Jean Peters

Actor, Film actor

1926 – 2000

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Who was Jean Peters?

Jean Peters 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. Although possibly best remembered for her siren role in Pickup on South Street, Peters was known for her resistance to being turned into a sex symbol. She preferred to play unglamorous, down-to-earth women.

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Born
Oct 15, 1926
East Canton
Also known as
  • Elizabeth Jean Peters
  • jean_peters
Parents
Spouses
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Ohio State University
  • University of Michigan
  • East Canton High School
Lived in
  • Canton
Died
Oct 13, 2000
Carlsbad

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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