
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
September 15, 1891
Died
September 4, 1985 (age 93)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Isabel Jeans
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Isabel Jeans (16 September 1891 – 4 September 1985) was an English stage and film actress.
She played a couple of major roles in two Alfred Hitchcock silent films, Downhill (1927) and Easy Virtue (1928), before playing a number of grande dames in Hollywood films, such as Hitchcock's Suspicion (1941) and Gigi (1958). In 1968 she played Lady Bracknell in Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest at London's Theatre Royal Haymarket, which ran for nine months to packed houses. Other members of the cast were Pauline Collins, Daniel Massey, Helen Weir, Robert Eddison and Dame Flora Robson.
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Known For

Film
Easy Virtue
Larita Filton
1928

Film
Gigi
Aunt Alicia
1958

Film
Suspicion
Mrs. Newsham
1941

TV
Lord Peter Wimsey
Dowager Duchess
1972

Film
Breakdowns of 1938
Paula (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938

Film
Great Day
Lady Mott
1945

Film
Heavens Above!
Lady Despard
1963

Film
The Magic Christian
Dame Agnes Grand
1969

Film
Garden of the Moon
Mrs. Lornay
1938

Film
The Dictator
Von Eyben
1935

Film
A Breath of Scandal
Princess Eugénie
1960

Film
Secrets of an Actress
Miss Marian Plantagenet
1938

Film
Downhill
Julia
1927

Film
Hard to Get
Mrs. Henny Richards
1938

Film
It Happened in Rome
Cynthia
1957

Film
Man About Town
Mme. Dubois
1939

Film
Victoria Regina
Mistress of the Robes
1961

Film
Tovarich
Fermonde Dupont
1937

Film
Fools for Scandal
Lady Paula Malverton
1938

Film
Banana Ridge
Sue Long
1942
Filmography
1972TVLord Peter Wimseyas Dowager Duchess1969FilmThe Magic Christianas Dame Agnes Grand1963FilmHeavens Above!as Lady Despard1961FilmVictoria Reginaas Mistress of the Robes1960FilmA Breath of Scandalas Princess Eugénie1958FilmGigias Aunt Alicia1957FilmIt Happened in Romeas Cynthia1948FilmElizabeth of Ladymeadas Mother in 19031945FilmGreat Dayas Lady Mott1942FilmBanana Ridgeas Sue Long1941FilmSuspicionas Mrs. Newsham1939FilmMan About Townas Mme. Dubois1939FilmGood Girls Go to Parisas Caroline Brand1938FilmBreakdowns of 1938as Paula (archive footage) (uncredited)1938FilmHard to Getas Mrs. Henny Richards1938FilmGarden of the Moonas Mrs. Lornay1938FilmYouth Takes a Flingas Mrs. Merrivale1938FilmSecrets of an Actressas Miss Marian Plantagenet1938FilmFools for Scandalas Lady Paula Malverton1937FilmTovarichas Fermonde Dupont1935FilmThe Crouching Beastas The Pellegrini1935FilmThe Dictatoras Von Eyben1934FilmRolling in Moneyas Duchess of Braceborough1932FilmSally Bishopas Dolly Durlacher1929FilmThe Return of the Ratas Zélia de Chaumet Boucheron1928FilmFurther Adventures of the Flag Lieutenantas Pauline Alexander1928FilmEasy Virtueas Larita Filton1927FilmDownhillas Julia1926FilmThe Triumph of the Ratas Zelie1926FilmWindsor Castle1925FilmThe Ratas Zelie de Chaumet