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FMCTue, Nov 24, 11:00 AMA Farewell to ArmsBuy
CINEMAXMon, Nov 30, 5:20 AMThe Man in the Gray Flannel SuitBuy
HBOSGeWed, Dec 2, 6:15 AMTender Is the NightBuy
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Jennifer Jones Biography

Jennifer Jones
  • Birth Name: Phylis Lee Isley
  • Birth Place: Tulsa, OK
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 03/02/1919, Pisces
  • Profession: Actor
Jennifer Jones Fast Facts:
  • The daughter of vaudeville performers, her father eventually owned a movie theater chain where her first films were screened.
  • Met first husband, actor Robert Walker, while attending American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.
  • Discovered and groomed by Hollywood power-producer David O. Selznick, who cast her in The Song of Bernadette (1943), for which she won an Academy Award.
  • A love affair with Selznick resulted in divorce from their respective spouses.
  • An interest in charity work lead to an appearance in a little-known wartime documentary short, The Fighting Generation, directed by an uncredited Alfred Hitchcock.
  • Interested in the part of Aurora Greenway, purchased the rights to Larry McMurtry's novel Terms of Endearment but was considered too old to play the role. (It went to Shirley MacLaine who won the Oscar.)
  • Took a stronger interest in mental heath issues after the suicides of daughter Mary and son of third husband philanthropist and art collector Norton Simon and established the Jennifer Jones Simon Foundation for Mental Health and Education in 1980.
    Jennifer Jones Relationships:
  • David O. Selznick - Husband (deceased)
  • Flora Mae Suber Isley - Mother
  • Mary Jennifer Selznick - Daughter
  • Michael Walker - Son
  • Norton Simon - Husband (deceased)
  • Phillip Ross Isley - Father
  • Robert Walker - Ex-husband
  • Robert Walker Jr. - Son

  • Jennifer Jones Awards:
  • 1975 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Nominee
  • 1945 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 1955 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 1944 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Nominee
  • 1946 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 1943 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Winner
  • 1944 Golden Globe: Actress in a Leading Role - Winner

  • College:
  • Attended Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York, NY
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