Jean Kent

Jean Kent (born June 21 1921) is a British film actress who performed in movies of the period 1935-76.

Biography

Jean Kent was born in London as Joan Mildred Summerfield. She started her theatrical career as a dancer in 1931. Initially she used her stage name of Jean Carr, when she appeared as a chorus girl in the Windmill Theatre in London. She signed to Gainsborough Pictures during the Second World War and the turning point in her career came when she was given a dramatic part in Fanny by Gaslight. She appeared in a large number British films during the 1940s and 1950s which included many successful British melodramatic films. The latter part of her acting career was in television.

Films

• The Rocks of Valpre - 1935
• Who's Your Father - 1935
• Frozen Limits - 1939
• Hullo Fame! - 1940
• It's That Man Again - 1943
• Miss London Ltd. - 1943
• Warn That Man - 1943
• Bees in Paradise - 1943
• Fanny by Gaslight - 1944 (Man of Evil in USA)
• Champagne Charlie - 1944
• Madonna of the Seven Moons - 1944
• The Wicked Lady - 1944
• The Rake's Progress - 1944 (Notorious Gentleman in the USA)
• Caravan - 1945
• Waterloo Road - 1945
• Carnival - 1946
• The Magic Bow - 1946
• The Man Within - 1947
• The Loves of Joanna Godden - 1947
• Good Time Girl - 1948
• Bond Street - 1948
• Sleeping Car to Trieste - 1948
• Trottie True - 1949
• Her Favourite Husband - 1949
• The Woman in Question - 1950
• The Reluctant Widow - 1951
• The Browning Version - 1951
• Before I Wake - 1954
• The Prince and the Showgirl - 1957
• Bonjour Tristesse - 1958
• Beyond This Place - 1959
• Please Turn Over - 1960
• Shout at the Devil - 1976

TV Series

• Sir Francis Drake - 1962-3
• Tycoon - 1978
• Crossroads - 1981-2
• Lovejoy - 1991
• Shrinks - 1991

References

• Halliwell's Who's Who of the Movies ISBN 0-06-093507-3

External links

• Jean Kent at the Internet Movie Database
• British Pictures Stars
• Photographs of Jean Kent