AKA: Phylis Isley, Phylis Walker, Phylis Lee Isley, Jennifer Jones Simon
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 03/02/1919
Birthplace: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
biography
A fey, wistful brunette leading lady, Oklahoma-born Jennifer Jones became the protege of producer David O. Selznick in the early 1940s and married him in 1949 after her divorce from actor Robert Walker. Selznick took control of her career and ensured her appearances in prestige productions by leading directors. Although she had appeared in a pair of Republic Pictures programmers under her birth name of Phylis Isley in the 1930s, the actress was re-invented by Selznick and given the new moniker. She achieved stardom as the visionary title character in "The Song of Bernadette" (1943), for which
