Isabel Jewell (July , â€" April , ) was an American actress most
active in the s and early s. Some of her most famous films were
Ceiling Zero, Marked Woman, A Tale of Two Cities, and Gone with the
Wind.Born in Shoshoni, Wyoming, on July , , Jewell was the daughter
of Emory Lee Jewell and Livia A. Willoughby Jewell. Her father was "a
prominent ... doctor and medical researcher." She was educated at St.
Mary's Academy in Minnesota and at Hamilton College in Kentucky.After
years in theater stock companies, including an -week stint in Lincoln,
Nebraska, she hit the big time after getting a part on Broadway in Up
Pops the Devil (). She received glowing critical reviews for Blessed
Event () as well.Jewell's film debut came in Blessed Event (). She had
been brought to Hollywood by Warner Brothers for the film version of
Up Pops the Devil. Jewell gained other supporting roles, appearing in
a variety of films in the early s. She played stereotypical gangsters'
women in such films as Manhattan Melodrama () and Marked Woman (). She
was well-received playing against type as the seamstress sentenced to
death on the guillotine along with Sydney Carton (Ronald Colman in A
Tale of Two Cities (). Her most significant role was Sally Bates in
She Had to Choose. Jewell's films included Gone with the Wind () (in
the role of "that white trash, Emmy Slattery"), Northwest Passage (),
High Sierra (), and the low-budget The Leopard Man ().
active in the s and early s. Some of her most famous films were
Ceiling Zero, Marked Woman, A Tale of Two Cities, and Gone with the
Wind.Born in Shoshoni, Wyoming, on July , , Jewell was the daughter
of Emory Lee Jewell and Livia A. Willoughby Jewell. Her father was "a
prominent ... doctor and medical researcher." She was educated at St.
Mary's Academy in Minnesota and at Hamilton College in Kentucky.After
years in theater stock companies, including an -week stint in Lincoln,
Nebraska, she hit the big time after getting a part on Broadway in Up
Pops the Devil (). She received glowing critical reviews for Blessed
Event () as well.Jewell's film debut came in Blessed Event (). She had
been brought to Hollywood by Warner Brothers for the film version of
Up Pops the Devil. Jewell gained other supporting roles, appearing in
a variety of films in the early s. She played stereotypical gangsters'
women in such films as Manhattan Melodrama () and Marked Woman (). She
was well-received playing against type as the seamstress sentenced to
death on the guillotine along with Sydney Carton (Ronald Colman in A
Tale of Two Cities (). Her most significant role was Sally Bates in
She Had to Choose. Jewell's films included Gone with the Wind () (in
the role of "that white trash, Emmy Slattery"), Northwest Passage (),
High Sierra (), and the low-budget The Leopard Man ().
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