Isabel Jewell
Actor
July 19, 1907 — April 5, 1972 (64 years)
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Isabel Jewell (July 19, 1907 – April 5, 1972) was an American actress most active in the 1930s and early 1940s. Some of her most famous films were Ceiling Zero, Marked Woman, A Tale of Two Cities, and Gone With the Wind. After years in theater stock companies, including an 87-week stint in Lincoln, Nebraska, she hit the big time after getting a part on Broadway in Up Pops the Devil (1930). She received glowing critical reviews for Blessed Event (1932) as well.
Jewell's film debut came in Blessed Event (1932). She had been brought to Hollywood by Warner Brothers for the film version of Up Pops the Devil. Jewell gained other supporting roles, appearing in a variety of films in the early 1930s. She played stereotypical gangsters' women in such films as Manhattan Melodrama (1934) and Marked Woman (1937). She was well received playing against type, as the seamstress sentenced to death on the guillotine along with Sydney Carton (Ronald Colman in A Tale of Two Cities (1935). Her most significant role was as the prostitute Gloria Stone in Lost Horizon (1937). Jewell's films included Gone with the Wind (1939) (in the role of "that white trash, Emmy Slattery"), Northwest Passage (1940), High Sierra (1941), and the low-budget The Leopard Man (1943).
By the end of the 1940s, her roles had reduced in significance to the degree that her performances were often uncredited, e.g. The Snake Pit. She performed in radio dramas in the 1950s, including This is Your FBI.
In 1972, Jewell appeared opposite Edie Sedgwick in the film Ciao! Manhattan. Her final film was the B movie Sweet Kill (1973), the directorial debut of Curtis Hanson, a future Academy Award winner. Description above from the Wikipedia article Isabel Jewell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Isabel Jewell (July 19, 1907 – April 5, 1972) was an American actress most active in the 1930s and early 1940s. Some of her most famous films were Ceiling Zero, Marked Woman, A Tale of Two Cities, and Gone With the Wind. After years in theater stock companies, including an 87-week stint in Lincoln, Nebraska, she hit the big time after getting a part on Broadway in Up Pops the Devil (1930). She received glowing critical reviews for Blessed Event (1932) as well.
Jewell's film debut came in Blessed Event (1932). She had been brought to Hollywood by Warner Brothers for the film version of Up Pops the Devil. Jewell gained other supporting roles, appearing in a variety of films in the early 1930s. She played stereotypical gangsters' women in such films as Manhattan Melodrama (1934) and Marked Woman (1937). She was well received playing against type, as the seamstress sentenced to death on the guillotine along with Sydney Carton (Ronald Colman in A Tale of Two Cities (1935). Her most significant role was as the prostitute Gloria Stone in Lost Horizon (1937). Jewell's films included Gone with the Wind (1939) (in the role of "that white trash, Emmy Slattery"), Northwest Passage (1940), High Sierra (1941), and the low-budget The Leopard Man (1943).
By the end of the 1940s, her roles had reduced in significance to the degree that her performances were often uncredited, e.g. The Snake Pit. She performed in radio dramas in the 1950s, including This is Your FBI.
In 1972, Jewell appeared opposite Edie Sedgwick in the film Ciao! Manhattan. Her final film was the B movie Sweet Kill (1973), the directorial debut of Curtis Hanson, a future Academy Award winner. Description above from the Wikipedia article Isabel Jewell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Filmography
| 1972 | Ciao Manhattan · as Mummy |
| 1972 | Sweet Kill · as Mrs. ColeOn Plex |
| 1969 | Hollywood: The Selznick Years · as Actress 'a Tale Of Two Cities' |
| 1967 | Judd for the Defense · as Geraldine Hull |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre · as Mrs. Lyons |
| 1960 | The Aquanauts · as Miss Port |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | The Untouchables · as Sophie |
| 1957 | Bernardine · as Ruby Mcduff |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater · as Cast |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke · as Madame Ahr |
| 1954 | Drum Beat · as Lily White |
| 1954 | Climax! · as Actress |
| 1953 | Man in the Attic · as KatyOn Plex |
| 1952 | |
| 1951 | The Adventures of Kit Carson · as Mary Barker |
| 1950 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show · as Sally |
| 1950 | Treasury Men in Action · as Cast |
| 1949 | The Story of Molly X · as Mrs. Mack - Prison Laundry Matron |
| 1949 | Fireside Theatre · as Cast |
| 1948 | Unfaithfully Yours · as First Telephone Operator |
| 1948 | Belle Starr's Daughter · as Belle StarrOn Plex |
| 1948 | The Snake Pit · as Ward 33 Inmate |
| 1947 | The Bishop's Wife · as Hysterical MotherOn Plex |
| 1947 | Born to Kill · as Laury Palmer |
| 1946 | Badman's Territory · as Belle Starr |
| 1945 | Sensation Hunters · as MaeOn Plex |
| 1944 | The Merry Monahans · as Rose |
| 1943 | The Falcon and the Co-eds · as Mary Phoebus |
| 1943 | Danger! Women at Work · as Marie |
| 1943 | The Seventh Victim · as Frances Fallon |
| 1943 | The Leopard Man · as Maria The Fortune Teller |
| 1941 | High Sierra · as Blonde |
| 1940 | Little Men · as Stella |
| 1940 | Marked Men · as Linda Harkness |
| 1940 | Scatterbrain · as Esther Harrington |
| 1940 | Babies for Sale · as Edith Drake |
| 1940 | Irene · as Jane Mcgee |
| 1940 | Northwest Passage · as Jennie Coit |
| 1939 | Gone with the Wind · as Emmy Slattery |
| 1938 | The Crowd Roars · as Mrs. Martin |
| 1938 | Swing It, Sailor! · as Myrtle Montrose |
| 1937 | Love on Toast · as Belle Huntley |
| 1937 | Marked Woman · as Emmy Lou Eagan |
| 1937 | Lost Horizon · as Gloria Stone |
| 1936 | Career Woman · as Gracie Clay |
| 1936 | Go West Young Man · as Gladys |
| 1936 | Valiant Is the Word for Carrie · as Lilli Eipper |
| 1936 | The Man Who Lived Twice · as Peggy Russell |
| 1936 | 36 Hours to Kill · as Jeanie Benson |
| 1936 | Small Town Girl · as Emily 'em' Brannan |
| 1936 | Big Brown Eyes · as Bessie Blair |
| 1936 | The Leathernecks Have Landed · as Brooklyn |
| 1936 | Dancing Feet · as Mabel Henry |
| 1936 | Ceiling Zero · as Lou Clarke |
| 1935 | A Tale of Two Cities · as The Seamstress |
| 1935 | Mad Love · as Marianne (scenes Deleted) |
| 1935 | The Casino Murder Case · as Amelia Llewellyn |
| 1935 | Times Square Lady · as Babe |
| 1935 | Shadow of Doubt · as Inez |
| 1934 | Evelyn Prentice · as Judith Wilson |
| 1934 | She Had to Choose · as Sally Bates |
| 1934 | Manhattan Melodrama · as Annabelle |
| 1933 | Design for Living · as Plunkett's StenographerOn Plex |
| 1933 | Counsellor at Law · as Bessie Green |
| 1933 | The Women in His Life · as Catherine Watson |
| 1933 | Advice to the Forlorn · as Rose |
| 1933 | Day of Reckoning · as Kate Lovett |
| 1933 | Bombshell · as Nellie, Junior's Girlfriend |
| 1933 | Beauty for Sale · as Hortense |
| 1933 | The Crime of the Century · as Bridge Player (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Blessed Event · as Dorothy Lane |
| 1931 | The Week End Mystery · as Miss Keith |