Jennifer Jones

Also known as Phylis Lee Isley, Jennifer Jones Simon

American actress (1919–2009)

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Jennifer Jones was an American actress who had a successful career in film from the 1940s through the 1960s, winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1944. She is remembered as one of Hollywood's notable performers during the Golden Age of cinema, appearing in critically acclaimed films and helping to define that era of American entertainment.

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Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Phylis Lee Isley (March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009), better known by her stage name Jennifer Jones, was an American actress. A five-time Academy Award nominee, Jones won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Song of Bernadette (1943).

Known for

Remembering Gene Wilder — Self 9archive footage)2024
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick — Self (archive footage)1988
The Towering Inferno — Lisolette1974
That's Entertainment! — (archive footage) (uncredited)1974
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli — Self (archive footage)1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ... — Self1973
Angel, Angel, Down We Go — Astrid Steele1969
The Idol — Carol1966
Uncertain Verification — (archive footage)1965
Tender Is the Night — Nicole Diver (née Warren)1962

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Lee
Family name: Jones
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Tulsa
Place of death: Malibu
Spouse: Robert Walker
Child: Robert Walker Jr.
Occupation: model
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Image: JENNIFERjonesz (cropped).jpg
Number of children: 3

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handedness: right-handedness
notable role: Bernadette Soubirous
place of burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Commons category: Jennifer Jones
date of birth: 1919-03-02
date of death: 2009-12-17
nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actress
start of work period: 1939-00-00
different from: Jennifer Jones
cause of death: disease
end of work period: 1974-00-00
birth name: Phylis Lee Isley
writing language: English language
manner of death: natural causes

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Encyclopedic overview

Jennifer Jones (born Phylis Lee Isley; March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009), also known as Jennifer Jones Simon, was an American actress and mental-health advocate. Over the course of her career that spanned more than five decades, she was nominated for an Academy Award five times, including one win for Best Actress, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.

A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jones worked as a model in her youth before transitioning to acting, appearing in a western and serial in 1939. She remained off the screen until 1943. Her third role was a lead part as Bernadette Soubirous in The Song of Bernadette (1943), which earned her the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Actress. She went on to star in several films that garnered her significant critical acclaim and a further three Academy Award nominations in the mid-1940s, including Since You Went Away (1944), Love Letters (1945) and Duel in the Sun (1946).

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