Jeanne Crain (1925-2003) - The lovely heroine of Pinky and State fair

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.