Jennifer Jason Leigh

. She died in Los Angeles, California, of lung cancer. One prominent recent role in this vein was that of an angry punk singer in Georgia (1995). Her near-pathological fear of germs did not interfere with her career. As an adult, Leigh has gravitated towards portraying fragile, damaged or even psychotic characters. She was nominated for an Academy Award for the role, and repeated it in nine more films. In 1982, Leigh played a central character in director Amy Heckerling's Fast Times at Ridgemont High.. She played Ma Kettle in The Egg and I in 1947 opposite Percy Kilbride as Pa Kettle.

-- followed. She made six comedies with Wallace Beery in the 1940s. Several TV movies -- including a portrayal of an anorexic in The Best Little Girl in the World , for which Leigh dieted down to 86 lbs. She again transferred a strong stage performance, as a dude ranch operator in The Women, to film in 1939. In 1977, she had her first credited role in an episode of the TV show Baretta. She repeated her stage role in Dead End in the movie version of 1937, and was subsequently cast repeatedly as the mother of gangsters. Leigh took acting classes with Lee Strasberg before she began acting professionally as a teenager. She married Stanley LeFevre Krebs, who died in 1935.

The name "Jason" is in honor of family friend Jason Robards. She began playing upper class dowagers, but was ultimately typecast in abrasive, domineering, salty roles: her distinct voice was like chalk upon a blackboard. Born Jennifer Lee Morrow, she is the daughter of actor Vic Morrow and screenwriter Barbara Turner. Her first film was A House Divided in 1931. Jennifer Jason Leigh (born February 5, 1962) is an American actress. She worked in vaudeville on the Chautauqua and Orpheum circuits, and debuted on Broadway in 1916. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982). Born in Acton, Indiana as Mary Tomlinson, she attended Franklin College, in Franklin, Indiana. She adopted a stage name to avoid embarrassing her father, who was a minister.

Flesh & Blood (1985). Marjorie Main (24 February 1890-10 April 1975) was an American character actress who was best known for her role as Ma Kettle in a series of ten Ma and Pa Kettle movies. The Hudsucker Proxy (1994). The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm - 1957- Ma Kettle. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994). Friendly Persuasion - 1956. Mrs. The Kettles in the Ozarks - 1956 - Ma Kettle.

Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm - 1951 - Ma Kettle. Imperium - 1951. Mr. Malone - 1951.

O'Malley and Mr. Mrs. Summer Stock - 1950. Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town - 1950 - Ma Kettle.

The Harvey Girls - 1946. Murder, He Says - 1945. Gentle Annie - 1944. Louis - 1944.

Meet Me in St. Rationing - 1944. Johnny Come Lately - 1943. Heaven Can Wait - 1943.