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Isabel Jeans is a Actor British born on 15 september 1891 at London (United-kingdom)

Isabel Jeans

Isabel Jeans
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 15 september 1891 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 4 september 1985 (at 93 years) at London (United-kingdom)

Isabel Jeans (16 September 1891 – 4 September 1985) was an English stage and film actress known for her roles in several Alfred Hitchcock films and her portrayal of Aunt Alicia in the 1958 musical film Gigi, among others.

Biography

Au cinéma, Isabel Jeans tourne une trentaine de films (britanniques, américains, et une coproduction franco-anglo-italienne) entre 1917 et 1969, dont trois réalisés par Alfred Hitchcock.

À la télévision, elle apparaît dans un téléfilm et quelques séries, de 1959 à 1972.

Au théâtre, elle joue à partir de 1909 dans son pays natal, et également à New York (à Broadway, dans quatre pièces, la première en 1915) — voir rubrique "Théâtre" ci-dessous —.

Elle est la sœur de l'actrice Ursula Jeans (1906-1973).

Best films

Gigi
Gigi
(1958)
(Actress)

Usually with

Ivor Novello
Ivor Novello
(4 films)
Michael Balcon
Michael Balcon
(5 films)
Graham Cuts
Graham Cuts
(3 films)
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
(3 films)
Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Isabel Jeans (29 films)

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Actress

The Magic Christian
The Magic Christian (1969)
, 1h32
Directed by Joseph McGrath
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, John Cleese, Raquel Welch, Christopher Lee, Caroline Blakiston
Roles Dame Agnes Grand
Rating58% 2.9002152.9002152.9002152.9002152.900215
Sir Guy Grand (Peter Sellers), an eccentric billionaire, together with his newly adopted heir (formerly a homeless derelict), Youngman Grand (Ringo Starr), start playing elaborate practical jokes on people. A big spender, Grand does not mind handing out large sums of money to various people, bribing them to fulfill his whims, or shocking them by bringing down what they hold dear. Their misadventures are designed as a display of father Grand to his adoptive charge that "everyone has their price"—it just depends on the amount one is prepared to pay. They start from rather minor spoofs, like bribing a Shakespearean actor (Laurence Harvey) to strip during a stage performance of Hamlet, and convincing a traffic warden (Spike Milligan) to take back a parking ticket and eat it (delighted by the size of the bribe, he eats its plastic cover too) and proceed with increasingly elaborate stunts involving higher social strata and wider audiences. As their conversation reveals, Grand sees his plots as 'educational' ("Well, you know, Youngman, sometimes it's not enough merely to teach. One has to punish as well").
Heavens Above!
Heavens Above! (1963)
, 1h58
Directed by John Boulting, Roy Boulting
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Peter Sellers, Bernard Miles, Cecil Parker, Isabel Jeans, Ian Carmichael, Brock Peters
Roles Lady Despard
Rating66% 3.3446753.3446753.3446753.3446753.344675
The plot features Sellers as a naive but caring prison chaplain accidentally assigned as vicar to a small and prosperous country town of Orbiston Parva, in place of Ian Carmichael's upper class cleric, with whom he shares a name. His belief in charity and forgiveness sets him at odds with the locals, whose assertions that they are good, Christian people are in Smallwood's view belied by their behaviour and ideas. He creates social ructions by appointing a black dustman (Brock Peters) as his churchwarden, taking in a gypsy family, and persuading local landowner Lady Despard (Isabel Jeans) to provide free food for the church to distribute free to the people of the town. However, all his good works lead to trouble.
A Breath of Scandal
A Breath of Scandal (1960)
, 1h37
Directed by Vittorio De Sica, Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Sophia Loren, Maurice Chevalier, John Gavin, Angela Lansbury, Isabel Jeans, Tullio Carminati
Roles Princess Eugénie
Rating55% 2.752872.752872.752872.752872.75287
La princesse Olympia, une jeune et jolie veuve exilée loin de la cour de Vienne par l'empereur, vit dans son château, avec ses fusils et ses chevaux. Galopant dans la campagne, elle est désarçonnée par son cheval alors qu'elle croise la voiture d'un jeune américain, Charlie Foster.
Gigi
Gigi (1958)
, 1h59
Directed by Vincente Minnelli, Noël Howard
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, Maurice Chevalier, Hermione Gingold, Isabel Jeans, Jacques Bergerac
Roles Aunt Alicia
Rating65% 3.297343.297343.297343.297343.29734
Set in turn-of-the-20th century Paris, the film opens with Honoré Lachaille (Maurice Chevalier) among high society in the Bois de Boulogne. A charming old roué, he cynically remarks that "Like everywhere else, most people in Paris get married, but not all. There are some who will not marry, and some who do not marry. But in Paris, those who will not marry are usually men, and those who do not marry are usually women." So marriage is not the only option for wealthy young bon vivants like his nephew Gaston (Louis Jourdan), who is bored with life. The one thing Gaston truly enjoys is spending time with Madame Alvarez (Hermione Gingold), whom he calls Mamita, and especially her granddaughter, the precocious, carefree Gilberte, aka Gigi who is 15 (Leslie Caron). Following the family tradition, Madame Alvarez sends Gigi to her sister, Great Aunt Alicia (Isabel Jeans), to be groomed as a courtesan and learn etiquette and charm. To Alicia, love is an art, and a necessary accomplishment for Gigi's social and economic future. But Gigi, shows disdain for such trivial love that a man and his mistress usually has. Remaining true to her girlish, yet charming personality, she finds herself having the most fun when with Gaston (35) whom she regards as an older brother.
Suspicion
Suspicion (1941)
, 1h39
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce, May Whitty, Isabel Jeans
Roles Mrs. Newsham
Rating72% 3.647933.647933.647933.647933.64793
Handsome, irresponsible playboy Johnnie Aysgarth (Cary Grant) meets dowdy Lina McLaidlaw (Joan Fontaine) on a train, and charms her into running away and marrying him, despite the strong disapproval of her wealthy father, General McLaidlaw (Sir Cedric Hardwicke). After a lavish honeymoon and returning to an extravagant house, Lina discovers that Johnnie has no job, no income, habitually lives on borrowed money, and was intending to try to sponge off her father. She talks him into getting a job, and he goes to work for his cousin, estate agent Captain Melbeck (Leo G. Carroll).
Good Girls Go to Paris
Good Girls Go to Paris (1939)
, 1h15
Directed by Alexander Hall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondell, Walter Connolly, Alan Curtis, Joan Perry, Isabel Jeans
Roles Caroline Brand
Rating67% 3.3923653.3923653.3923653.3923653.392365
Jenny Swanson (Blondell) is a waitress in a small college town whose goal is to go to Paris. Jenny rationalizes a little gold-digging and blackmail to achieve her goal. She tries to explain this to the new professor Ronald Brooke (Douglas), and Brooke in turn tries to dissuade her from such schemes, telling her that "good girls go to Paris, too". When her first attempt at blackmailing ends with an attack of conscience and the necessity of leaving town. Instead of returning to her hometown as advised by Brooke, of whom she has grown fond, Jenny heads for New York. Brooke is also bound for New York where he is to marry the wealthy Sylvia Brand (Joan Perry).
Fools for Scandal
Fools for Scandal (1938)
, 1h20
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Carole Lombard, Ralph Bellamy, Allen Jenkins, Isabel Jeans, Marie Wilson, Ottola Nesmith
Roles Lady Paula Malverton
Rating60% 3.000963.000963.000963.000963.00096
Film star Kay Winters (Carole Lombard) is traveling through Paris under a wig and the pseudonym of Kay Summers with her maid and companion Myrtle (Marie Wilson). She meets Rene (Fernand Gravet), a French marquis who has lost all his money and has pawned all his material possessions to live, about which Paris society does not know. He, in his tuxedo, offers to give her a tour of the real Paris. Kay, who already had plans to attend dinner with Lady Paula Malverton (Isabel Jeans), agrees, having been charmed by the impetuous Rene. Once finished with the tour, they have dinner, and unexpectedly run into Lady Malverton and her party. Lady Malverton calls Rene over to her table, whom she had also invited to join her party, and when he returns he discovers that Kay has left. However, she left a note asking him to lunch with her the following day.