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Jean Kent

Jean Kent

Known For Acting
Birthday Jun 29, 1921
Died Nov 30, 2013 (92)
Birthplace Brixton, London, England, UK
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Updated Mar 01, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 I ... slander 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Kent, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Missing Persons

Missing Persons

1990

as Phillida Meadowhite

Shout at the Devil

Shout at the Devil

1976

as Mrs. Smythe

K is for Killing

K is for Killing

1974

as Mrs. Garrick

Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons

Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons

1960

as Julienne

Please Turn Over

Please Turn Over

1959

as Janet Halliday

Web of Evidence

Web of Evidence

1959

as Louise Burt

Grip of the Strangler

Grip of the Strangler

1958

as Cora Seth

Bonjour Tristesse

Bonjour Tristesse

1958

as Mrs. Helen Lombard

The Prince and the Showgirl

The Prince and the Showgirl

1957

as Maisie Springfield

Before I Wake

Before I Wake

1955

as Florence Haddon

The Big Frame

The Big Frame

1952

as Louise Parker

The Browning Version

The Browning Version

1951

as Millie Crocker-Harris

The Reluctant Widow

The Reluctant Widow

1950

as Elinor Cheviot

The Woman in Question

The Woman in Question

1950

as Agnes / Madame Astra / Parrot (voice)

Trottie True

Trottie True

1949

as Trottie True

Sleeping Car to Trieste

Sleeping Car to Trieste

1948

as Valya

Bond Street

Bond Street

1948

as Ricki Merritt

Good-Time Girl

Good-Time Girl

1948

as Gwen Rawlings

The Loves of Joanna Godden

The Loves of Joanna Godden

1947

as Ellen Godden

The Man Within

The Man Within

1947

as Lucy

Caravan

Caravan

1946

as Rosal

The Magic Bow

The Magic Bow

1946

as Bianchi

Carnival

Carnival

1946

as Irene Dale

Waterloo Road

Waterloo Road

1945

as Toni

The Rake's Progress

The Rake's Progress

1945

as Jill Duncan

The Wicked Lady

The Wicked Lady

1945

as Jackson's Doxy

Madonna of the Seven Moons

Madonna of the Seven Moons

1945

as Vittoria

Fanny by Gaslight

Fanny by Gaslight

1944

as Lucy Beckett

Champagne Charlie

Champagne Charlie

1944

as Dolly Bellwood

Soldier, Sailor

Soldier, Sailor

1944

as Cigarette Girl

Bees in Paradise

Bees in Paradise

1944

as Jani

Two Thousand Women

Two Thousand Women

1944

as Bridie Johnson

Warn That Man

Warn That Man

1943

as Frances Lane

It's That Man Again

It's That Man Again

1943

as Kitty

Miss London Ltd.

Miss London Ltd.

1943

as The Encyclopedia Girl

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Sir Francis Drake

as Queen Elizabeth I

Episodes: 21

First Aired: Nov 12, 1961

Lovejoy

as Madelene Gilbert

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 10, 1986

Thriller

as Mrs. Garrick

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 14, 1973

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

as Phillida Meadowhite

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 03, 1996

Public Eye

as Mrs Podmore

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 23, 1965

Up Pompeii!

as Aphrodite

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 30, 1970

United!

Episodes: 28

First Aired: Oct 04, 1965

No Hiding Place

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 16, 1959

Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1986

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