Jennifer Jones

Phylis Lee Isley
1919 -
American born Tulsa, Oklahoma

Height 5' 7" (1.70 m) . When Jennifer Jones arrived in Hollywood in 1939, she still called herself Phylis Isley. Her face and especially her eyes drew the attention of the producer David O. Selznick, who did not only allow her a great career but also fell in love with her and finally married Jennifer Jones in 1949. For her role in The Song of Bernadette (1943), she won an Oscar as best actress. Between the years 1946 and 1948, she consolidated her fame as either the innocent adolescent or the passionate lover: e.g. in Cluny Brown (1946), Duel in the Sun (1946) or Portrait of Jennie (1948). Spouse Norton Simon (30 May 1971 - 1 June 1993) (his death), David O. Selznick (13 July 1949 - 22 June 1965) (his death) 1 child, Robert Walker (2 January 1939 - March 1944) (divorced) 2 children.

The Towering Inferno (1974) , Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969) , The Idol (1966) , Tender Is the Night (1962) , A Farewell to Arms (1957) , The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957) , The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) , Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955) , Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) , Beat the Devil (1953) , Stazione Termini (1953) , Ruby Gentry (1952) , Carrie (1952) , The Wild Heart (1952) , Gone to Earth (1950) , Madame Bovary (1949) , We Were Strangers (1949) , Portrait of Jennie (1948) , Duel in the Sun (1946) , Cluny Brown (1946) , American Creed (1946) , Love Letters (1945) , Since You Went Away (1944) , The Song of Bernadette (1943) , Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939) , The Streets of New York (1939) , New Frontier (1939)