Isabel Jeans

Jeans with [[Robin Irvine]] in [[Easy Virtue]] (1928)

Biography

Isabel Jeans was a distinguished English stage and film actress.

She was an elegant and courtly character actress who led a long and distinguished stage career. She played a couple of major roles in two Hitchcock silents, Downhill (1927) and Easy Virtue (1928), before playing a number of grande dames in Hollywood films, such as Suspicion (1941) and Gigi (1958).

Her sister Ursula was married to actor Robin Irvine, who starred alongside Jeans in Downhill.

Filmography

With Hitchcock...

• Downhill (1927) — cast: Julia Fotheringale
• Easy Virtue (1928) — cast: Larita Filton
• Suspicion (1941) — cast: Mrs. Newsham

Links

• Internet Movie Database
• Wikipedia

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born 16/Sep/1891 London, England, UK died 04/Sep/1985 London, England, UK