Jean Kent
Jean Kent
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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Kent, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For Acting
Most Rating 11.743
Birthday 1921-06-29
Place of Birth Brixton, London, England, UK
Also Known As Joan Mildred Summerfield, Jean Carr, Joan Kent, Joan Summerfield, Peggy Summers, ジーン・ケント,
Bonjour Tristesse
1958

Bonjour Tristesse

The Prince and the Showgirl
1957

The Prince and the Showgirl

The Woman in Question
1950

The Woman in Question

Champagne Charlie
1944

Champagne Charlie

Waterloo Road
1945

Waterloo Road

The Big Frame
1952

The Big Frame

The Browning Version
1951

The Browning Version

Please Turn Over
1959

Please Turn Over

Before I Wake
1955

Before I Wake

Good-Time Girl
1948

Good-Time Girl

Grip of the Strangler
1958

Grip of the Strangler

Web of Evidence
1959

Web of Evidence

Fanny by Gaslight
1944

Fanny by Gaslight

The Rake's Progress
1945

The Rake's Progress

The Magic Bow
1946

The Magic Bow

Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons
1960

Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons

Bond Street
1948

Bond Street

Carnival
1946

Carnival

The Loves of Joanna Godden
1947

The Loves of Joanna Godden

Shout at the Devil
1976

Shout at the Devil

Sleeping Car to Trieste
1948

Sleeping Car to Trieste

Trottie True
1949

Trottie True

Caravan
1946

Caravan

The Reluctant Widow
1950

The Reluctant Widow

The Wicked Lady
1945

The Wicked Lady

Warn That Man
1943

Warn That Man

It's That Man Again
1943

It's That Man Again

The Man Within
1947

The Man Within

Two Thousand Women
1944

Two Thousand Women

Her Favourite Husband
1950

Her Favourite Husband

Bees in Paradise
1944

Bees in Paradise

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

Madonna of the Seven Moons
1945

Madonna of the Seven Moons

Miss London Ltd.
1943

Miss London Ltd.

Soldier, Sailor
1944

Soldier, Sailor

K is for Killing
1974

K is for Killing

Missing Persons
1990

Missing Persons

Max Miller: I Like The Girls Who Do
1989

Max Miller: I Like The Girls Who Do