Jean Kent

Jean Kent (born 29 June 1921) is a British film actress.

Biography

Jean Kent was born in London as Joan Mildred Summerfield. She started her theatrical career as a dancer in 1931. Initially, she used the stage name of Jean Carr when she appeared as a chorus girl in the Windmill Theatre in London. She signed to Gainsborough Pictures during the Second World War and the turning point in her career came when she was given a dramatic part in Fanny by Gaslight. She appeared in a large number British films during the 1940s and 1950s which included many successful British melodramatic films. The latter part of her acting career was in television. She was married to the Austrian Josef Ramart from 1946 until his death in 1989. They appeared together in the films Caravan and Trottie True.

Selected filmography

• Miss London Ltd. (1943)
• Two Thousand Women (1944)
• Bees in Paradise (1944)
• Fanny by Gaslight (1944)
• Champagne Charlie (1944)
• Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945)
• The Wicked Lady (1945)
• The Rake's Progress (1945)
• Waterloo Road (1945)
• Caravan (1946)
• The Magic Bow (1946)
• The Man Within (1947)
• The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947)
• Good-Time Girl (1948)
• Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948)
• The Browning Version (1951)
• The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
• Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
• The Haunted Strangler (1958)
• Please Turn Over (1959)
• Web of Evidence (1959)
• Shout at the Devil (1976)

References

• Halliwell's Who's Who of the Movies ISBN 0-06-093507-3

External links

• Jean Kent at the Internet Movie Database
• British Pictures Stars
• Photographs of Jean Kent

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