Fast Facts:
Birth name: Jeanne Elizabeth Crain
Nick name: Hollywood's number one party girl
Birth date, place: 25 May 1925, Barstow, California, USA
Death date, place: 14 December 2003, Santa Barbara, California, USA
Height: 5'4"
Religion: Roman Catholic
Spouse: Paul Brinkman (stage name: Brooks) (1945-2003)
Children: Paul F. Brinkman Jr., Michael, Timothy, Jeanine, Lisabette, Maria, Christopher
Did you know:
Won the Miss Camera Girl of 1942 title in Long Beach, Florida and given a contract by Fox Studios.
FILMOGRAPHY:
Home in Indiana 1944, dir: Henry Hathaway
In the meantime, darling 1944, dir: Otto Preminger
Winged victory 1944, dir: George Cukor
State fair 1945, dir: Walter Lang
Leave her to heaven 1945, John M. Stahl
Centennial summer 1946, dir: Otto Preminger
Margie 1946, dir: Henry King
You were meant for me 1948, dir: Lloyd Bacon
Apartment for Peggy 1948, dir: George Seaton
A letter to three wives 1949, dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
The fan 1949, dir: Otto Preminger
Pinky 1949, dir: Elia Kazan
Cheaper by the dozen 1950, dir: Walter Lang
Take care of my little girl 1951, dir: Jean Negulesco
People will talk 1951, dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
The model and the marriage broker 1951, dir: George Cukor
Belles on their toes 1952, dir: Henry Levin
O. Henry's Full house 1952, dir: Henry Hathaway, Howard Hawks, Henry King, Henry Koster, Jean Negulesco
Dangerous crossing 1953, dir: Joseph M. Newman
Vicki 1953, dir: Harry Horner
City of bad men 1953, dir: Harmon Jones
Duel in the jungle 1954, dir: George Marshall
Man without a star 1955, dir: King Vidor
Gentlemen marry brunettes 1955, dir: Richard Sale
The second greatest sex 1955, dir: George Marshall
The fastest gun alive 1956, dir: Russell Rouse
The tattered dress 1957, dir: Jack Arnold
The joker is wild 1957, dir: Charles Vidor
Meet me in St. Louis 1959, dir: George Schaefer - TV movie
Guns of the Timberland 1960, dir: Robert D. Webb
Twenty plus two 1961, dir: Joseph M. Newman
Nefertiti, regina del Nilo (Nefertiti, queen of the Nile) 1961, dir: Fernando Cerchio
Madison Avenue 1962, dir: H. Bruce Humberstone
Ponzio Pilato (Pontius Pilate) 1962, dir: Gian Paolo Callegari, Irving Rapper
Col ferro e col fuoco (Daggers of blood) 1963, dir: Fernando Cerchio
Hot rods to hell 1967, dir: John Brahm
The night God screamed 1971, dir: Lee Madden
Skyjacked 1972, dir: John Guillermin
QUOTES:
I loved being at the studio [20th Century-Fox]. After all, I started at 15, and I grew up there. But there comes a time when an actress stays too long in the same place. People get used to having you around, and they can't think of you in a different light.
