Isabel Jewell (July 19, 1907 – April 5, 1972) was an American actress, who rose to prominence in the 1930s and early 1940s. Some of her more famous films were Ceiling Zero, Marked Woman, A Tale of Two Cities, Lost Horizon, and Gone with the Wind.
Early life
Born in Shoshoni, Wyoming She was educated at St. Mary's Academy in Minnesota and at Hamilton College in Kentucky. She received glowing critical reviews for Blessed Event (1932) as well.
Jewell's film debut came in Blessed Event (1932) In 1936, she was engaged to actor Owen Crump, marrying in 1939 and divorcing in 1941. In 1941, Jewell married actor Paul Marion, who was then a private in the United States Army. They separated in 1943, and were divorced on May 12, 1944.
Death and legacy
Jewell died in Los Angeles, California on April 5, 1972, aged 64, from suicide after taking an overdose of barbiturates. Her ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean.
Filmography
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|+ Complete filmography
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
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! scope="row"| 1931
| The Week End Mystery
| Miss Keith
| Short
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! scope="row"| 1932
| Blessed Event
| Dorothy Lane
| Uncredited
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! scope="row"| 1933
| The Crime of the Century
| Bridge Player
| Uncredited
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! scope="row"| 1933
| Bondage
| Beulah
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|-
! scope="row"| 1933
| Beauty for Sale
| Hortense
| Credited as Isobel Jewell
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! scope="row"| 1933
| Bombshell
| Lily, Junior's Girl Friend
| Credited as Isobel Jewell
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! scope="row"| 1933
| Day of Reckoning
| Kate Lovett
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|-
! scope="row"| 1933
| Design for Living
| Plunkett's Stenographer
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|-
! scope="row"| 1933
| Advice to the Lovelorn
| Rose
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! scope="row"| 1933
| The Women in His Life
| Catherine 'Cathy' Watson
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! scope="row"| 1933
| Counsellor at Law
| Bessie Green
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|-
! scope="row"| 1934
| Men in White
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| Scenes cut
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! scope="row"| 1934
| Let's Be Ritzy
| Betty
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|-
! scope="row"| 1934
| Manhattan Melodrama
| Annabelle
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! scope="row"| 1934
| Here Comes the Groom
| Angy
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! scope="row"| 1934
| She Had to Choose
| Sally Bates
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! scope="row"| 1934
| Evelyn Prentice
| Judith Wilson
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! scope="row"| 1935
| Shadow of Doubt
| Inez 'Johnny' Johnson - singer
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! scope="row"| 1935
| I've Been Around
| Sally Van Loan
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! scope="row"| 1935
| Times Square Lady
| 'Babe' Sweeney
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! scope="row"| 1935
| The Casino Murder Case
| Amelia Llewellyn
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! scope="row"| 1935
| Mad Love
| Marianne
| Scenes cut
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! scope="row"| 1935
| A Tale of Two Cities
| Seamstress
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! scope="row"| 1936
| Ceiling Zero
| Lou Clarke
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! scope="row"| 1936
| Dancing Feet
| Mabel Henry
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! scope="row"| 1936
| The Leathernecks Have Landed
| Brooklyn
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! scope="row"| 1936
| Big Brown Eyes
| Bessie Blair
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! scope="row"| 1936
| Small Town Girl
| Emily 'Em' Brannan
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! scope="row"| 1936
| 36 Hours to Kill
| Jeanie Benson
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|-
! scope="row"| 1936
| '
| Peggy Russell
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! scope="row"| 1936
| Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
| Lilli Eipper
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! scope="row"| 1936
| Go West, Young Man
| Gladys
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! scope="row"| 1936
| Career Woman
| Gracie Clay
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! scope="row"| 1937
| Lost Horizon
| Gloria Stone
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! scope="row"| 1937
| Marked Woman
| Emmy Lou Eagan
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! scope="row"| 1937
| Love on Toast
| Belle Huntley
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! scope="row"| 1938
| Swing It, Sailor!
| Myrtle Montrose
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! scope="row"| 1938
| The Crowd Roars
| Mrs. Martin
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! scope="row"| 1939
| They Asked for It
| Molly Herkimer
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! scope="row"| 1939
| Missing Daughters
| Peggy
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! scope="row"| 1939
| Gone with the Wind
| Emmy Slattery
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! scope="row"| 1940
| Oh Johnny, How You Can Love
| Gertie
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! scope="row"| 1940
| Northwest Passage' (Book I -- Rogers' Rangers)
| Jennie Coit
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! scope="row"| 1940
| Irene
| Jane McGee
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! scope="row"| 1940
| Babies for Sale
| Edith Drake
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! scope="row"| 1940
| Scatterbrain
| Esther Harrington
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! scope="row"| 1940
| Marked Men
| Linda Harkness
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! scope="row"| 1940
| Little Men
| Stella
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! scope="row"| 1941
| High Sierra
| Blonde
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! scope="row"| 1941
| For Beauty's Sake
| Amy Devore
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! scope="row"| 1943
| '
| Maria
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! scope="row"| 1943
| '
| Frances Fallon
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! scope="row"| 1943
| Danger! Women at Work
| Marie
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! scope="row"| 1943
| '
| Mary Phoebus
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! scope="row"| 1944
| '
| Rose Monahan
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! scope="row"| 1945
| Steppin' in Society
| Jenny the Juke
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! scope="row"| 1945
| Sensation Hunters
| Mae
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! scope="row"| 1946
| Badman's Territory
| Belle Starr
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! scope="row"| 1947
| Born to Kill
| Laury Palmer
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! scope="row"| 1947
| '
| Hysterical mother
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! scope="row"| 1948
| Michael O'Halloran
| Mrs. Laura Nelson
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! scope="row"| 1948
| The Snake Pit
| Ward 33 Inmate
| Uncredited
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! scope="row"| 1948
| Unfaithfully Yours
| First Telephone Operator
| Uncredited
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! scope="row"| 1948
| Belle Starr's Daughter
| Belle Starr
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! scope="row"| 1949
| '
| Mrs. Mack—Prison Laundry Matron
| Uncredited
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! scope="row"| 1953
| Man in the Attic
| Katy
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! scope="row"| 1954
| Drum Beat
| Lily White
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! scope="row"| 1957
| Bernardine
| Mrs. McDuff
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! scope="row"| 1972
| Sweet Kill
| Mrs. Cole
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! scope="row"| 1972
| Ciao! Manhattan
| Mummy
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|+ Partial television credits
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! Year
! Series
! Role
! Episode
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! scope="row"| 1952
| The Adventures of Kit Carson
| Mary Barker
| "The Trap"
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! scope="row"| 1952
| The Unexpected
| Sister
| "One for the Money"
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! scope="row"| 1952
| Mr. & Mrs. North
| Anne Noble
| "The Nobles"
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! scope="row"| 1952
| Fireside Theatre
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| "The Boxer and the Stranger"
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! scope="row"| 1953
| Fireside Theatre
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| "The Twelfth Juror"
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! scope="row"| 1955
| Treasury Men in Action
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| "The Case of the Lady in Hiding"
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! scope="row"| 1956
| Dr. Christian
| Mae
| "Insurance Policy"
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! scope="row"| 1957
| Climax!
| Actress
| " Murder Has a Deadline"
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! scope="row"| 1961
| '
| Miss Port
| "The Defective Tank Adventure"
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! scope="row"| 1961
| Lock Up
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| "Planter's Death"
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! scope="row"| 1962
| The Untouchables
| Sophie
| "The Night They Shot Santa Claus"
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! scope="row"| 1964
| Kraft Suspense Theatre
| Mrs. Lyons
| "The Gun"
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! scope="row"| 1965
| Gunsmoke
| Mme. Ahr
| "Circus Trick"
|-
| 1967
| Judd, for the Defense
| Geraldine Hull
| "Citizen Ritter"
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