Jennifer Jones
- Original name:
- Phylis Lee Isley
- Died:
- December 17, 2009, Malibu, California (aged 90)
- Awards And Honors:
- Academy Award (1944)
- Academy Award (1944): Actress in a Leading Role
- Golden Globe Award (1944): Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Notable Family Members:
- spouse David O. Selznick
- Married To:
- Norton Simon (1971–1993 [his death])
- Robert Walker (1939–1945)
- David O. Selznick (1949–1965 [his death])
- Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In):
- "Duel in the Sun" (1946)
- "Since You Went Away" (1944)
- "The Wild Heart" (1952)
- "The Song of Bernadette" (1943)
- "The Idol" (1966)
- "Cluny Brown" (1946)
- "New Frontier" (1939)
- "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" (1955)
- "Good Morning, Miss Dove" (1955)
- "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" (1957)
- "Gone to Earth" (1950)
- "We Were Strangers" (1949)
- "Love Letters" (1945)
- "Angel, Angel, Down We Go" (1969)
- "Beat the Devil" (1953)
- "Madame Bovary" (1949)
- "Tender Is the Night" (1962)
- "Portrait of Jennie" (1948)
- "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit" (1956)
- "The Towering Inferno" (1974)
- "Stazione Termini" (1953)
- "Dick Tracy's G-Men" (1939)
- "Ruby Gentry" (1952)
- "A Farewell to Arms" (1957)
- "Carrie" (1952)
Jennifer Jones (born March 2, 1919, Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.—died December 17, 2009, Malibu, California) was an American film actress known for her performances in roles that alternated between fresh-faced naifs and tempestuous vixens.
Jones attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, and after appearing in a series of bit movie parts, she landed an audition with Hollywood mogul David O. Selznick, She was cast in her first leading role in The Song of Bernadette (1943). Her intense and sincere portrayal of a French peasant girl (St. Bernadette of Lourdes) earned Jones an Academy Award. She later received Oscar nominations for her work in Since You Went Away (1944), Love Letters (1945), Duel in the Sun (1946), and Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955). Much of her career was molded by Selznick, whom she married in 1949 (she had divorced actor Robert Walker in 1945). After Selznick’s death in 1965, she retreated from acting, appearing in only three more films; her last movie was The Towering Inferno (1974). In later years she oversaw the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California, which bore the name of her third husband.