Jennifer Jones (actor)
| Jennifer Jones | |
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in Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
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| Born |
Phylis Lee Isley March 2, 1919 Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Died | December 17, 2009 (aged 90) Malibu, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | American Academy of Dramatic Arts |
| Occupation | Actress, Singer |
| Years active | 1939–1974 |
| Spouse(s) |
Robert Walker (m. 1939–45; divorced) David O. Selznick (m. 1949–65; his death) Norton Simon (m. 1971–1993; his death) |
| Children |
Robert Walker, Jr. (born 1940), Michael Walker (1941–2007), Mary Jennifer Selznick (1954–1976) |
Jennifer Jones (born Phylis Lee Isley; March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009), also known as Jennifer Jones Simon, was an American actress during the Hollywood golden years. Jones, who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Song of Bernadette (1943), was also Academy Award-nominated for her performances in four other films. She was married three times, most notably to film producer David O. Selznick.
Jones starred in more than 20 films over a 30-year career, going into semi-retirement following Selznick's death in 1965. In 1980, she founded the Jennifer Jones Simon Foundation For Mental Health and Education after her daughter's suicide. In later life, Jones withdrew from public life to live in quiet retirement with her son and his family in Malibu, California.
Jones was born Phylis Lee Isley in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the daughter of Flora Mae (née Suber) and Phillip Ross Isley. An only child, she was raised Roman Catholic. Her parents toured the Midwest in a traveling tent show that they owned and operated. She attended Monte Cassino, a girls' school and junior college in Tulsa and then Northwestern University in Illinois, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, before transferring to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City in 1938. It was there that she met and fell in love with fellow acting student Robert Walker. The couple married on January 2, 1939.
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