Jeanne Crain was born in Barstow, California, on May 25, 1925. The daughter of a high school English teacher and his wife, Jeanne was moved to Los Angeles not long after her birth after her father got another teaching position in that city. While in junior high school, Jeanne played the lead in a school production which set her on the path to ...
December 14, 2003, Santa Barbara, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Barstow, California, USA
Height
5' 4" (1.63 m)
Profession
Actress, Soundtrack
Education
Inglewood High School
Nationality
American
Spouse
Paul Brinkman (m. 1945–2003)
Children
Paul F. Brinkman Jr., Lisabette Brinkman
Parents
Loretta Carr, George A. Crain
Nominations
Academy Award for Best Actress
Movies
Pinky, A Letter to Three Wives, Leave Her to Heaven, State Fair, People Will Talk, Margie, Home in Indiana, Cheaper by the Dozen, In the Meantime, Darling, Man Without a Star, Apartment for Peggy, The Joker Is Wild, The Fastest Gun Alive, Centennial Summer, Belles on Their Toes, The Model and the Ma...
Star Sign
Gemini
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Quote
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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.
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Fact
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Was pregnant with her second child (son Michael) during the filming of A Letter to Three Wives (1949).
Her youngest child, son Christopher Brinkman, was the original lead guitarist for the rock group Jane's Addiction (1985-1986). He died of a drug overdose in 1997.
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Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 108-109. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.
In the book "More About All About Eve", Joseph L. Mankiewicz states in an interview that the studio wanted her for the part of Eve Harrington, but he refused to cast her, saying she was a pretty and hard-working young woman, but not much of an actress.
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Played a character named Deborah in two Joseph L. Mankiewicz films: A Letter to Three Wives (1949) and People Will Talk (1951). Mankiewicz, who did not particularly care for Crain, once remarked, "I don't like the name Deborah, and I don't like Jeanne Crain."
In her retirement years, she and her husband spent most of their time working at two of their ranches.
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Two of her children, Michael and Christopher, died before she did.
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By the time she left Fox studios in 1956, she was making $3,500 a week (equivalent to $30,000 a week in 2014).
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Won the "Miss Camera Girl of 1942" title in Long Beach, Florida, and given a contract by Fox.
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On the eve of their 11th anniversary, the couple reconciled, but the marriage remained rocky for some time (30 December 1956).
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On Aug. 6, 1956, she obtained an interlocutory divorce decree, each spouse claiming the other has been unfaithful. She also claimed Brooks had been abusive.
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Children with Paul Brooks: Paul Brinkman (b. 6 April 1947), Michael (b. 21 January 1949), Timothy (b. 2 August 1950), Jeanine (b. 5 March 1952), Lisabette (b. 21 November 1958), Maria (b. 10 January 1961), Christopher (b. 5 May 1965).
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Long-time husband Paul Brooks was an RKO contract player at one time, briefly appearing in Those Endearing Young Charms (1945). His real name was Paul Brinkmnan, and he gave up his acting career to become a highly successful businessman.
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Devoutly Catholic mother of 7.seven.
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Although frequently cast in musicals, she herself was not a singer. Louanne Hogan was specifically under contract so that she could dub the singing in all her musicals.
performer: "My Funny Valentine", "You're Driving Me Crazy", "I Wanna Be Loved by You", "Daddy", "Ain't Misbehavin'"
The Second Greatest Sex
1955
performer: "LYSISTRATA"
Belles on Their Toes
1952
performer: "Lazy", "Love's Old Sweet Song Just a Song at Twilight", "Beans, Beans, Beans", "Doin' the Raccoon", "Sweet Georgia Brown", "When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose"
Apartment for Peggy
1948
performer: "I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls" - uncredited
Margie
1946
performer: "I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS", "APRIL SHOWERS"
Centennial Summer
1946
performer: "The Right Romance", "Up with the Lark", "All Through the Day", "In Love in Vain" - uncredited
State Fair
1945
"THAT'S FOR ME" / performer: "IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING", "IT'S A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Merv Griffin Show
1973
TV Series
Herself
The Virginia Graham Show
1971
TV Series
Herself
The Irv Kupcinet Show
1970
TV Series
Herself
The Movie Game
1969
TV Series
Herself - Guest
You Don't Say
1964
TV Series
Herself
Stump the Stars
1963
TV Series
Herself - Guest Panelist
Celebrity Talent Scouts
1960
TV Series
Herself
I've Got a Secret
1959
TV Series
Herself
What's My Line?
1954-1959
TV Series
Herself - Mystery Guest
You Bet Your Life
1957
TV Series
Herself - 1958 DeSoto Ad / Herself - 1957 DeSoto Ad
$17 Million
