Isabel Jeans
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.
Suspicion
as Mrs. NewshamWealthy, sheltered Lina McLaidlaw is swept off her feet by charming ne'er-do-well Johnnie...
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Gigi
as Aunt AliciaA home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor...
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Downhill
as JuliaRoddy, first son of the rich Berwick family, is expelled from school when he takes the blame for...
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Easy Virtue
as Larita FiltonLarita Filton is named as correspondent in a scandalous divorce case. She escapes to France to...
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The Magic Christian
as Dame Agnes GrandSir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set...
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A Breath of Scandal
as Princess EugénieA European princess jeopardizes her crown when she falls for an American millionaire.
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Great Day
as Lady MottAn impending V.I.P. visit causes bustle in an English village, while the Ellis family struggles...
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Tovarich
as Fermonde DupontWhen upper-class Parisian Charles Dupont and his family hire Tina and Michel as their servants,...
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Heavens Above!
as Lady DespardA naive but caring prison chaplain, who happens to have the same last name as an upper class...
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Hard to Get
as Mrs. Henny RichardsWhen spoiled young heiress Maggie Richards tries to charge some gasoline at an auto camp run by...
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It Happened in Rome
as CynthiaThree girls are on a hitchhiking trip through northern Italy, the riviera, Venice, Pisa and Rome.
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The Dictator
as Von EybenThe film depicts a dramatic episode in Danish history: the tumultous relationship between King...
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Man About Town
as Mme. DuboisProducer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she...
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Good Girls Go to Paris
as Caroline BrandJenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English...
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Breakdowns of 1938
as Paula (archive footage) (uncredited)Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.
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The Crouching Beast
as The PellegriniIn 1915 during the First World War, a British secret agent is killed while stealing secret...
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Garden of the Moon
as Mrs. LornayDon Vincente is determined to make a success of himself and his band. He gets his break by...
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Secrets of an Actress
as Miss Marian PlantagenetTwo architects lose their heads over a glamorous actress.
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Youth Takes a Fling
as Mrs. MerrivaleMcCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves...
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Fools for Scandal
as Lady Paula MalvertonAn incognito Hollywood star (Carole Lombard) in Paris meets a penniless nobleman (Fernand...
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Elizabeth of Ladymead
as Mother in 1903Four generations of a British family live through their experiences in the Crimean War, Boer...
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The Triumph of the Rat
as ZeliePierre Boucheron, alias 'The Rat' and a former underworld notoriety, is now living the high life...
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Banana Ridge
as Sue LongWhen Susie Long appears, together with her 20 year old son, Pink and Pound are thrown into...
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The Return of the Rat
as Zélia de Chaumet BoucheronThe rich, amoral Zelie is married to Pierre Boucheron, "The Rat" - but her interest in another...
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Further Adventures of the Flag Lieutenant
as Pauline Alexander'Shanghai. Lieutenant escapes from spies and regains stolen plans.' (British Film Catalogue)
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