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Isabel Jeans

1891-09-15 – 1985-09-04 (age 93) London, England, UK
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Biography

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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

Suspicion
Suspicion

1941

as Mrs. Newsham

Gigi
Gigi

1958

as Aunt Alicia

Heavens Above!
Heavens Above!

1963

as Lady Despard

The Magic Christian
The Magic Christian

1969

as Dame Agnes Grand

Victoria Regina
Victoria Regina

1961

as Mistress of the Robes

A Breath of Scandal
A Breath of Scandal

1960

as Princess Eugénie

Easy Virtue
Easy Virtue

1928

as Larita Filton

It Happened in Rome
It Happened in Rome

1957

as Cynthia

Downhill
Downhill

1927

as Julia

Tovarich
Tovarich

1937

as Fermonde Dupont

Breakdowns of 1938
Breakdowns of 1938

1938

as Paula (archive footage) (uncredited)

Good Girls Go to Paris
Good Girls Go to Paris

1939

as Caroline Brand

Great Day
Great Day

1945

as Lady Mott

Further Adventures of the Flag Lieutenant
Hard to Get
Hard to Get

1938

as Mrs. Henny Richards

The Dictator
The Dictator

1935

as Von Eyben

Youth Takes a Fling
Youth Takes a Fling

1938

as Mrs. Merrivale

Man About Town
Man About Town

1939

as Mme. Dubois

Garden of the Moon
Garden of the Moon

1938

as Mrs. Lornay

Banana Ridge
Banana Ridge

1942

as Sue Long