Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, born Phylis Lee Isley (March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009)She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Song of Bernadette (1943), and was also nominated for her performances in four other films. She was married three times, including actor Robert Walker and film producer David O. Selznick. Jones appeared in a wide range of roles selected by Selznick. Her dark beauty and sensitive nature appealed to audiences and she projected a variable range, shown in Duel in the Sun (1946), Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955), and A Farewell to Arms (1957), among other films. After Selznick's death in 1965, Jones married industrialist Norton Simon and went into semi-retirement. She made her final film appearance in The Towering Inferno (1974). Jones suffered from mental health problems during her life and survived a 1966 suicide attempt in which she jumped from a cliff in Malibu Beach. After her own daughter committed suicide in 1976, Jones became profoundly interested in mental health education. In 1980, she founded the Jennifer Jones Simon Foundation for Mental Health and Education. She died at age 90 on December 17, 2009 of natural causes.
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