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Jean Peters

Highest Rated: 93% Pickup on South Street (1953)

Lowest Rated: 56% Viva Zapata! (1952)

Birthday: Oct 15, 1926

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Birthplace: Canton, Ohio, USA

One of many photogenic young women recruited by Hollywood during the 1940s, Jean Peters jumped right into lead roles her first time out via the Technicolor epic "Captain from Castile" (1947). Gifted with the sort of face that prompted studio executives to offer instant movie contracts, Peters was never very comfortable with the sort of beauty queen image Fox wanted and was essentially a tomboy off-screen. While Peters often expressed disdain for the parts Fox assigned, she was almost invariably able to fulfill their requirements and registered favorably in pictures as varied as the comedic "It Happens Every Spring" (1949), Elia Kazan's superb biopic "Viva Zapata!" (1952), the film noir classic "Pickup on South Street" (1953), and the picturesque romantic drama "Three Coins in the Fountain" (1954). Ultimately, however, she decided to retire from acting in the mid-1950s at the young age of 29, despite having many more viable years as a leading lady. She eventually resurfaced after more than two decades out of the spotlight, but only appeared in a handful of television projects before retreating back into private life.

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Highest rated movies

93% 89% Pickup on South Street
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88% 66% It Happens Every Spring
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86% 62% Broken Lance
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78% 69% Niagara Watchlist
64% 45% Apache
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60% 85% A Man Called Peter
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60% 44% Three Coins in the Fountain
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56% 76% Viva Zapata!
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The Moneychangers
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62% A Blueprint for Murder
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Filmography

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No Score Yet No Score Yet The Moneychangers Beatrice Heyward (Character) - 1976
60% 85% A Man Called Peter Catherine Wood Marshall (Character) - 1955
86% 62% Broken Lance Barbara (Character) - 1954
64% 45% Apache Nalinle (Character) - 1954
60% 44% Three Coins in the Fountain Anita Hutchins (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 62% A Blueprint for Murder Lynn Cameron (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 39% Vicki Vicki Lynn (Character) - 1953
93% 89% Pickup on South Street Candy (Character) - 1953
78% 69% Niagara Polly Cutler (Character) - 1953
56% 76% Viva Zapata! Josefa Zapata (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 68% O. Henry's Full House Susan Goodwin (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lure of the Wilderness Laurie Harper (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wait 'Til the Sun Shines, Nellie Nellie Halper (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 55% Anne of the Indies Captain Anne Providence (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 50% As Young as You Feel Alice Hodges (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love That Brute Ruth Manning (Character) - 1950
88% 66% It Happens Every Spring Deborah Greenleaf (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Deep Waters Ann Freeman (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 60% Captain From Castile Catana Perez (Character) - 1947

TV

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No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Siobhan O'Dea (Guest Star) 1988