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Isabel Jewell

Isabel Jewell

Acting

Born: July 19, 1907Shoshone, Wyoming, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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
Ciao! Manhattan

Ciao! Manhattan

Mummy

1973
Sweet Kill

Sweet Kill

Mrs. Cole

1972
The New Cinema

The New Cinema

Self

1968
Bernardine

Bernardine

Ruby McDuff

1957
Drum Beat

Drum Beat

Lily White

1954
Man in the Attic

Man in the Attic

Katy

1953
Belle Starr's Daughter

Belle Starr's Daughter

Belle Starr

1948
Michael O'Halloran

Michael O'Halloran

Mrs Laura Nelson

1948
The Bishop's Wife

The Bishop's Wife

Hysterical Mother

1947
Born to Kill

Born to Kill

Laury Palmer

1947
Badman's Territory

Badman's Territory

Belle Starr

1946
Sensation Hunters

Sensation Hunters

Mae

1945
Steppin' in Society

Steppin' in Society

Jenny the Juke

1945
The Merry Monahans

The Merry Monahans

Rose

1944
The Falcon and the Co-Eds

The Falcon and the Co-Eds

Mary Phoebus

1943
Danger! Women at Work

Danger! Women at Work

Marie

1943
The Seventh Victim

The Seventh Victim

Frances Fallon

1943
The Leopard Man

The Leopard Man

Maria the Fortune Teller

1943
For Beauty's Sake

For Beauty's Sake

Amy Devore

1941
High Sierra

High Sierra

Blonde

1941
Little Men

Little Men

Stella

1940
Marked Men

Marked Men

Linda Harkness

1940
Scatterbrain

Scatterbrain

Esther Harrington

1940
Babies for Sale

Babies for Sale

Edith Drake

1940
Irene

Irene

Jane McGee

1940
Northwest Passage

Northwest Passage

Jennie Coit

1940

Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!

Gertie - Truck Stop Waitress

1940
Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

Emmy Slattery

1939
Missing Daughters

Missing Daughters

Peggy

1939

They Asked For It

Molly Herkimer

1939
The Crowd Roars

The Crowd Roars

Mrs. Martin

1938
Swing It, Sailor!

Swing It, Sailor!

Myrtle Montrose

1938
Love on Toast

Love on Toast

Belle Huntley

1937
Marked Woman

Marked Woman

Emmy Lou Eagan

1937
Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon

Gloria Stone

1937
Career Woman

Career Woman

Gracie Clay

1936
Go West Young Man

Go West Young Man

Gladys

1936
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

Lilli Eipper

1936
The Man Who Lived Twice

The Man Who Lived Twice

Peggy Russell

1936
36 Hours to Kill

36 Hours to Kill

Jeanie Benson

1936
Small Town Girl

Small Town Girl

Emily 'Em' Brannan

1936
Big Brown Eyes

Big Brown Eyes

Bessie Blair

1936
The Leathernecks Have Landed

The Leathernecks Have Landed

Brooklyn

1936
Dancing Feet

Dancing Feet

Mabel Henry

1936
Ceiling Zero

Ceiling Zero

Lou Clarke

1936
A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

The Seamstress

1935
Mad Love

Mad Love

Marianne (scenes deleted)

1935
The Casino Murder Case

The Casino Murder Case

Amelia Llewellyn

1935
Times Square Lady

Times Square Lady

Babe

1935
I've Been Around

I've Been Around

Sally Van Loan

1935
Shadow of Doubt

Shadow of Doubt

Inez

1935
Evelyn Prentice

Evelyn Prentice

Judith Wilson

1934
She Had to Choose

She Had to Choose

Sally Bates

1934
Here Comes the Groom

Here Comes the Groom

Angy

1934
Manhattan Melodrama

Manhattan Melodrama

Annabelle

1934
Let’s Be Ritzy

Let’s Be Ritzy

Betty

1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

1934
Design for Living

Design for Living

Plunkett's Stenographer

1933
Counsellor at Law

Counsellor at Law

Bessie Green

1933
The Women in His Life

The Women in His Life

Catherine Watson

1933
Advice to the Lovelorn

Advice to the Lovelorn

Rose

1933
Day of Reckoning

Day of Reckoning

Kate Lovett

1933
Bombshell

Bombshell

Nellie, Junior's Girlfriend

1933
Beauty for Sale

Beauty for Sale

Hortense

1933
Bondage

Bondage

Beulah

1933
The Crime of the Century

The Crime of the Century

Bridge Player (uncredited)

1933
Blessed Event

Blessed Event

Dorothy Lane

1932
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