Jean Kent

Jean Kent

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jean Kent (29 June 1921 - 30 November 2013) was a British film actress. She signed to Gainsborough Pictures during the Second World War. Kent's first good role in Two Thousand Women (1944), playing a stripper who is interned by the Germans. She was a Pacific Islander in Bees in Paradise (1944) with Arthur Askey and was the ingenue in a Tommy Trinder musical Champagne Charlie (1944). The turning point in her career came when she was given a dramatic part in the Gainsborough melodrama film Fanny by Gaslight (1944). The movie established Kent as Gainsborough's backup to Margaret Lockwood. Kent played another sexually aggressive girl in Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945) with Calvert and Granger. It was a big hit. Rank borrowed her to support Rex Harrison in The Rake's Progress (1945). Kent continued to have success in films. Her favorite film was musical Trottie True (1949) where she played the lead. Kent's film appearances grew less frequent from the mid 1950s onward. She had support roles in The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) and Bonjour Tristesse (1958) and a good part in the horror film The Haunted Strangler (1959). She was in the comedy Please Turn Over (1959) and the thriller Beyond This Place (1959). She was one of several female stars in Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons (1960) with George Sanders. Kent was married to Austrian actor Josef Ramart from 1946 until his death in 1989, aged 70. They met on the set of Caravan. Actor Stewart Granger was the best man at their wedding. They appeared together in the films Caravan and Trottie True. Kent made her last public appearance in June 2011, when she was honoured by the British Film Institute on her 90th birthday. Kent died in the West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St. Edmunds on 30 November 2013, following a fall at her home in Westhorpe. The coroner recorded a narrative verdict that Kent died from accidental injuries and that cardiac disease may have contributed to a fall. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Kent, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Brixton, London, England, UK
    Birthday
    29 June 1921
Bonjour Tristesse
Bonjour Tristesse
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The Prince and the Showgirl
The Prince and the Showgirl
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The Woman in Question
The Woman in Question
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Missing Persons
Missing Persons
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Champagne Charlie
Champagne Charlie
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The Big Frame
The Big Frame
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The Browning Version
The Browning Version
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Please Turn Over
Please Turn Over
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Before I Wake
Before I Wake
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Good-Time Girl
Good-Time Girl
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Grip of the Strangler
Grip of the Strangler
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Fanny by Gaslight
Fanny by Gaslight
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Web of Evidence
Web of Evidence
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The Rake's Progress
The Rake's Progress
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The Magic Bow
The Magic Bow
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Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons
Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons
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Bond Street
Bond Street
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Carnival
Carnival
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The Loves of Joanna Godden
The Loves of Joanna Godden
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Sleeping Car to Trieste
Sleeping Car to Trieste
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Shout at the Devil
Shout at the Devil
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Trottie True
Trottie True
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Caravan
Caravan
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Max Miller: I Like The Girls Who Do
Max Miller: I Like The Girls Who Do
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The Reluctant Widow
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The Wicked Lady
The Wicked Lady
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Warn That Man
Warn That Man
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It's That Man Again
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The Man Within
The Man Within
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Her Favourite Husband
Her Favourite Husband
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Two Thousand Women
Two Thousand Women
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Bees in Paradise
Bees in Paradise
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Waterloo Road
Waterloo Road
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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
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Madonna of the Seven Moons
Madonna of the Seven Moons
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Miss London Ltd.
Miss London Ltd.
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Soldier, Sailor
Soldier, Sailor
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K Is for Killing
K Is for Killing
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