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Isabel Jewell
from the trailer for The Casino Murder Case (1935).
Born	July 19, 1907(1907-07-19) Shoshoni, Wyoming, USA
Died	April 5, 1972 (aged 64) Los Angeles, California, USA
Other name(s)	Isabel Jewel Isobel Jewell
Years active	1932–1972
Spouse(s)	Paul Marion (divorced) Owen Crump (divorced)

Isabel Jewell (July 19, 1907 - April 5, 1972) was an American film actress most active in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Early life and career

Born in Shoshoni, Fremont County, Wyoming, Jewell was a Broadway actress who achieved immediate success and glowing critical reviews in two productions, Up Pops the Devil (1930) and Blessed Event (1932).

She was brought to Hollywood for the film version of the latter, by Warner. Jewell appeared in a variety of supporting roles during the early 1930s. She played stereotypical gangster's women in such films as Manhattan Melodrama (1934) and Marked Woman (1937).

She was well received playing against type, as a seamstress sentenced to death on the guillotine, in A Tale of Two Cities (1935).

Her most significant role was as the prostitute Gloria Stone in Lost Horizon (1937).

In the mid-to late 1930s Jewell was seen at nightclubs with William Hopper (who appeared on Perry Mason and was the son of gossip columnist Hedda Hopper and stage star DeWolf Hopper), but she never married.

Jewell's films included Gone with the Wind (1939) in the role of "that white trash, Emmy Slattery", Northwest Passage (1940), High Sierra (1941), and the low budget The Leopard Man (1943). By the end of the 1940s, her roles had reduced in significance to the degree that her performances were often uncredited, e.g. Men in White (1934 – scenes deleted).

By the end of her career, Jewell had appeared in more than one hundred films, between 1930 and 1971. She also performed in radio dramas in the 1950s, including This is Your FBI.

Isabel Jewell played opposite Edie Sedgwick in her biographical/drama CIAO, Manhattan, adapted by David Weismann. This was shortly before the death of both actresses.

Her final film was the B movie Sweet Kill (1973), the directorial debut of future Academy Award winner Curtis Hanson.

Death and legacy

Jewell died in Los Angeles, California, aged 64, from undisclosed causes.

Isabel Jewell was recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to motion pictures.

External links

• Isabel Jewell at the Internet Movie Database
• Isabel Jewell at the Internet Broadway Database
• Isabel Jewell at TV.com
• Isabel Jewell at Find a Grave