Jean Peters (October 15, 1926) was an American actress, known as a star of 20th Century Fox in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and as the second wife of Howard Hughes.
Birth Name: Elizabeth Jean Peters
Hair: Light Brown
Eyes: Green
Height: 5' 5"
Quote: " My life with Howard Hughes was and shall remain a matter on which I will have no comment."
Peters acting career began in ernest when she was selected to replace Linda Darnell as the female lead in the hit film Captain from Castile (1947) opposite Tyrone Powe. For her second film, Deep Waters (1948), she was reunited with her director from Captain from Castile, Henry King. The film was not nearly as successful as Captain from Castile, but Peters was noticed. In early 1949 Peters signed on to play Ray Milland's love interest in It Happens Every Spring (1949). She next starred alongside Paul Douglas in the period film Love That Brute (1950).
Due to her insistence, Peters was given the title role in Anne of the Indies (1951), which the press declared was the film that finally brought her stardom. Before its release, she was cast in Viva Zapata! (1952) opposite Marlon Brando. Also in 1951, Peters had her first collaboration with Marilyn Monroe, when they had secondary roles in As Young as You Feel.
In 1953 the director Samuel Fuller chose Peters over Marilyn Monroe for the part of Candy in Pickup on South Street.
Peters and Marilyn Monroe starred together in another 1953 film noir, Niagara, also starring Joseph Cotten. In Niagara, Peters replaced Anne Baxter, with whom she co-starred in the anthology film O. Henry's Full House (1952). Peters' third film in 1953, A Blueprint for Murder, reunited her with Joseph Cotten.
In 1953 she also starred in the film noir Vicki. The writer Leo Townsend bought the story of the film, a remake of I Wake Up Screaming, as a vehicle for Peters.
Next, Peters was assigned to the film Three Coins in the Fountain (1954), which was shot on location in late 1953
Other 1954 films co-starring Peters were the westerns Apache and Broken Lance. Although Broken Lance did not attract much attention, she was critically acclaimed for her performance in Apache.
Peters' next (and ultimately final) film was A Man Called Peter (1955), in which she played Catherine Marshall, the wife of Peter Marshall, a Presbyterian minister and Chaplain of the United States Senate. Deciding she had had enough, Peters left Fox to focus on her private life.
Peters died of leukemia on October 13, 2000 in Carlsbad, California, two days before her 74th birthday.
Birth Name: Elizabeth Jean PetersHair: Light Brown
Eyes: Green
Height: 5' 5"
Quote: " My life with Howard Hughes was and shall remain a matter on which I will have no comment."
Peters acting career began in ernest when she was selected to replace Linda Darnell as the female lead in the hit film Captain from Castile (1947) opposite Tyrone Powe. For her second film, Deep Waters (1948), she was reunited with her director from Captain from Castile, Henry King. The film was not nearly as successful as Captain from Castile, but Peters was noticed. In early 1949 Peters signed on to play Ray Milland's love interest in It Happens Every Spring (1949). She next starred alongside Paul Douglas in the period film Love That Brute (1950).
Due to her insistence, Peters was given the title role in Anne of the Indies (1951), which the press declared was the film that finally brought her stardom. Before its release, she was cast in Viva Zapata! (1952) opposite Marlon Brando. Also in 1951, Peters had her first collaboration with Marilyn Monroe, when they had secondary roles in As Young as You Feel.
In 1953 the director Samuel Fuller chose Peters over Marilyn Monroe for the part of Candy in Pickup on South Street.
Peters and Marilyn Monroe starred together in another 1953 film noir, Niagara, also starring Joseph Cotten. In Niagara, Peters replaced Anne Baxter, with whom she co-starred in the anthology film O. Henry's Full House (1952). Peters' third film in 1953, A Blueprint for Murder, reunited her with Joseph Cotten.
In 1953 she also starred in the film noir Vicki. The writer Leo Townsend bought the story of the film, a remake of I Wake Up Screaming, as a vehicle for Peters.
Next, Peters was assigned to the film Three Coins in the Fountain (1954), which was shot on location in late 1953
Other 1954 films co-starring Peters were the westerns Apache and Broken Lance. Although Broken Lance did not attract much attention, she was critically acclaimed for her performance in Apache.
Peters' next (and ultimately final) film was A Man Called Peter (1955), in which she played Catherine Marshall, the wife of Peter Marshall, a Presbyterian minister and Chaplain of the United States Senate. Deciding she had had enough, Peters left Fox to focus on her private life.
Peters died of leukemia on October 13, 2000 in Carlsbad, California, two days before her 74th birthday.
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