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Jacqueline deWit is a Actor American born on 26 september 1912

Jacqueline deWit

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Birth name Wilhelmina deWit
Nationality USA
Birth 26 september 1912
Death 7 january 1998 (at 85 years)

Jacqueline deWit est une actrice américaine, née Wilhelmina deWit le 26 septembre 1912 à Los Angeles (Californie), ville où elle est morte le 7 janvier 1998.

Biography

Jacqueline deWit débute au théâtre et joue à Broadway (New York) dans quatre pièces durant les années 1930. Les deux premières, de William Shakespeare, sont Roméo et Juliette (1934-1935, avec Basil Rathbone et Katharine Cornell dans les rôles-titre) et La Mégère apprivoisée (1935-1936, avec Lynn Fontanne et Alfred Lunt).

Au cinéma, elle contribue à quarante films américains, le premier (dans un petit rôle non crédité) étant L'Homme-léopard de Jacques Tourneur (avec Dennis O'Keefe et Margo), sorti en 1943. Le dernier est Détective privé de Jack Smight (avec Paul Newman et Lauren Bacall), sorti en 1966.

Mentionnons également Les Fils du dragon d'Harold S. Bucquet et Jack Conway (son deuxième film, 1944, avec Katharine Hepburn et Walter Huston), La Fosse aux serpents d'Anatole Litvak (1948, avec Olivia de Havilland et Mark Stevens), Un amour désespéré de William Wyler (1952, avec Laurence Olivier et Jennifer Jones), Tout ce que le ciel permet de Douglas Sirk (1955, avec Jane Wyman et Rock Hudson), ou encore Thé et Sympathie de Vincente Minnelli (1956, avec Deborah Kerr et John Kerr).

À la télévision, Jacqueline deWit apparaît entre 1950 et 1967, dans un téléfilm (1958) et vingt-cinq séries, dont Le Choix de... (deux épisodes, 1955-1956) et La Quatrième Dimension (un épisode, 1959).

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Filmography of Jacqueline deWit (39 films)

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La Classe américaine, 1h10
Directed by Michel Hazanavicius, Dominique Mézerette
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors John Wayne, Christine Delaroche, Dustin Hoffman, Burt Lancaster, Robert Redford, Marc Cassot
Roles Handmaid (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rating78% 3.9363853.9363853.9363853.9363853.936385
The film begins with the following lines appearing on screen, complete with deliberate spelling mistakes: "Attention! Ce flim n'est pas un flim sur le cyclimse. Merci de votre compréhension." ("Attention! This flim is not a flim about cyclign. Thank you for your understanding.")
La Classe américaine, 39minutes
Directed by Michel Hazanavicius, Dominique Mézerette
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors John Wayne, Christine Delaroche, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Marc Cassot, Steve McQueen
Roles Handmaid (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rating73% 3.673693.673693.673693.673693.67369
Diffusé pour les fêtes de fin d'année, ce second détournement (qui fait suite à Derrick contre Superman) est un Ça cartoon déjanté mêlant des séquences originales présenté par Valérie Payet et Philippe Dana à des extraits redoublés de dessins animés avec Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck... et de films avec Steve McQueen, Burt Lancaster, Jack Nicholson, Jean Gabin, etc. Il s'agit du second des trois téléfilms du Grand Détournement.
La Classe américaine
Directed by Michel Hazanavicius, Dominique Mézerette
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors John Wayne, Christine Delaroche, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Marc Cassot, Paul Newman
Roles Handmaid (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rating78% 3.9363853.9363853.9363853.9363853.936385
George Abitbol, l'homme le plus classe du monde, meurt tragiquement lors d'une croisière. Dans un dernier souffle, il murmure : « Monde de merde ». Pourquoi ? Ces mots intriguent le rédacteur en chef d'un quotidien américain. Il dépêche ses trois meilleurs enquêteurs : Dave, Peter et Steven (prononcer « Pétère et Stéveune ») pour éclaircir ce mystère...
Harper
Harper (1966)
, 2h1
Directed by Jack Smight
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris, Arthur Hill, Janet Leigh, Pamela Tiffin
Roles Mrs. Kronberg
Rating67% 3.398693.398693.398693.398693.39869
Private investigator Lew Harper's (Paul Newman) marriage to Susan (Janet Leigh) is on the rocks and he doesn't have many friends, but one of them, mild-mannered attorney Albert Graves (Arthur Hill), brings him a case in Santa Theresa, 90 miles up the coast from Los Angeles. Ralph Sampson, the millionaire husband of hard-boiled Elaine Sampson (Lauren Bacall), has disappeared after flying from Las Vegas to L.A. Ralph, worth $20 million, is described as money-driven, crazy, alcoholic and egotistical. Elaine, physically disabled from a horseback riding accident, doesn't even seem to like her husband and believes he is off with another woman. She just wants to know where he is.
Twice-Told Tales, 2h
Directed by Sidney Salkow
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Actors Vincent Price, Sebastian Cabot, Brett Halsey, Edith Evanson, Beverly Garland, Richard Denning
Roles Hannah Pyncheon, Gerald's Sister
Rating65% 3.29533.29533.29533.29533.2953
Each of the three sequences is introduced by Vincent Price (in a voice-over). Price also stars in all three narratives.
It Happened at the World's Fair, 1h45
Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Aviation films, Musical films
Actors Elvis Presley, Joan O'Brien, Gary Lockwood, Yvonne Craig, H.M. Wynant, Kam Tong
Roles Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
Rating59% 2.998952.998952.998952.998952.99895
Pilot Mike Edwards finds himself in a dilemma, his partner and friend Danny, gambles away the money Mike had set aside to pay their debts. Since they lost their money and a $1,200 debt, the local sheriff takes possession of their plane, Bessie, a cropduster. If they cannot come up with the money in twelve days, Bessie will be auctioned off to the highest bidder.
Pocketful of Miracles, 2h16
Directed by Frank Capra
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O'Connell, Peter Falk, Mickey Shaughnessy
Roles Louise (Governor's Wife) (uncredited)
Rating71% 3.5506753.5506753.5506753.5506753.550675
Dave the Dude (Glenn Ford) is a successful, very superstitious New York City gangster who buys apples from street peddler Apple Annie (Bette Davis) to bring him good luck. On the eve of a very important meeting, he finds Annie terribly upset.
Tea and Sympathy, 2h2
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Deborah Kerr, Leif Erickson, John Kerr, Darryl Hickman, Edward Andrews, Norma Crane
Roles Lilly Sears
Rating72% 3.644333.644333.644333.644333.64433
Seventeen-year-old Tom Robinson Lee (John Kerr), a new senior at a boy's prep school, finds himself at odds with the machismo culture of his class in which the other boys love sports, roughhouse, fantasize about girls, and worship their coach, Bill Reynolds (Leif Erickson). Tom prefers classical music, reads Candide, goes to the theater, and generally seems to be more at ease in the company of women.
Toy Tiger
Toy Tiger (1956)
, 1h28
Directed by Jerry Hopper
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jeff Chandler, Laraine Day, Timothy Hovey, Richard Haydn, Cecil Kellaway, Judson Pratt
Roles Edna
Rating63% 3.1882853.1882853.1882853.1882853.188285
New York City advertising executive Gwen Harkinson is a widow with a son, Timmy, who lives full-time in an upstate boarding school. She sends art director Rick Todd in that direction to try to rehire Mike Wyman, a former creative talent for the ad agency who has given up that life to become a sculptor.
All That Heaven Allows, 1h29
Directed by Douglas Sirk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Conrad Nagel, Virginia Grey, William Reynolds
Roles Mona Plash
Rating75% 3.7966353.7966353.7966353.7966353.796635
Cary Scott (Jane Wyman) is an affluent widow in suburban New England, whose social life involves her country club peers, college-age children, and a few men vying for her affection.
The Shrike
The Shrike (1955)
, 1h28
Directed by José Ferrer
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films based on plays, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors José Ferrer, June Allyson, Edward Platt, Joy Page, Mary Hayley Bell, Leigh Whipper
Roles Katharine Meade
Rating64% 3.238143.238143.238143.238143.23814
Successful stage director Jim Downs (Ferrer) is driven to a mental breakdown by his domineering wife Ann (June Allyson). Institutionalized, he confides in Dr. Bellman (Kendall Clark) and Dr. Barrow (Isabel Bonner), and he finds a kindred spirit in Charlotte Moore (Joy Page).
Lay That Rifle Down, 1h11
Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Robert Lowery, Richard Deacon, Jacqueline deWit, Pierre Watkin, Robert Burton, Marjorie Bennett
Roles Aunt Sarah Greeb
Rating57% 2.8658652.8658652.8658652.8658652.865865
Judy Canova works in a hotel for her domineering aunt. Her unscrupulous relatives try to blackmail and dupe her into selling her apparently worthless farm, having been led to believe that it has enormous potential value by a couple of confidence tricksters.
Playgirl
Playgirl (1954)
, 1h25
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Shelley Winters, Barry Sullivan, Colleen Miller, Gregg Palmer, Kent Taylor, Richard Long
Roles Greta Marsh
Rating57% 2.890052.890052.890052.890052.89005
A beautiful girl from the sticks finds success and grave peril in the big city.
She's Back on Broadway
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Coates, Patrice Wymore, Larry Keating
Roles Lisa Kramer
Rating58% 2.905692.905692.905692.905692.90569
When Catherine Terris's career in Hollywood hits the skids, she heads back to the site of her first great triumphs...Broadway! She takes the lead in a play which is being directed by Rick Sommers, the man who was both her Svengali and her lover. Sommers is still bitter that she walked out on him to become the toast of Hollywood years earlier. Can Terris and Sommers put aside their mutual animosity long enough to make a go of this production. The way things start off, it doesn't seem likely...
Carrie
Carrie (1952)
, 1h58
Directed by William Wyler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Romance
Actors Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones, Miriam Hopkins, Eddie Albert, Ray Teal, Barry Kelley
Roles Carrie's Sister Minnie
Rating72% 3.6420153.6420153.6420153.6420153.642015
Carrie Meeber (Jennifer Jones) leaves her family in a small rural town and heads to Chicago. On the train to Chicago, Charles Drouet (Eddie Albert) approaches her. Although Carrie is reluctant to speak to him, the salesman persists and the two chat until they reach Chicago. Carrie gets off in South Chicago, the slums as Charles Drouet points out, after taking Drouet's business card.