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American actress
Gender
Female
Place of birth
Shoshoni, Fremont County, Wyoming, USA
Place of death
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Age
64 years
Awards
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
 
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Biography

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, and Gone with the Wind.

Early life

Born in Shoshoni, Wyoming on July 19, 1907, Jewell was the daughter of Emory Lee Jewell and Livia A. Willoughby Jewell. Her father was "a prominent...doctor and medical researcher." She was educated at St. Mary's Academy in Minnesota and at Hamilton College in Kentucky.

Career

After years in theater stock companies, including an 87-week stint in Lincoln, Nebraska, she got 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 as the seamstress sentenced to death on the guillotine with Sydney Carton (Ronald Colman in A Tale of Two Cities (1935). Her most significant role was Sally Bates in She Had to Choose. Jewell's films included Gone with the Wind (1939) (in the role of "that white trash, Emmy Slattery"), Northwest Passage (1940), High Sierra (1941), and the low-budget The Leopard Man (1943).

By the end of the 1940s, her roles had reduced in significance to the degree that her performances often were uncredited, e.g. The Snake Pit. She performed in radio dramas in the 1950s, including This Is Your FBI.

In February 1965, she played Madame Ahr, a member of a bank-robbing circus troupe, in an episode of Gunsmoke entitled "Circus Trick."

In 1972, Jewell appeared opposite Edie Sedgwick in the film Ciao! Manhattan. Her final film was the B movie Sweet Kill (1973), the directorial debut of Curtis Hanson.

Personal life

Jewell's first marriage (which "was not generally known during Jewell's lifetime...[nor] mentioned in the press during her heyday in American films") occurred when she wed Lovell "Cowboy" Underwood when she was 19.

In the mid to late 1930s, Jewell was seen at nightclubs with actor William Hopper. In 1936, she wed Owen Crump, divorcing in 1941 to facilitate her next wedding.

In 1941, Jewell married actor Paul Marion, who was then a private in the Army. They separated in 1943 and were divorced on May 12, 1944.

Jewell was a Democrat who supported Adlai Stevenson's campaign during the 1952 presidential election. She was also a practicing Episcopalian.

Death

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.

Legacy

In 1960, Jewell was recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to motion pictures. The star is located at 1560 Vine Street.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1931The Week End MysteryMiss KeithShort
1932Blessed EventDorothy LaneUncredited
1933The Crime of the CenturyBridge PlayerUncredited
1933BondageBeulah
1933Beauty for SaleHortenseCredited as Isobel Jewell
1933BombshellLily, Junior's Girl FriendCredited as Isobel Jewell
1933Day of ReckoningKate Lovett
1933Design for LivingPlunkett's Stenographer
1933Advice to the LovelornRose
1933The Women in His LifeCatherine 'Cathy' Watson
1933Counsellor at LawBessie Green
1934Men in WhiteScenes cut
1934Let's Be RitzyBetty
1934Manhattan MelodramaAnnabelle
1934Here Comes the GroomAngy
1934She Had to ChooseSally Bates
1934Evelyn PrenticeJudith Wilson
1935Shadow of DoubtInez 'Johnny' Johnson - singer
1935I've Been AroundSally Van Loan
1935Times Square Lady'Babe' Sweeney
1935The Casino Murder CaseAmelia Llewellyn
1935Mad LoveMarianneScenes cut
1935A Tale of Two CitiesSeamstress
1936Ceiling ZeroLou Clarke
1936Dancing FeetMabel Henry
1936The Leathernecks Have LandedBrooklyn
1936Big Brown EyesBessie Blair
1936Small Town GirlEmily 'Em' Brannan
193636 Hours to KillJeanie Benson
1936The Man Who Lived TwicePeggy Russell
1936Valiant Is the Word for CarrieLilli Eipper
1936Go West, Young ManGladys
1936Career WomanGracie Clay
1937Lost HorizonGloria Stone
1937Marked WomanEmmy Lou Eagan
1937Love on ToastBelle Huntley
1938Swing It, Sailor!Myrtle Montrose
1938The Crowd RoarsMrs. Martin
1939They Asked for ItMolly Herkimer
1939Missing DaughtersPeggy
1939Gone with the WindEmmy Slattery
1940'Oh Johnny, How You Can LoveGertie
1940'Northwest Passage' (Book I -- Rogers' Rangers)Jennie Coit
1940IreneJane McGee
1940Babies for SaleEdith Drake
1940ScatterbrainEsther Harrington
1940Marked MenLinda Harkness
1940Little MenStella
1941High SierraBlonde
1941For Beauty's SakeAmy Devore
1943The Leopard ManMaria
1943The Seventh VictimFrances Fallon
1943Danger! Women at WorkMarie
1943The Falcon and the Co-edsMary Phoebus
1944The Merry MonahansRose Monahan
1945Steppin' in SocietyJenny the Juke
1945Sensation HuntersMae
1946Badman's TerritoryBelle Starr
1947Born to KillLaury Palmer
1947The Bishop's WifeHysterical mother
1948Michael O'HalloranMrs. Laura Nelson
1948The Snake PitWard 33 InmateUncredited
1948Unfaithfully YoursFirst Telephone OperatorUncredited
1948Belle Starr's DaughterBelle Starr
1949The Story of Molly XMrs. Mack—Prison Laundry MatronUncredited
1953Man in the AtticKaty
1954Drum BeatLily White
1957BernardineMrs. McDuff
1972Sweet KillMrs. Cole
1972Ciao! ManhattanMummy
YearSeriesRoleEpisode
1952The Adventures of Kit CarsonMary Barker"The Trap"
1952The UnexpectedSister"One for the Money"
1952Mr. & Mrs. NorthAnne Noble"The Nobles"
1952Fireside Theatre"The Boxer and the Stranger"
1953Fireside Theatre"The Twelfth Juror"
1955Treasury Men in Action"The Case of the Lady in Hiding"
1956Dr. ChristianMae"Insurance Policy"
1957Climax!Actress" Murder Has a Deadline"
1961The AquanautsMiss Port"The Defective Tank Adventure"
1961Lock Up"Planter's Death"
1962The UntouchablesSophie"The Night They Shot Santa Claus"
1964Kraft Suspense TheatreMrs. Lyons"The Gun"
1965GunsmokeMme. Ahr"Circus Trick"
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