Isabel Jewell

Born: 1907-07-19

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


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Gone with the Wind

as Emmy Slattery
Released: 1939-12-15

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical...

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The Bishop's Wife

as Hysterical Mother
Released: 1947-12-25

An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate...

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A Tale of Two Cities

as The Seamstress
Released: 1935-12-25

The exciting story of Dr. Manette, who escapes the horrors of the infamous Bastille prison in...

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High Sierra

as Blonde
Released: 1941-01-23

Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.

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Lost Horizon

as Gloria Stone
Released: 1937-03-03

British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash land in the Himalayas, and...

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The Seventh Victim

as Frances Fallon
Released: 1943-08-21

A woman in search of her missing sister uncovers a Satanic cult in New York's Greenwich Village...

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Design for Living

as Plunkett's Stenographer
Released: 1933-12-29

An independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves so the trio agree to try living...

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Marked Woman

as Emmy Lou Eagan
Released: 1937-04-10

In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful...

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Born to Kill

as Laury Palmer
Released: 1947-04-30

A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by...

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The Leopard Man

as Maria the Fortune Teller
Released: 1943-05-19

When a leopard escapes during a publicity stunt, it triggers a series of murders.

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Man in the Attic

as Katy
Released: 1953-12-23

London, 1888: on the night of the third Jack the Ripper killing, soft-spoken Mr. Slade, a...

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Northwest Passage

as Jennie Coit
Released: 1940-02-23

Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends...

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Manhattan Melodrama

as Annabelle
Released: 1934-05-04

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law...

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Bombshell

as Nellie, Junior's Girlfriend
Released: 1933-10-13

A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.

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Small Town Girl

as Emily 'Em' Brannan
Released: 1936-04-10

Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear....

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Marked Men

as Linda Harkness
Released: 1940-09-30

A man accused of planning a prison break turns the tables on escaped cons by leading the group...

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The Falcon and the Co-Eds

as Mary Phoebus
Released: 1943-11-10

The Falcon is called to a young woman's school to investigate a murder. When he arrives, another...

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Drum Beat

as Lily White
Released: 1954-11-10

President Grant orders Indian fighter MacKay to negotiate with the Modocs of northern California...

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Counsellor at Law

as Bessie Green
Released: 1933-12-25

A successful lawyer struggles to deal with his wife's unfaithfulness and his own hidden past.

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Irene

as Jane McGee
Released: 1940-04-23

Upholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs...

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The Crime of the Century

as Bridge Player (uncredited)
Released: 1933-02-18

Driven to desperation by his young and extravagent wife, alienist Dr. Emil Brandt has plotted...

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Danger! Women at Work

as Marie
Released: 1943-08-23

Three women inherit a 10-ton truck and decide to go into business. Hi jinks ensue.

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Advice to the Lovelorn

as Rose
Released: 1933-12-01

Los Angeles newspaper reporter Toby Prentiss is continually in trouble with his editor. He is...

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Evelyn Prentice

as Judith Wilson
Released: 1934-11-09

A criminal lawyer's wife is blackmailed when she is falsely accused of infidelity.

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Badman's Territory

as Belle Starr
Released: 1946-05-04

After some gun play with a posse, the James Gang head for Quinto in a section of land which is...

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Blessed Event

as Dorothy Lane
Released: 1932-09-10

A New York gossip columnist feuds with a singer and enjoys the power of the press.

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The Casino Murder Case

as Amelia
Released: 1935-03-15

When Philo Vance receives a note that harm will befall Lynn at the casino that night, he takes...

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The Merry Monahans

as Rose
Released: 1944-09-15

The film concerns a family vaudeville troupe headed by patriarch Pete Monahan. Because of his...

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Sensation Hunters

as Mae
Released: 1945-10-12

A naive young girl, looking to escape from a bad family situation, falls in love with a man who...

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Beauty for Sale

as Hortense
Released: 1933-09-01

A beautiful woman lands a job at an exclusive salon that deals with the wives of wealthy...

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Shadow of Doubt

as Inez
Released: 1935-02-15

When a Hollywood producer is murdered, the most likely suspect is a man who is smitten with the...

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Sweet Kill

as Mrs. Cole
Released: 1972-02-18

Horror and suspense in the story of a psychotic maniac who literally "loves" women to death.

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The Leathernecks Have Landed

as Brooklyn
Released: 1936-02-17

Dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Marines after starting a barroom brawl that gets his...

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Belle Starr's Daughter

as Belle Starr
Released: 1948-11-13

The daughter of famous outlaw Belle Starr arrives at the town where her mother was murdered to...

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Big Brown Eyes

as Bessie Blair
Released: 1936-04-03

Sassy manicurist Eve Fallon is recruited as an even more brassy reporter and she helps police...

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The Women in His Life

as Catherine Watson
Released: 1933-12-08

An immensely successful criminal lawyer is blindsided when he learns that his new case involves...

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Go West Young Man

as Gladys
Released: 1936-11-18

Mavis Arden is a sensational movie star. Her following spans the world and her personal...

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Babies for Sale

as Edith Drake
Released: 1940-06-14

A determined newsman pursues his hunch that a charitable maternity hospital is running a...

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Ciao! Manhattan

as Mummy
Released: 1973-04-19

Fiction and documentary mingle in a freewheeling portrait of Susan Superstar, a New York...

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The Man Who Lived Twice

as Peggy Russell
Released: 1936-09-25

A hardened criminal is transformed into a responsible member of society after he undergoes...

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For Beauty's Sake

as Amy Devore
Released: 1941-06-06

A woman-hater who inherits a beauty salon gets a new perspective on females after capturing a...

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I've Been Around

as Sally Van Loan
Released: 1935-03-05

Romantic problems of a society girl and an engineer.

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Little Men

as Stella
Released: 1940-11-29

Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a...

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Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

as uncredited
Released: 1934-03-02

Short film in which Frankie Darro as a Telegram delivery boy visits various Hollywood locations...

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Love on Toast

as Belle Huntley
Released: 1937-12-03

The plot concerns a female press agent who must select a "Mr. Manhattan" and "Miss Brooklyn" for...

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Hollywood: The Selznick Years

as 'A Tale of Two Cities' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1961-12-31

Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O....

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Career Woman

as Gracie Clay
Released: 1936-12-18

A young woman graduates from a New York City law school, returns to her small hometown, and...

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Here Comes the Groom

as Angy
Released: 1934-06-21

Piccolo player Mike Scanlon loses his girl due to his unexciting lifestyle, so he decides to...

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36 Hours to Kill

as Jeanie Benson
Released: 1936-07-24

Duke and Jeanie Benson, an outlaw couple hiding out under assumed names. Duke realizes that he...

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Missing Daughters

as Peggy
Released: 1939-05-22

The Missing Daughters of the title are innocent young girls who've been led astray by seedy...

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The New Cinema

as Self
Released: 1968-01-01

Between the French La Nouvelle Vague and the Italian Neorealismo, Europe had been undergoing a...

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Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

as Lilli Eipper
Released: 1936-10-06

Carrie Snyder is a prostitute, who is forced out of the fictional southern town of Crebillon,...

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Dancing Feet

as Mabel Henry
Released: 1936-01-20

Peyton Wells (Ben Lyon) rescues Judy Jones (Joan Marsh) from a very dull young man, at a sedate...

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Bondage

as Beulah
Released: 1933-04-22

Judy Peters is about to be sentenced after she has pled guilty to her third offense of...

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She Had to Choose

as Sally Bates
Released: 1934-10-01

A young actress hits Hollywood determined to be a movie star and runs into a lot of roadblocks...

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Ceiling Zero

as Lou Clarke
Released: 1936-01-16

War veteran pilots Dizzy Davis, Texas Clark and Jake Lee are working in an airline. Dizzy is...

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Bernardine

as Ruby McDuff
Released: 1957-07-24

A teenager pines for (and sings about) his dream girl.

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Day of Reckoning

as Kate Lovett
Released: 1933-10-26

In this brutal prison drama a hen-pecked husband is sentenced to prison after getting caught...

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The Crowd Roars

as Mrs. Martin
Released: 1938-08-06

A young boxer gets caught between a no-good father and a crime boss when he starts dating the...

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Let’s Be Ritzy

as Betty
Released: 1934-05-01

Complications ensue when a young married couple pretend to be something they're not.

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Times Square Lady

as Babe
Released: 1935-03-08

A young Iowa woman inherits her late estranged father's New York business, but the dead man's...

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Swing It, Sailor!

as Myrtle Montrose
Released: 1938-02-04

Comical exploits of two Navy pals, at sea and on shore.

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Michael O'Halloran

as Mrs Laura Nelson
Released: 1948-08-08

A young crippled girl and her love for a teenage newsboy despite her over-protective and...

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Scatterbrain

as Esther Harrington
Released: 1940-07-20

A Hollywood studio goofs and signs the wrong girl--a hillbilly from the Ozarks--to a movie...

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Steppin' in Society

as Jenny the Juke
Released: 1945-07-09

In this crime comedy, a prominent judge's vacation is interrupted during a sudden storm that...

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Lock-Up

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-28

Lock-Up is an American legal drama series that premiered in syndication in September 1959 and...

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Gunsmoke

as Madame Ahr
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Mr. & Mrs. North

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-10-03

Mr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October...

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