Isabel Jewell

Isabel Jewell
from the trailer for The Casino Murder Case (1935).
Born	July 19, 1907 Shoshoni, Wyoming, U.S.
Died	April 5, 1972 (aged 64) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names	Isabel Jewel Isobel Jewell
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1932–1972
Spouse(s)	Paul Marion (1941-1943) (divorced) Owen Crump (1936-?) (divorced)[1]

Isabel Jewell (July 19, 1907 – April 5, 1972) was an American actress most active in the 1930s and early 1940s. Some of her most famous films were Ceiling Zero, Marked Woman, A Tale of Two Cities, and Gone With the Wind.

Early life and career

Born in Shoshoni, Fremont County, Wyoming, Isabel was educated at St. Mary's Academy in Minnesota and at Hamilton College in Kentucky.

After years in theater stock companies, including an 87-week stint in Lincoln, Nebraska, she hit the big time after getting a part on Broadway in Up Pops the Devil (1930). She received glowing critical reviews for Blessed Event (1932) as well.

She was 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 along with Sydney Carton (Ronald Colman in A Tale of Two Cities (1935). Her most significant role was as the prostitute Gloria Stone in Lost Horizon (1937). 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).

In the mid to late 1930s, Jewell was seen at nightclubs with actor William Hopper. (He appeared on the Perry Mason TV series and was the son of gossip columnist Hedda Hopper and stage star DeWolf Hopper).

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

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, a future Academy Award winner.

Death

Jewell died in Los Angeles, California, aged 64, from undisclosed causes. Her ashes were buried in the Pacific Ocean.

She was recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to motion pictures.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1932	Blessed Event	Dorothy Lane	Uncredited
1933	The Crime of the Century	Bridge Player	Uncredited
	Bondage	Beulah
	Beauty for Sale	Hortense	Credited as Isobel Jewell
	Bombshell	Lily, Junior's Girl Friend	Credited as Isobel Jewell
	Day of Reckoning	Kate Lovett
	Advice to the Lovelorn	Rose
	The Women in His Life	Catherine 'Cathy' Watson
	Counsellor at Law	Bessie Green
	Design for Living	Plunkett's Stenographer
1934	Men in White		Scenes deleted
	Let's Be Ritzy	Betty
	Manhattan Melodrama	Annabelle
	Here Comes the Groom	Angy
	She Had to Choose	Sally Bates
	Evelyn Prentice	Judith Wilson
	I've Been Around	Sally Van Loan
1935	Shadow of Doubt	Inez 'Johnny' Johnson - singer
	Times Square Lady	'Babe' Sweeney
	The Casino Murder Case	Amelia Llewellyn
	Mad Love	Marianne	Scenes deleted
	A Tale of Two Cities	Seamstress
1936	Ceiling Zero	Lou Clarke
	Dancing Feet	Mabel Henry
	The Leathernecks Have Landed	Brooklyn
	Big Brown Eyes	Bessie Blair
	Small Town Girl	Emily 'Em' Brannan
	36 Hours to Kill	Jeanie Benson
	The Man Who Lived Twice	Peggy Russell
	Valiant Is the Word for Carrie	Lilli Eipper
	Go West, Young Man	Gladys
	Career Woman	Gracie Clay
1937	Lost Horizon	Gloria Stone
	Marked Woman	Emmy Lou Eagan
	Love on Toast	Belle Huntley
1938	Swing It, Sailor!	Myrtle Montrose
	The Crowd Roars	Mrs. Martin
1939	They Asked for It	Molly Herkimer
	Missing Daughters	Peggy
	Gone with the Wind	Emmy Slattery
1940	Oh Johnny, How You Can Love	Gertie
	'Northwest Passage' (Book I -- Rogers' Rangers)	Jennie Coit
	Irene	Jane McGee
	Babies for Sale	Edith Drake
	Scatterbrain	Esther Harrington
	Marked Men	Linda Harkness
	Little Men	Stella
1941	High Sierra	Blonde
	For Beauty's Sake	Amy Devore
1943	The Leopard Man	Maria - Fortune Teller
	The Seventh Victim	Frances Fallon
	Danger! Women at Work	Marie
	The Falcon and the Co-eds	Mary Phoebus
1944	The Merry Monahans	Rose Monahan
1945	Steppin' in Society	Jenny the Juke
	Sensation Hunters	Mae
1946	Badman's Territory	Belle Starr
1947	Born to Kill	Laury Palmer
	The Bishop's Wife	Hysterical mother
1948	Michael O'Halloran	Mrs. Laura Nelson
	The Snake Pit	Ward 33 Inmate	Uncredited
	Unfaithfully Yours	First Telephone Operator	Uncredited
	Belle Starr's Daughter	Belle Starr
1949	The Story of Molly X	Mrs. Mack—Prison Laundry Matron	Uncredited
1952	The Adventures of Kit Carson	Mary Barker	1 episode
	Fireside Theatre		1 episode
	The Unexpected	Sister	1 episode
	Mr. & Mrs. North		1 episode
1953	Man in the Attic	Katy
1954	Drum Beat	Lily White
1955	Treasury Men in Action		1 episode
1956	Dr. Christian	Mae	1 episode
1957	Bernardine	Mrs. McDuff
	Climax!	Actress	1 episode
1961	The Aquanauts	Miss Port	1 episode
	Lock Up		1 episode
1962	The Untouchables	Sophie	1 episode
1964	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Mrs. Lyons	1 episode
1965	Gunsmoke	Mme. Ahr	1 episode
1972	Ciao! Manhattan	Mummy
1973	Sweet Kill	Mrs. Cole

References

1. http://classichollywoodbeauties.blogspot.com/2012/12/isabel-jewell.html

External links

• Isabel Jewell at the Internet Movie Database
• Isabel Jewell at the Internet Broadway Database