Jean Carmen
Date of birth: 1913-04-07
Place of birth: Portland, Oregon, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Jean Carmean, Julia Thayer, Jean Carmen Dillow
Biography
From Wikipedia Jean Carmen (April 7, 1913 – August 26, 1993), was an American film, stage, and radio actress of the 1930s. She also went by the stage name Julia Thayer. Born in Portland, Oregon on April 7, 1913, Carmen was selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1934, the last year they were named. She had a supporting role as The Rider in the 1937 Republic Pictures western serial The Painted Stallion. She also worked in radio and on Broadway, in Stage Door and the original 1939 production of The Man Who Came to Dinner (as a replacement for the role of June Stanley). Modern audiences will also remember Carmen as one of three gold diggers in the 1938 Three Stooges comedy Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb. Carmen died on August 26, 1993 in Charleston, South Carolina.
Movie Credits
Smoky Trails
1939-03-03
Trailing the men that murdered his father, Bob Archer finds a man in a gunfight. He helps him to esc
Gunsmoke Ranch
1937-05-05
A crooked real estate manipulator sells worthless land on mortgage to flood refugees, then tries to
Crashing Thru
1939-12-11
Renfrew of the Mounties hunts brother-and-sister gold hijackers.
Born to Battle
1935-04-01
Good-natured troublemaker "Cyclone" Tom Saunders is hired by a ranchers' association manager to inve
Sunset Murder Case
1938-11-11
Small-time showgirl poses as a stripper to infiltrate a nightclub whose owner is believed responsibl
Wolves of the Sea
1936-06-05
A young socialite, marooned on a desert island after her passenger ship sinks, is rescued by a saili
Arizona Gunfighter
1937-09-24
When Colt kills the men that murdered his father, he escapes his pursuers and joins Wolf and his out
Yes, We Have No Bonanza
1939-05-19
Set in a western town, the stooges are working as waiters in a saloon with the three girls they hope
In Old Montana
1939-02-05
The Colonel sends Fred Dawson and Doc Flanders to investigate a cattleman sheepman war. Posing as a
Four Girls in White
1939-01-27
Young Women go through Nursing School together, each with their own motivation for being there. They
Midshipman Jack
1933-09-22
Director Christy Cabanne's 1933 film dramatizes one year in the lives of four midshipmen at the U.S.
Circus Girl
1937-03-01
A jealous trapeze star decides he must eliminate his romantic rival.
Flying Down to Rio
1933-12-22
An American bandleader woos a Brazilian beauty who is already engaged to his employer. His friends
Million Dollar Racket
1937-09-30
Millionaire Larry Duane is posing as his own chauffeur while touring the West and meets Molly Hennes
Kiss and Make-Up
1934-07-13
Dr. Maurice Lamar is a noted plastic surgeon who makes his rich clients beautiful, and also makes th
Young and Beautiful
1934-09-16
Bob Preston, publicity man for Superba Pictures, uses his publicity skills in an attempt to make thi
Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb
1938-05-20
Curly wins $50,000 in a radio contest and the stooges move into the Hotel Costa Plente. Their suite
Bill Cracks Down
1937-03-22
William Reardon, a steel magnate, dies and leaves a strange will. When his spineless and dandified h
Hips, Hips, Hooray!
1934-02-02
Hips, Hips, Hooray! is a 1934 slapstick comedy film starring Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Ruth Etti
The Third Sex
1934-11-08
An exploitation film about homosexuality. The film is believed to be lost. Elinor Gordon, who was fr
The Painted Stallion
1937-06-05
American federal agent Clark Stuart is on assignment in Santa Fe to draw up a trade agreement with t
Paroled from the Big House
1938-07-29
A federal agent poses as a criminal to infiltrate a gang of parolees seeking vengeance on the lawmen