Jeanne Crain Overview:

Legendary actress, Jeanne Crain, was born Jeanne Elizabeth Crain on May 25, 1925 in Barstow, CA. Crain died at the age of 78 on Dec 14, 2003 in Santa Barbara, CA and was laid to rest in Santa Barbara Cemetery in Santa Barbara, CA.

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although Crain was nominated for one Oscar, she never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1949Best ActressPinky (1949)PinkyNominated
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Jeanne Crain's handprints and footprints were 'set in stone' at Grauman's Chinese Theater during imprint ceremony #86 on Oct 17, 1949.

Jeanne Crain BlogHub Articles:

Technicolor Noir: “Leave Her to Heaven” starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, and Jeanne Crain

By Stephen Reginald on Sep 25, 2024 From Classic Movie Man

Technicolor Noir: “Leave Her to Heaven” starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, and Jeanne Crain Leave Her to Heaven (1945) is a Technicolor film noir directed by John Stahl, produced by William A. Bacher and Darryl F. Zanuck, and starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, and Jeanne Crain. ... Read full article


Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, and Ann Sothern receive “A Letter to Three Wives”

By Stephen Reginald on Sep 10, 2024 From Classic Movie Man

Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, and Ann Sothern receive “A Letter to Three Wives” A Letter to Three Wives (1949) is an American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, and Ann Sothern. The supporting cast includes Kirk Dougl... Read full article


Jeanne Crain in her big starring moment as "Margie"

By Stephen Reginald on Aug 20, 2024 From Classic Movie Man

Jeanne Crain in her big starring moment as "Margie" In 1943 at 18, Jeanne Crain was under contract with 20th Century Fox. She had a small part in the Alice Faye musical The Gang's All Here. The next year she played the love interest of Lon McCallister in Home in Indiana also starring Walter Bre... Read full article


Summer Under the Stars 2024: Day Twenty – Jeanne Crain

By shadowsandsatin on Aug 19, 2024 From Shadows and Satin

?Day 20 of Summer Under the Stars features Jeanne Crain, who I happened to have watched in Vicki (1953) just yesterday while preparing my post for the (Aaron) Spellingverse Blogathon. Unfortunately, Vicki isn?t one of the films airing on Crain Day, but you can see features like The Tattered Dress (1... Read full article


Happy Thanksgiving from Jeanne Crain, Paul Brinkman and the Classic Movie Man

By Stephen Reginald on Nov 23, 2023 From Classic Movie Man

Happy Thanksgiving from Jeanne Crain, Paul Brinkman and the Classic Movie Man I want to believe that Jeanne actually made that turkey. Jeanne Crain and her husband Paul Brinkman, an Errol Flynn look-alike if there ever was one. Posted by Stephen Reginald at 9:05 AM ... Read full article


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Jeanne Crain Quotes:

Connie Jones: Dreams? I'm having nightmares in CinemaScope!


Melissa Frake: I don't know what's gotten into you lately. All you do is sit around and mope.
Margy Frake: I don't sit around and mope.


Margy Frake: Ohh... but the house you live in...
Harry Ware: It's got to be the same. No old clapboard shingle business. There is a new kind of plastic, pre-fabricated job. I want you to see it at the catalog home.
Margy Frake: Is it pretty?
Harry Ware: Sure, but whats more important it's termite proof. Wait 'til you see it, they tell you how to furnish it too. No rugs or carpets, there just dust collecters... Linolium through the whole house, wait until you see the pictures, it's sleek and smooth easy to keep clean... well it's like every room in the house was a Bathroom!
Margy Frake: Sounds real cozy...


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Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 108-109. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.

Played a character named Deborah in two Joseph L. Mankiewicz films: A Letter to Three Wives (1949) and People Will Talk (1951). Mankiewicz, who did not particularly care for Crain, once remarked, "I don't like the name Deborah, and I don't like Jeanne Crain."

Won the "Miss Camera Girl of 1942" title in Long Beach, Florida, and given a contract by Fox.

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