Jennifer Jones (March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009) was an American actress. A five-time Academy Award nominee, Jones won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Song of Bernadette
Death of Jennifer Jones
Jones enjoyed a quiet retirement in Southern California close to her son. She granted no interviews and rarely appeared in public. She died of natural causes at her home on December 17, 2009, aged 90
Jones married Selznick on July 13, 1949, a union which lasted until his death on June 22, 1965. After his death, she semi-retired from acting. According to media reports, Jones attempted suicide in November 1967 by jumping off a cliff; she was hospitalized in a coma before eventually recovering. Her daughter, Mary Jennifer Selznick (1954–1976), committed suicide by jumping from a 20th-floor window on May 11, 1976. This led to Jones’ interest in mental health issues.
Jennifer Jones
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| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1939 | New Frontier | Celia Braddock |
| Dick Tracy’s G-Men | Gwen Andrews | |
| 1943 | The Song of Bernadette | Bernadette Soubirous |
| 1944 | Since You Went Away | Jane Deborah Hilton |
| 1945 | Love Letters | Singleton/Victoria Morland |
| 1946 | Cluny Brown | Cluny Brown |
| Duel in the Sun | Pearl Chavez | |
| 1948 | Portrait of Jennie | Jennie Appleton |
| 1949 | We Were Strangers | China Valdés |
| Madame Bovary | Emma Bovary | |
| Gone to Earth | Hazel Woodus | |
| 1952 | Carrie | Carrie Meeber |
| Ruby Gentry | Ruby Gentry | |
| 1953 | Beat the Devil | Mrs. Gwendolen Chelm |
| 1954 | Indiscretion of an American Wife | Mary Forbes |
| 1955 | 0Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | Dr. Han Suyin |
| Good Morning Miss Dove | Miss Dove | |
| 1956 | The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit | Betsy Rath |
| 1957 | The Barretts of Wimpole Street | Elizabeth Barrett |
| A Farewell to Arms | Catherine Barkley | |
| 1962 | Tender Is the Night | Nicole Diver |
| 1965 | The Idol | Carol |
| 1969 | Angel, Angel, Down We Go | Astrid Steele |
| 1974 | The Towering Inferno | Lisolette Mueller |