Jean Hazlewood | |
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Hazlewood and Widmark in the 1950s
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Born |
Ora Jean Hazlewood August 4, 1916 |
Died | March 2, 1997 Santa Barbara, California |
(aged 80)
Cause of death | Alzheimer's disease |
Alma mater | Lake Forest College |
Occupation | Screenwriter |
Spouse(s) | Richard Widmark (m. 1942) |
Children | 1 |
Ora Jean Hazlewood (August 4, 1916 – March 2, 1997) was an American screenwriter, and wife of actor Richard Widmark for 55 years. They met while they were both attending Lake Forest College.
She adapted the Alistair MacLean novel The Secret Ways for the 1961 film version.
Hazlewood married Widmark on April 5, 1942. They had a daughter, Anne Heath Widmark, who later married baseball legend Sandy Koufax in January 1969, divorcing in 1982.
Jean Hazlewood died of Alzheimer's disease in Santa Barbara, California, at the age of 80.