Jeanne Crain
Acting
Biography
Jeanne Elizabeth Crain (May 25, 1925 – December 14, 2003) was an American actress. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her title role in Pinky.
Born: May 25, 1925
Place of Birth: Barstow, California, USA
Known For
Rat Pack
In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford together form the "rat pack": they sing the most popular hits of the moment, star in the most profitable Hollywood films and are already making a splash on television . This documentary, produced by a recognized specialist in the history of Hollywood, recounts the exceptional destiny of this informal group which flirted with the greats of this world, notably through Sinatra, personal friend of American President Kennedy.
Apartment for Peggy
Professor Henry Barnes decides he's lived long enough and contemplates suicide. His attitude is changed by Peggy Taylor, a chipper young mother-to-be who charms him into renting out his attic as an apartment for her and her husband Jason, a former GI struggling to finish college.
The Joker is Wild
A Prohibition-era nightclub crooner has his career is cut short when his throat is slashed by a mob boss.
Leave Her to Heaven
A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
A Letter to Three Wives
A letter is addressed to three wives from their 'best friend', announcing that she's running away with one of their husbands – but she doesn't specify which one.
People Will Talk
A successful, unorthodox doctor befriends a young woman with suicidal ideations due to her pregnancy by her ex, a military reservist killed in action.
Pinky
Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, she has fallen in love with a young white doctor, who knows nothing about her black heritage.
What's My Line?
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
The Fastest Gun Alive
Whenever it becomes known how good he is with guns, ex-gunman George and his wife Dora have to flee the town, in fear of all the gunmen who might want to challenge him. Unfortunately he again spills his secret when he's drunk. All citizens swear to keep his secret and support him to give up his guns forever -- but a boy tells the story to a gang of wanted criminals. Their leader threatens to burn down the whole town, if he doesn't duel him.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Mrs. Clara Shaw
as Fanny Pierce
as Mrs. McKendricks
as Self (archive footage)
as Peg Phillips
as Amy Booth
as Polly Martin
as Lorraine Turner
as Helen
as Claudia Procula
as Nefertiti
as Linda Foster
as Peggy Shannon
as Laura Riley
as Laura Sutton
as Rose Smith
as Daisy Fay Buchanan
as Letty Page
as Diane Blane
as Dora Temple
as Connie Jones / Mitzi Jones
as Liza McClure
as Reed Bowman
as Marian Taylor
as Jill Lynn
as Linda Culligan
as Ruth Stanton Bowman
as Hope
as Marion Miller
as Della (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
as Ann Gilbreth
as Kitty Bennett
as Ruth Elliot
as Deborah Higgins
as Liz Erickson
as Herself
as Ann Gilbreth
as Self
as Patricia "Pinky" Johnson
as Lady Margaret 'Meg' Windermere
as Deborah Bishop
as Peggy Taylor
as Self
as Peggy Mayhew
as Marjorie "Margie" MacDuff
as Julia Rogers
as Ruth Berent
as Margy Frake
as Self - Pinup Girl
as Helen
as Margaret 'Maggie' Preston
as Charlotte 'Char' Bruce
as Chorus Girl / Pool Party Guest (uncredited)