Jennifer Jones was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, on March 2, 1919, was an American actress. Young Jennifer Jones first started her career as a model. She made her big screen debut in Western film New Frontier (1939) in role as Celia Braddock. Jennifer breakthrough performance came as Bernadette Soubirous in biographical drama film The Song of Bernadette (1943).
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Jennifer Jones
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Birth Date:
March 2, 1919
Died:
December 17, 2009
Nationality:
United States
Sun Sign:
Pisces
Natural hair color:
Dark Brown
Eye Color:
Hazel
Height:
5 ft 7 in | 170 cm
Weight:
55 kg | 121 lbs
Body Measurements:
33-24-34 in | 84-61-86.5 cm
Bra Size:
32A
Shoe Size:
6.5 US | 37 EU
She won the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for her role as Bernadette Soubirous in biographical drama film The Song of Bernadette (1943).
She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Jane Deborah Hilton in epic drama movie Since You Went Away (1944).
She was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Actress for Love Letters (1945) as Singleton / Victoria Morland, Duel in the Sun (1946) as Pearl Chavez, and Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) as Dr. Han Suyin.
She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture for her role as Lisolette Mueller in disaster film The Towering Inferno (1974).
Portrait of Jennie (1948) - Jennie Appleton
Gone to Earth (1950) - Hazel Woodus
Carrie (1952) - Carrie Meeber
Beat the Devil (1953) - Mrs. Gwendolen Chelm
Madame Bovary (1949) - Emma Bovary
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) - Betsy Rath
Attended Edgemere Public School in Oklahoma City and Catholic girls school Monte Cassino.
Graduated from junior college in Tulsa, Oklahoma (1936).
Studied at Northwestern University in Illinoisand American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City.
She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.
She was an only child.
She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located on 6249 Hollywood Boulevard in 1960.
She won the Photoplay Award for Most Popular Female Star in 1956.
She won the David di Donatello Special David in 1975.
She won the German Film Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997.
Founded the Jennifer Jones Simon Foundation for Mental Health and Education in 1980.
Jennifer died on December 17, 2009, Malibu, California, United States, at the age of 90.
She was married to:
Norton Simon (1971-1993)
David O. Selznick (1949-1965) they had one daughter, Mary Jennifer Selznick
Robert Walker (1939-1945) they had two sons, Robert Walker Jr. and Michael Walker
She dated Henry Willson (1945) and David Remar (1941-1942).