Isabel JewellIsabel Jewell (July 19, 1907 - April 5, 1972) was an American film actress. Born in Shoshone, Wyoming, Jewell was a Broadway actress who achieved immediate success and glowing critical reviews in two productions, Up Pops the Devil (1930) and Blessed Event (1932). She was brought to Hollywood for the film version of the latter, by Warner Brothers. A petite 4' 11" tall and with platinum blonde hair, Jewell appeared in a variety of supporting roles during the early 1930s. She played stereotypical gangster's women in such films as Manhattan Melodrama (1934) and Marked Woman (1937). She was well received playing against type, as a seamstress sentenced to death on the guillotine, in A Tale of Two Cities (1935). Her most significant role was as the prostitute Gloria Stone in Lost Horizon (1937). Her subsequent films included Gone With the Wind (1939), Northwest Passage (1940), and High Sierra (1941), but by the end of the 1940s her roles had reduced in significance to the degree that her performances were often uncredited. By the end of her career she had appeared in more than one hundred films. She died in Hollywood, California. Isabel Jewell has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to Motion Pictures, at 1560 Vine St. This page about Isabel Jewell includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Isabel Jewell News stories about Isabel Jewell External links for Isabel Jewell Videos for Isabel Jewell Wikis about Isabel Jewell Discussion Groups about Isabel Jewell Blogs about Isabel Jewell Images of Isabel Jewell |
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Isabel Jewell has a star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame for her contribution to Motion Pictures, at 1560 Vine St. Her most significant role was as the prostitute Gloria Stone in Lost Horizon (1937). She also has written a series of books which cautiously lead on to the appreciation of classical music, e.g. She was well received playing against type, as a seamstress sentenced to death on the guillotine, in A Tale of Two Cities (1935). She was born in Algiers, Algeria. Besides acting, she has been the author and/or narrator of (mainly children's) audio books. She played stereotypical gangster's women in such films as Manhattan Melodrama (1934) and Marked Woman (1937). Marlène Jobert (born November 4, 1943) is an actress and author. A petite 4' 11" tall and with platinum blonde hair, Jewell appeared in a variety of supporting roles during the early 1930s. Marlène Jobert on IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0423381/). She was brought to Hollywood for the film version of the
latter, by Warner Brothers. The Scoundrel / Les Maries de l'An 2 (1984) Folle à Tuer (1975) Nous Ne Vieillirons Pas Ensemble (1972) Alexandre le Bienheureux / Very Happy Alexander (1967) |