Jean Inness
Jean Inness | |
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| Born | Jean Spurney Inness December 18, 1900 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | December 27, 1978 (aged 78) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Bryn Mawr College |
| Occupations | Film, stage and television actress |
| Years active | 1920–1971 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2, including Jon Jory[1] |
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Jean Spurney Inness (December 18, 1900 – December 27, 1978) was an American film, stage and television actress. Inness played nurse Beatrice Fain in the American medical drama television series Dr. Kildare.[1][2]
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Inness was born in Cleveland, Ohio.[1] She attended Bryn Mawr College,[1] and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.[3] Inness began her career in 1920 touring Indianapolis and Cincinnati with the Stuart Walker Stock Company.[1] She also starred with Stewart Walker in productions of The Cradle Snatchers and An Ideal Husband.[3]
Inness performed for 34 weeks with the Denham Stock Company in Denver, Colorado, and for 26 weeks in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[3] She performed at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, with leading roles in stage plays including Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Stages and Death of a Salesman.[1] Her son Jon Jory was a stage director at the Actors Theatre of Louisville.[1] In 1928, Inness was cast in the lead role of the stage play The Jest at the Pasadena Playhouse.[3]
Inness played the title role in the 1940 production of Ramona, starring with Onslow Stevens.[4]
Inness began her screen career in 1942, appearing in the film Not a Ladies' Man.[5] She appeared on television programs including Gunsmoke, The Andy Griffith Show, Bonanza, The Twilight Zone, Wagon Train, The Virginian, The Big Valley and Rawhide.[1] Inness played Nurse Beatrice Fain in the medical drama television series Dr. Kildare.[1][2]
Death
[edit | edit source]Inness died in December 1978 at her home in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 78.[1]
Television
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Peter Gunn | Loretta Gymps | S1:E5, "The Frog" |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Carrie Hode | S1:E19, "Incident of the Dry Drive" |
| 1961 | Rawhide | Hattie | S4:E4, "Judgement at Hondo Seco" |
| 1962 | Wagon Train | Mrs Lathrop | S5:E21, “The Daniel Clay Story” |
| 1967 | Ironside | Dee Stowe | S1:E13, "The Past Is Prologue" |
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Jean Inness at IMDb
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- Rotten Tomatoes profile
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