman for The Bells of St. Mary's (1945); Loretta Young and Celeste Holm for Come to the Stable (1949); Deborah Kerr for Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957); Audrey Hepburn for The Nun's Story (1959); Lilia Skala for Lilies of the Field (1963); Julie Andrews and Peggy Wood for The Sound of Music (1965); Anne Bancroft and Meg Tilly for Agnes of God (1985), Susan Sarandon for Dead Man Walking (1995); Meryl Streep and Amy Adams for Doubt (2008).
Stepmother of L. Jeffrey Selznick and Daniel Selznick.
She was a bosom malignant growth survivor. The late entertainer Susan Strasberg, an individual bosom malignant growth casualty who passed on from the illness in 1999, was hitched, at one time, to actor Christopher Jones and named their girl Jennifer Robin Jones, in the entertainer's honor.
She met her third spouse Norton Simon when he attempted to purchase the picture of Jones utilized in her film Portrait of Jennie (1948). Her sentiment with the multimillionaire donor and workmanship gatherer began at a party facilitated by individual authority Walter Annenberg.
After she purportedly attempted to end it all and was hospitalized, and was briefly in a state of unconsciousness subsequent to being found at the foot of a 400-foot precipice in Malibu, she got emphatically associated with psychological wellness issues.
Girl Mary Jennifer Selznick, who was inclined to passionate breakdowns and experienced issues tolerating her dad's demise back in 1965, plunged to her demise from the 22nd floor of an inn in west Los Angeles in 1976 while Jennifer was back in Tulsa, Oklahoma visiting her perishing father. A dissection showed hints of morphine, barbiturates and liquor in her framework. The passing was governed a self destruction.
It was Jennifer, who was entranced by Eastern way of thinking, who convinced spouse Norton Simon to go on his first outing to India. Simon became enraptured by the specialty of areas he had barely thought of and later turned into a significant power in the Indian and Southeast Asian workmanship market.
Was the girl of the proprietors and stars of Isley Stock Col, a tent show that visited the Midwest. Became keen on acting while youthful and showed up in her parent's shows.
Was named executive of the Norton Simon Museum when Simon became weakened by Guillain-Barre condition. She was given emeritus status (2003).
She was considered for the lead job in The Country Girl (1954), however needed to bow out when she became pregnant. The job in the long run went Grace Kelly who won an Academy Award.
Filled in as lady of distinction at the wedding of Lauren Bacall to Jason Robards in Mexico on July 4, 1961.
Has seven grandkids, all by her child Robert Walker Jr., the just one of Jones' three youngsters to endure his mom.
Outlasted every one of the three of her spouses, and two of her youngsters.
She lived in California where she added to different foundations (for the most part psychological wellness associations) and manages the Norton Simon Museum's Board of Directors (her late spouse's esteemed workmanship historical center in Pasadena). [October 2001]
Brought forth her first youngster at age 21, a child Robert Hudson Walker (also known as Robert Walker Jr.) on April 15, 1940. Kid's dad was her first [later ex] spouse, Robert Walker.
Brought forth her second kid at age 22, a child Michael Ross Walker (otherwise known as Michael Walker) on March 13, 1941. Youngster's dad was her first [later ex] spouse, Robert Walker.
Brought forth her third kid at age 35, a little girl Mary Jennifer Selznick on August 12, 1954. Kid's dad was her subsequent spouse, David O. Selznick.
Was the 22nd entertainer to get an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for The Song of Bernadette (1943) at The sixteenth Academy Awards on March 2, 1944.
She co-featured with Joseph Cotten in four films: Since You Went Away (1944), Love Letters (1945), Duel in the Sun (1946) and Portrait of Jennie (1948). Cotten likewise described Gone to Earth (1950), in which Jones played the lead.
In 1957, she showed up consecutive in two rash changes: The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957) and A Farewell to Arms (1957). (The last option was her better half David O. Selznick's last film.) It would be five years before Jones got back to the screen (Tender Is the Night (1962)).
Experienced a stillbirth on December 16, 1950 at a half year pregnant.
Girl of Phillip Ross (November 26, 1892 - May 27, 1976) and Flora Mae (née Suber) Isley (March 26, 1886 - May 29, 1969). Her dad was brought into the world in Kansas City, Missouri and her mom was brought into the world in Sacramento, California. Both kicked the bucket in Dallas, Texas.
Maternal granddaughter of George (May 6, 1855 - December 26, 1906) and Lulu (née Talbot) Suber (August 12, 1859 - November 20, 1904). Both kicked the bucket in Sacramento, California.
She wedded craftsmanship gatherer - industrialist Norton Simon on a yacht off the bank of England.
Following her demise, she was entombed at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California, in the Great Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Trust. She is entombed in the Selznick room, alongside her late second spouse David O. Selznick and their little girl, in spite of the fact that there is no marker for by the same token.
Jennifer Jones died on December 17, 2009, 90 days from what might have been her 91st birthday on March 2, 2010.
She was regarded as Turner Classic Movies Star of the Month in September 2017.
Featured in four Oscar Best Picture chosen people: The Song of Bernadette (1943), Since You Went Away (1944), Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) and The Towering Inferno (1974).
While shooting a scene in 1952's "Ruby Gentry," in which she needed to slap co-star Charlton Heston, both Heston and chief King Vidor encouraged to her not to counterfeit the slap but rather to truly let fly. She did, and wound up breaking her hand when it associated with Heston's jaw.
Like individual five time chosen people, Audrey Hepburn and Anne Bancroft, won the Best Actress Oscar on her first designation, however didn't win again on resulting acting assignments.
Gotten back to work seven months subsequent to bringing forth her little girl Mary to start recording Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955).
Alumna of the AADA (American Academy of Dramatic Arts), Class of 1939.
List of Jennifer Jones Movies
- The Towering Inferno
- Angel, Angel, Down We Go
- The Idol
- Tender Is the Night
- A Farewell to Arms
- The Barretts of Wimpole Street
- The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
- Good Morning, Miss Dove
- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
- Beat the Devil
- Indiscretion
- Ruby Gentry
- Carrie
- Gone to Earth
- Madame Bovary
- We Were Strangers
- Portrait of Jennie
- Duel in the Sun
- Cluny Brown
- Love Letters
- The Fighting Generation (Short)
- Since You Went Away
- The Song of Bernadette
- Dick Tracy's G-Men
- The Streets of New York (TV Movie)
- New Frontier
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