Jean Hazlewood
Screenwriter, Film writer
1916 – 1997
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Who was Jean Hazlewood?
Ora Jean Hazlewood was an American screenwriter, and wife of actor Richard Widmark for 55 years. They met while they were both attending Lake Forest College.
She adapted the Alistair MacLean novel The Secret Ways for the 1961 film version.
Hazlewood married Widmark on April 5, 1942. They had a daughter, Anne Heath Widmark, who later married baseball legend Sandy Koufax in January 1969, divorcing in 1982.
Jean Hazlewood died of Alzheimer's disease in Santa Barbara, California, at the age of 80.
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- Born
- Aug 4, 1916
Illinois - Also known as
- Ora Jean Hazlewood
- Spouses
- Richard Widmark
(1942/04/05 - 1997/03/02)
- Richard Widmark
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Lake Forest College
- Died
- Mar 2, 1997
Santa Barbara
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on July 23, 2013
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