7.1
Movie
Acting
Isabel Jeans
- Born
- Died
- (aged 93)
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
- Credits
- 31 titles
Biography
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.
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Signature work
Known For
7.1
Movie
6.3
Movie
Gigi
5.7
Movie
Downhill
5.3
Movie
Easy Virtue
5.8
Movie
The Magic Christian
6.6
Movie
Heavens Above!
5.5
Movie
A Breath of Scandal
7.1
Movie
Good Girls Go to Paris
5.8
Movie
It Happened in Rome
6.7
Movie
Garden of the Moon
6.0
Movie
Secrets of an Actress
6.3
Movie
Fools for Scandal
7.4
Movie
Great Day
6.3
Movie
Hard to Get
6.4
Movie
Tovarich
4.5
Movie
Man About Town
6.6
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The Triumph of the Rat
6.2
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Banana Ridge
Acting credits 31
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Lord Peter Wimsey TV | Dowager Duchess (5 ep) |
| 1969 | The Magic Christian Film | Dame Agnes Grand |
| 1963 | Heavens Above! Film | Lady Despard |
| 1961 | Victoria Regina Film | Mistress of the Robes |
| 1960 | A Breath of Scandal Film | Princess Eugénie |
| 1958 | Gigi Film | Aunt Alicia |
| 1957 | It Happened in Rome Film | Cynthia |
| 1948 | Elizabeth of Ladymead Film | Mother in 1903 |
| 1945 | Great Day Film | Lady Mott |
| 1942 | Banana Ridge Film | Sue Long |
| 1941 | Suspicion Film | Mrs. Newsham |
| 1939 | Man About Town Film | Mme. Dubois |
| 1939 | Good Girls Go to Paris Film | Caroline Brand |
| 1938 | Breakdowns of 1938 Film | Paula (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Hard to Get Film | Mrs. Henny Richards |
| 1938 | Garden of the Moon Film | Mrs. Lornay |
| 1938 | Youth Takes a Fling Film | Mrs. Merrivale |
| 1938 | Secrets of an Actress Film | Miss Marian Plantagenet |
| 1938 | Fools for Scandal Film | Lady Paula Malverton |
| 1937 | Tovarich Film | Fermonde Dupont |
| 1935 | The Crouching Beast Film | The Pellegrini |
| 1935 | The Dictator Film | Von Eyben |
| 1934 | Rolling in Money Film | Duchess of Braceborough |
| 1932 | Sally Bishop Film | Dolly Durlacher |
| 1929 | The Return of the Rat Film | Zélia de Chaumet Boucheron |
| 1928 | Further Adventures of the Flag Lieutenant Film | Pauline Alexander |
| 1928 | Easy Virtue Film | Larita Filton |
| 1927 | Downhill Film | Julia |
| 1926 | The Triumph of the Rat Film | Zelie |
| 1926 | Windsor Castle Film | |
| 1925 | The Rat Film | Zelie de Chaumet |