Isabel Jewell

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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,...

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GunsmokeSeries • 1955Gone with the WindMovie • 1939Lock-UpSeries • 1959Mr. & Mrs. NorthSeries • 1952Marked WomanMovie • 1937The Bishop's WifeMovie • 1947Lost HorizonMovie • 1937High SierraMovie • 1941Mad LoveMovie • 1935Evelyn PrenticeMovie • 1934A Tale of Two CitiesMovie • 1935BombshellMovie • 1933Design for LivingMovie • 1933The Leopard ManMovie • 1943Manhattan MelodramaMovie • 1934Drum BeatMovie • 1954Northwest PassageMovie • 1940The Seventh VictimMovie • 1943Man in the AtticMovie • 1953Born to KillMovie • 1947The Falcon and the Co-EdsMovie • 1943Counsellor at LawMovie • 1933Big Brown EyesMovie • 1936Ciao! ManhattanMovie • 1973