Isabel Jeans

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Isabel Jeans
from the trailer for the film Tovarich (1937)
Born	September 16, 1891 London, England
Died	September 4, 1985 London, England

Isabel Jeans (September 16, 1891 – September 4, 1985) was an English stage and film actress.

She played a couple of major roles in two Alfred Hitchcock silent films, Downhill (1927) and Easy Virtue (1928), before playing a number of grande dames in Hollywood films, such as Hitchcock's Suspicion (1941) and Gigi (1958).

[edit] Personal life

Jeans' brother Desmond was an actor and boxer, while her sister Ursula became a respected character actress and married the actor Roger Livesey.

She was twice married, both times to fellow actors:

• Claude Rains (1913–1915}
• Gilbert Wakefield

[edit] Filmography

• The Profligate (1917)
• Tilly of Bloomsbury (1921)
• The Rat (1925)
• Windsor Castle (1926)
• The Triumph of the Rat (1926)
• Further Adventures of a Flag Officer (1927)
• Downhill (1927)
• Easy Virtue (1928)
• Gigi (1958)

[edit] External links

• The Internet Movie Database

Persondata
NAME	Jeans, Isabel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actor
DATE OF BIRTH	September 16, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH	London, England
DATE OF DEATH	September 4, 1985
PLACE OF DEATH	London, England