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Jean Porter

Jean Porter
Jean Porter in Twice Blessed trailer.jpg
from the trailer for the 1945 film Twice Blessed
Born (1922-12-08) December 8, 1922 (age 94)
Cisco, Texas, United States
Occupation Film actress
Years active 1936-1961
Spouse(s) Edward Dmytryk (1948-1999, his death)
Children Richard
Victoria
Rebecca
Michael (Stepson)

Jean Porter (born December 8, 1922) is an American retired film actress. She was born in Cisco, Texas.

Porter is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Porter.

At the age of 12, Porter arrived at Hollywood and was discovered while taking dancing lessons at the Fanchon and Marco dancing school. Beginning with a bit parts in movies such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) and One Million B.C. (1940), she eventually established herself as an actress for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1941. While never a big star, she was active throughout the 1940s, appearing in almost 30 motion pictures alongside MGM stars like Esther Williams, Mickey Rooney and the comedy duo Abbott & Costello. In the 1950s, Porter appeared mainly in television series such as The Red Skelton Show, Sea Hunt, and 77 Sunset Strip. She retired from acting in 1961.

Between 1948-1999, she was married to film director and writer Edward Dmytryk, who was one of the Hollywood Ten, the most prominent blacklisted group in the film industry during the McCarthy-era. The two married May 12, 1948, in Ellicott City, Maryland. They had three children. In 2010, Porter wrote and published a biography on jazz musician Jess Stacy.


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