Jean Kent

Jean Kent

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1921-06-21
Deathday: 2013-11-30 (92 years old)

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Jean Kent (29 June 1921 - 30 November 2013) was a British film actress.


She signed to Gainsborough Pictures during the Second World War. Kent's first good role in Two Thousand Women (1944), playing a stripper who is interned by the Germans. She was a Pacific Islander in Bees in Paradise (1944) with Arthur Askey and was the ingenue in a Tommy Trinder musical Champagne Charlie (1944).


The turning point in her career came when she was given a dramatic part in the Gainsborough melodrama film Fanny by Gaslight (1944). The movie established Kent as Gainsborough's backup to Margaret Lockwood.


Kent played another sexually aggressive girl in Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945) with Calvert and Granger. It was a big hit. Rank borrowed her to support Rex Harrison in The Rake's Progress (1945).


Kent continued to have success in films. Her favorite film was musical Trottie True (1949) where she played the lead.


Kent's film appearances grew less frequent from the mid 1950s onward. She had support roles in The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) and Bonjour Tristesse (1958) and a good part in the horror film The Haunted Strangler (1959). She was in the comedy Please Turn Over (1959) and the thriller Beyond This Place (1959). She was one of several female stars in Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons (1960) with George Sanders.


Kent was married to Austrian actor Josef Ramart from 1946 until his death in 1989, aged 70. They met on the set of Caravan. Actor Stewart Granger was the best man at their wedding. They appeared together in the films Caravan and Trottie True. Kent made her last public appearance in June 2011, when she was honoured by the British Film Institute on her 90th birthday.


Kent died in the West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St. Edmunds on 30 November 2013, following a fall at her home in Westhorpe. The coroner recorded a narrative verdict that Kent died from accidental injuries and that cardiac disease may have contributed to a fall.


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Filmography

all 47

Movies 39

TV Shows 8

self 2

Self
Haunted Memories

Haunted Memories (2007)

Movie
Phillida Meadowhite
Missing Persons

Missing Persons (1990)

Movie
Self
Max Miller: I Like The Girls Who Do

Max Miller: I Like The Girls Who Do (1989)

Movie
(archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988)

Movie
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures

Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures (1986)

TV
Madelene Gilbert
Lovejoy

Lovejoy (1986)

TV
5
Mary Clark
Tycoon

Tycoon (1978)

TV
Mrs. Smythe
Shout at the Devil

Shout at the Devil (1976)

Movie
8
Mrs. Garrick
K is for Killing

K is for Killing (1974)

Movie
Mrs. Garrick
Thriller

Thriller (1973)

TV
United!

United! (1965)

TV
Mrs Podmore
Public Eye

Public Eye (1965)

TV
Queen Elizabeth I
Sir Francis Drake

Sir Francis Drake (1961)

TV
Mme. Julienne Guillin
Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons

Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons (1960)

Movie
Janet Halliday
Please Turn Over

Please Turn Over (1959)

Movie
No Hiding Place

No Hiding Place (1959)

TV
Louise Burt
Web of Evidence

Web of Evidence (1959)

Movie
Cora Seth
Grip of the Strangler

Grip of the Strangler (1958)

Movie
Mrs. Helen Lombard
Bonjour Tristesse

Bonjour Tristesse (1958)

Movie
Maisie Springfield
The Prince and the Showgirl

The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)

Movie
6
Florence Haddon
Before I Wake

Before I Wake (1955)

Movie
Louise Parker
The Big Frame

The Big Frame (1952)

Movie
Millie Crocker-Harris
The Browning Version

The Browning Version (1951)

Movie
Agnes / Madame Astra / Parrot
The Woman in Question

The Woman in Question (1950)

Movie
Dorothy Pellegrini
Her Favourite Husband

Her Favourite Husband (1950)

Movie
Elinor Cheviot
The Reluctant Widow

The Reluctant Widow (1950)

Movie
Trottie True
Trottie True

Trottie True (1949)

Movie
Valya
Sleeping Car to Trieste

Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948)

Movie
Ricki Merritt
Bond Street

Bond Street (1948)

Movie
Gwen Rawlings
Good-Time Girl

Good-Time Girl (1948)

Movie
1
Ellen Godden
The Loves of Joanna Godden

The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947)

Movie
Lucy
The Man Within

The Man Within (1947)

Movie
Irene Dale
Carnival

Carnival (1946)

Movie
Antonia Bianchi
The Magic Bow

The Magic Bow (1946)

Movie
Rosal
Caravan

Caravan (1946)

Movie
Jill Duncan
The Rake's Progress

The Rake's Progress (1945)

Movie
Jackson's Doxy
The Wicked Lady

The Wicked Lady (1945)

Movie
Toni
Waterloo Road

Waterloo Road (1945)

Movie
Vittoria
Madonna of the Seven Moons

Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945)

Movie
Bridie Johnson
Two Thousand Women

Two Thousand Women (1944)

Movie
Dolly (Bessie's Daughter)
Champagne Charlie

Champagne Charlie (1944)

Movie
Cigarette Girl
Soldier, Sailor

Soldier, Sailor (1944)

Movie
Lucy Beckett
Fanny by Gaslight

Fanny by Gaslight (1944)

Movie
Jani
Bees in Paradise

Bees in Paradise (1944)

Movie
Frances Lane
Warn That Man

Warn That Man (1943)

Movie
The Encyclopedia Girl
Miss London Ltd.

Miss London Ltd. (1943)

Movie
Kitty
It's That Man Again

It's That Man Again (1943)

Movie

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Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1921-06-21

Deathday
2013-11-30 (92 years old)

Birth Place
London, United Kingdom

Citizenships
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom

Also Known As
Joan Mildred Summerfield, Jean Carr, Joan Kent, Joan Summerfield, Peggy Summers, ジーン・ケント


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