Jeanette MacDonald (1903 - 1965)

Jeanette MacDonald Actress and Singer. She is best remembered for her partnership with singer Nelson Eddy in a series of movies during the 1930s. A talented lyrical soprano, she had a wide vocal range, E above high C, close to three octaves. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Daniel and Anne MacDonald, she first became a […]

Jeanette Nolan (1911 - 1998)

Jeanette Nolan Was an American radio, film, and television actress who was nominated for four Emmy Awards. Nolan graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in her native Los Angeles, California. In 1935, Nolan married actor John McIntire; the couple remained together until his death in 1991. The couple had two children, one of whom was […]

Jeanie MacPherson (1887 - 1946)

Actress, Screenwriter. Before entering motion pictures, Jeanie was a dancer and stage performer. She then moved into films, being guided by the great D.W. Griffith. Later in her career, Jeanie was considered the “write hand” on a significant number of Cecil B. DeMille films. With the advent of sound, Jeanie’s involvement with DeMille became less […]

Jeanine Deckers (1933 - 1985)

While in the convent, Jeanine Deckers wrote, sang and performed her own songs, which were so well received by her fellow nuns and visitors that her religious superiors encouraged her to record an album, which visitors and retreatants at the convent would be able to purchase. In 1961, the album was recorded in Brussels at Philips; […]

Jeanne Aubert (1906 - 1988)

Actress. Fondly remembered in films such as: “The Gem of the Ocean,” “A New World,” “Love Is at Stake” and “Mirages de Paris.” (bio by: MC)

Jeanne Bates (1918 - 2007)

Actress. She began her career in radio soap operas and signed to Columbia Pictures in 1942. In 1943 she debuted in the Boston Blackie mystery “The Chance of a Lifetime”,  followed by starring as heroine in “The Phantom”. Her notable film credits include “Death of a Salesman” (1951), “Blood Arrow” (1958), “Eraserhead” (1977), “Die Hard […]

Jeanne Bice (1939 - 2011)

Bice was born on July 20, 1939, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, where she was also raised. She later moved to the nearby town of Ripon, Wisconsin as an adult. Bice and her husband, Arlow “Butch” Bice Jr., had a son and a daughter, Tim and Lee. She opened her first store, a women’s apparel […]

Jeanne Cagney (1919 - 1984)

She was born in New York City, the younger sister of film actor James Cagney and actor/producer William Cagney. She married Jack Morrison on June 6, 1953; they had two children. Cagney died in Newport Beach, California from lung cancer, aged 65.  She appeared in 19 films between 1939 and 1965, including four films with […]

Jeanne Carpenter (1916 - 1994)

Actress. Appeared while a child in silent films. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Jeanne Carpenter (1916 - 1994)

Actress. Appeared while a child in silent films. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Jeanne Cooper (1928 - 2013)

Jeanne Cooper Wilma Jeanne Cooper (October 25, 1928 – May 8, 2013), best known as Jeanne Cooper, was an American actress, best known for her Emmy Award winning role as Katherine Chancellor on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless (1973–2013). At the time of her death, she was eighth on the all-time […]

Jeanne Coyne (1923 - 1973)

Dancer, Choreographer, Actress. She made her Broadway debut in ‘Are You with It?’ in November of 1945, progressing from the ensemble to the role of the snake charmer’s daughter within six months. She relocated to Hollywood by the mid 1940s, taking an assistant’s position with filmmaker and choreographer Stanley Donen. The relationship expanded into a […]

Jeanne Crain (1925 - 2003)

Motion Picture Actress. She earned an Oscar Nomination as Best Actress for her film “Pinky” (1949). She also appeared in “State Fair” (1945), “Leave Her to Heaven” (1945), “Margie” (1946) and “A Letter to Three Wives” (1949). She was married to actor Paul Brinkman. (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)  Family links:  Spouse:  Paul Brinkman […]

Jeanne d’Alcy (1865 - 1956)

Actress. Mistress and second wife of film pioneer Georges Méliès. She was a performer with the Théâtre Robert-Houdin when Méliès purchased it in 1888. She would go on to appear in many of the director’s early film works such as The House Of The Devil (1896), a very early example of the horror film, After […]

Jeanne Eagels (1894 - 1929)

Actress. She was a former Ziegfeld Follies Girl who went on to greater fame on Broadway and in the emerging medium of sound films. Born Eugenia Eagles, the second of six children, she moved with her family at the age of 2 to Kansas City, Missouri where she often appeared in Kansas City pageants and […]

Jeanne Evert (1957 - 2020)

Jeanne Evert Jeanne Evert Dubin, a former world-ranked professional tennis player and a younger sister of 18-time Grand Slam champion Chris Evert, has died. She was 62. Evert Dubin died Thursday after a 2½-year struggle with ovarian cancer, according to an online obituary posted by Lorne & Sons Funeral Home in Delray Beach, where she […]

Jeanne Hébuterne (1898 - 1920)

Artist. She is best known as the model and common-law wife of artist Amedeo Modigliani. Born to a Catholic family in Paris, Jeanne was introduced to the artistic community in Montparnasse by her brother, an aspiring painter. A beautiful young woman with considerable talent for drawing, she modeled for artist Tsuguharu Foujita before pursuing her […]

Jeanne Lawrence (1900 - 1945)

Actress. Born Jeanne Hirdler in Bricksville, Kansas, she began her career working in stage theatre before relocating to Hollywood in the 1930s. As a character actress, she appeared in the films “Men of the Night” (1934), “Air Hawks” (1935) and “Fifteen Maiden Lane” (1936). (bio by: John “J-Cat” Griffith)

Jeanne Moreau (1928 - 2017)

In 1947, Jeanne Moreau made her theatrical debut at the Avignon Festival. She debuted at the Comédie-Française in Ivan Turgenev’s A Month in the Country and, by her twenties, was already one of leading actresses in the theatre’s troupe. After 1949, she began appearing in films with small parts but continued primarily active in the […]

Jeanne Samary (1857 - 1890)

Actress, Artist’s Model. A noted performer of her time, today she is known for Pierre Auguste Renoir’s images of her. Born Leontine Pauline Samary to a theatrical family, she entered the Conservatoire de Paris at 14, a first-prize there leading to her professional debut at the Comedie-Francais as Dorine in Moliere’s “Tartuffe” on August 24, […]

Jeanne Sorel (1913 - 2003)

Actress. Born in Egypt, she appeared in motion pictures and on television. She appeared in the films, “B.S. I Love You” (1971), “Prehistoric Women” (1950), “Only Yesterday” (1933), and “American Madness” (1932). She also appeared in such television shows as “Logan’s Run” (1977), “Medical Center” (1969 to 1976), “Bewitched” (1964 to 1972), and “The Monkees” […]

Jeanne-Claude (1935 - 2009)

Artist. She joined with her husband Christo to create numerous very large temporary (mostly) urban works of art. Born Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon in North Africa (she and her husband each used only their first names), she lived a somewhat vagabond childhood due to her mother’s several marriages. After education in France and Switzerland, she […]

Jeannette Batti (1921 - 2011)

Actress. She was seen in numerous French film and television features over a long career. Born Henriette Eugenie Genot, she made her silver screen bow as Lulu in 1945’s “The King of the Free Riders”. Jeannette eventually had roughly three dozen movie roles including Mona in the 1946 “Macadam”, Claudia in “Paris is Always Paris” […]

Jef Dillen (1970 - 1970)

Antiquarian and art-collector who had the astounding foresight to purchase the first copy of Rodin’s ‘the Thinker’ when Paris rejected it, to use as his own memorial. The same statue is on Rodin’s own grave in Meudon, France, but is a later copy.

Jeff Alm (1968 - 1993)

Jeff Alm (March 31, 1968 – December 14, 1993) was an American football player who played defensive tackle for the Houston Oilers of the National Football League. According to a witness, Jeff Alm and his best friend, Sean P. Lynch, had dinner at a Houston-area steakhouse on December 13, 1993. At 2:45 a.m. Central Standard Time […]

Jeff Buckley (1966 - 1997)

Jeff Buckley Musician. Born in Anaheim, California, he was a singer, songwriter, guitarist, whom emerged in New York City’s avant-garde club scene in the 1990’s. Signed to Columbia Records, he released his first album “At Sin-é” (1993) followed by his full-band album, “Grace” (1994). With the success of the albums, he went on an extensive […]

Jeff Chandler (1918 - 1961)

Actor, Singer. He is best remembered for playing the role of the legendary Native American Apache chief Cochise in “Broken Arrow” (1950), and for being one of Universal International’s most popular male stars of the decade, with his sex appeal, prematurely gray hair, and ruggedly handsome tanned features. Born Ira Grossel to a Jewish family, […]

Jeff Conaway (1950 - 2011)

Jeff Conaway was born in the New York City borough of Manhattan and raised in the Astoria, Flushing, and Forest Hills neighborhoods of the borough Queens. His father, Charles, was an actor, producer and publisher. His mother, Helen, an actress who went by the stage name Mary Ann Brooks, taught music at New York City’s […]

Jeff Corey (1914 - 2002)

Jeff Corey was born Arthur Zwerling[citation needed] in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Mary (née Peskin) and Nathan Zwerling. He attended the Feagin School of Dramatic Art and took part in the New York Federal Theatre Project. He worked with Jules Dassin, Elia Kazan, John Randolph and other politically liberal theatrical personalities. Although he […]

Jeff Donnell (1921 - 1988)

Actress. Born Jean Marie Donnell she moved to Towson, Maryland with her parents and older sister when she was a toddler. She took dancing and piano lessons while in school and loved the “Mutt and Jeff” comic series so much that she adopted the name ‘Jeff’ as her nickname. After graduating in 1938 from Towson […]