Jean Porter

Jean Porter (born December 8, 1922 in Cisco , Texas - † January 13, 2018 in Canoga Park , California ) was an American actress who has appeared in more than forty films and television series during her career. She played her best-known roles in the western The Left Hand of God , in the film noir Cry Danger and as the leading actress in the short film Roller Derby Girl . Porter's active time as an actress lasted from 1936 to 1961.

Life

Jean Porter was born in Cisco, Texas in 1922. At the age of twelve she began taking dance lessons at Fanchon and Marco dancing school, where she was discovered by a talent agent. She had her first small film appearance in 1936 in Song and Dance Man . In the years that followed, Porter also played some of the larger roles named in the credits alongside well-known film stars. She had her most active time in the 1940s with more than thirty film appearances, including mostly comedies and westerns. She also played the lead role in the 1949 short film Roller Derby Girl , which was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Short Film in 1950 .

In the 1950s, Porter had her best-known roles in the film noir Cry Danger and in the western The Left Hand of God . She then played mainly as a guest star in television series such as 77 Sunset Strip before she ended her film career in 1961. In 2008, Porter was interviewed in the documentary Dalton Trumbo: From A-List to Blacklist . In 2010 she published a biography of jazz musician Jess Stacy entitled Chicago Jazz and Then Some: As Told by One of the Original Chicagoans, Jess Stacy .

Porter was married to film director Edward Dmytryk , whom she met while filming Till the End of Time , from 1948 until his death in 1999 . The couple had three children. Jean Porter died in California in January 2018 at the age of 95. She was buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Hollywood Hills .

Filmography (selection)

1936: Song and Dance Man
1938: Tom's adventures ( The Adventures of Tom Sawyer )
1939: The Under-Pup
1940: Tumak, the lord of the jungle ( One Million BC )
1941: The Magic of Music ( The Hard-Boiled Canary )
1941: Kiss the Boys Goodbye
: 1941 no chance Give a Sucker an ( Never Give a Sucker to even break )
1941: Henry Aldrich for President
1941: The devil breaks loose in hell! ( Hellzapoppin ' )
1941: Babes on Broadway
1942: Heart of the Rio Grande
1942: Home in Wyomin '
1942: Fall In
1943: The Youngest Profession
1943: That Nazty Nuisance
1943: Young Ideas
1944: Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944 bather Venus ( Bathing Beauty )
1944: San Fernando Valley
1945: Honeymoon for three ( Thrill of a Romance )
1945: Twice Blessed
1945: Abbott and Costello in Hollywood
1945: What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
1946: A Trap for the Bride ( Easy to Wed )
1946: Betty Co-Ed
1946: Till the End of Time
1947: Little Miss Broadway
1947: Sweet Genevieve
1947: That Hagen Girl
1947: Two Blondes and a Redhead
1949: Roller Derby Girl (short film)
1951: Cry Danger
1951: Kentucky Jubilee
1951: GI Jane
1953: The tears of the clown ( The Clown )
1955: The Left Hand of God ( The Left Hand of God )
1961: 77 Sunset Strip (TV series, one episode)
1961: Underwater Adventures ( Sea Hunt ; TV series, an episode)

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Mike Barnes: Jean Porter, Petite Starlet of MGM Films in the 1940s, Dies at 95. In: The Hollywood Reporter . Prometheus Global Media , January 14, 2018, accessed January 15, 2017 .

personal data
SURNAME	Porter, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH	December 8, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cisco , Texas
DATE OF DEATH	January 13, 2018
Place of death	Canoga Park , California

[1] Mike Barnes: Jean Porter, Petite Starlet of MGM Films in the 1940s, Dies at 95. In: The Hollywood Reporter . Prometheus Global Media , January 14, 2018, accessed January 15, 2017 .