Isabel Jeans
Date of birth: 1891-09-15
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Known for: Acting
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Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Isabel Jeans (16 September 1891 – 4 September 1985) was an English stage and film actress. She played a couple of major roles in two Alfred Hitchcock silent films, Downhill (1927) and Easy Virtue (1928), before playing a number of grande dames in Hollywood films, such as Hitchcock's Suspicion (1941) and Gigi (1958). In 1968 she played Lady Bracknell in Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest at London's Theatre Royal Haymarket, which ran for nine months to packed houses. Other members of the cast were Pauline Collins, Daniel Massey, Helen Weir, Robert Eddison and Dame Flora Robson. Description above from the Wikipedia article Isabel Jeans, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
Suspicion
1941-11-14
A sheltered heiress falls for a charming playboy and elopes with him, but soon discovers his gamblin
The Magic Christian
1969-12-12
Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set out
Easy Virtue
1928-04-01
Unjustly accused of adultery in a scandalous divorce, Larita Filton flees to the French Riviera. She
Tovarich
1937-12-25
When upper-class Parisian Charles Dupont and his family hire Tina and Michel as their servants, they
Gigi
1958-05-15
A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor in Pa
A Breath of Scandal
1960-03-16
A European princess jeopardizes her crown when she falls for an American millionaire.
Elizabeth of Ladymead
1948-12-22
Four generations of a British family live through their experiences in the Crimean War, Boer War, WW
Further Adventures of the Flag Lieutenant
1928-09-10
'Shanghai. Lieutenant escapes from spies and regains stolen plans.' (British Film Catalogue)
Secrets of an Actress
1938-09-10
Two architects lose their heads over a glamorous actress.
Fools for Scandal
1938-04-16
An incognito Hollywood star in Paris meets a penniless nobleman who follows her to London.
Great Day
1945-07-09
An impending V.I.P. visit causes bustle in an English village, while the Ellis family struggles with
Rolling in Money
1934-08-20
An impoverished duchess arranges a marriage for her daughter to a wealthy working-class London barbe
Man About Town
1939-06-29
Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't t
Hard to Get
1938-11-05
When spoiled young heiress Maggie Richards tries to charge some gasoline at an auto camp run by Bill
Heavens Above!
1963-05-20
A clerical error leads to the appointment of a left-leaning small-town priest to a rich village, whe
The Rat
1925-09-07
When bored courtesan Zelie de Chaumet begs her lover, the corrupt and powerful Stetz, to take her sl
The Triumph of the Rat
1926-03-21
Pierre Boucheron, alias 'The Rat' and a former underworld notoriety, is now living the high life as
Youth Takes a Fling
1938-09-22
McCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves to Ne
Banana Ridge
1942-04-20
When Susie Long appears, together with her 20 year old son, Pink and Pound are thrown into confusion
Garden of the Moon
1938-09-23
Don Vincente is determined to make a success of himself and his band. He gets his break by performin
It Happened in Rome
1957-04-08
Three girls are on a hitchhiking trip through northern Italy, the riviera, Venice, Pisa and Rome.
Good Girls Go to Paris
1939-06-20
Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English professor
Windsor Castle
1926-01-01
British horror drama short from 1926.
The Dictator
1935-02-07
The film depicts a dramatic episode in Danish history: the tumultous relationship between King Chris
The Return of the Rat
1929-05-30
The rich, amoral Zelie is married to Pierre Boucheron, "The Rat" - but her interest in another man i
The Crouching Beast
1935-08-29
In 1915 during the First World War, a British secret agent is killed while stealing secret Turkish p
Sally Bishop
1932-10-17
A British romantic drama film directed by T. Hayes Hunter
Breakdowns of 1938
1938-12-31
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.
Downhill
1927-10-24
When school captain Roddy Berwick takes the blame for his friend’s scandal, he is expelled and disow
Victoria Regina
1961-11-30
Julie Harris portrays the famed Queen Victoria over a 60 year span, from the age of 18 through her r