Jean Peters

Elizabeth Jean Peters (born October 15, 1926 in Canton , Ohio , † October 13, 2000 in Carlsbad , California ) was an American actress .

life and career

Jean Peters won a trip to Hollywood in a beauty pageant in 1946 . She used this trip to gain a foothold in the film world. In 1947 she made her screen debut alongside Tyrone Power . In the early 1950s she starred in several films directed by well-known directors. After a brief marriage to a Texas oil entrepreneur , she married legendary billionaire Howard Hughes in 1957 . Then she retired from the film business. It was only after her divorce from Hughes in 1971 that she appeared again in television films. In all her life, despite some lucrative inquiries, she has never disclosed details of her marriage to Hughes. Jean Peters died of leukemia in 2000 and was buried in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City .

Filmography

1947: The Captain from Castile - Director: Henry King
1948: Deep Waters - Director: Henry King
1949: It Happens Every Spring - Directed by Lloyd Bacon
1950: Love That Brute - Director: Alexander Hall
1951: As Young as You Feel - Directed by Harmon Jones
1951: Take Care of My Little Girl - Directed by Jean Negulesco
1951: The Pirate Queen (Anne of the Indies) - Director: Jacques Tourneur
1952: Viva Zapata! - Director: Elia Kazan
1952: Wait Till the Sun Shines Nelly - Director: Henry King
1952: Lure of the Wilderness - Director: Jean Negulesco
1952: Five Pearls (O. Henry's Full House) - Director: Jean Negulesco
1953: Niagara (Niagara) - Director: Henry Hathaway
1953: Police Intervene (Pickup on South Street) - directed by Samuel Fuller
1953: A Blueprint for Murder - Directed by Andrew L. Stone
1953: Vicki - Director: Harry Horner
1954: Three Coins in the Fountain (Three Coins in the Fountain) - Director: Jean Negulesco
1954: Massai (Apache) - Director: Robert Aldrich
1954: The Broken Lance - Director: Edward Dmytryk
1955: A Man Called Peter - Director: Henry Koster
1973: Winesburg, Ohio (TV movie) - Director: Ralph Senensky
1976: The Bankers ( Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers ; television miniseries, 3 episodes)
1981: Peter and Paul (TV movie) - Director: Robert Day
1988: Murder is Her Hobby ( Murder, She Wrote ; TV series, 1 episode)

Web links

Commons : Jean Peters - album with pictures, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Peters, Jean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Peters, Elizabeth Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH	October 15, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH	Canton (Ohio) , USA
DATE OF DEATH	October 13, 2000
Place of death	Carlsbad , California, USA