Jean Carmen
{{Short description|American actress (1913–1993)}}
{{Distinguish|Jeanne Carmen|Julia H. Thayer}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Jean Carmen
|image = Jean Carmen (1934) by Robert W. Coburn.jpg
|caption = Carmen in 1934
|birthname = Jean Carmean[https://www.b-westerns.com/ladies20.htm Biography], b-westerns.com. Accessed July 20, 2023.
|birth_date={{Birth date|1913|4|7}}
|birth_place=Portland, Oregon, U.S.
|death_date={{Death date and age|1993|8|26|1913|4|7}}
|death_place=Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
|other_names = Julia Thayer
Jean Carmen Dillow
|occupation= Actress, director, writer
|spouse = Walter Lohman (1932 - 19??)
Barrett Collyer Dillow (c. 1949 - c. 1959/1960); divorced
|children = 1
}}
Jean Carmen (born Jean Carmean; April 7, 1913 – August 26, 1993) was an American film, stage, and radio actress. She sometimes went by the stage name Julia Thayer. In addition to her appearances in various films throughout the 1930s, Carmen starred on Broadway in the original production of The Man Who Came to Dinner, appearing as a replacement for the role of June Stanley. In her later career, Carmen wrote, directed, and produced the film The Pawn in 1966.
Biography
Born in Portland, Oregon on April 7, 1913, to John and Agnes Carmean,[https://www.b-westerns.com/ladies20.htm Biography], b-westerns.com. Accessed July 20, 2023. she had two siblings.
Jean Carmen (she altered her surname) was selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1934, the last year they were named.{{cite web
|last = Wollstein
|first = Hans J.
|title = WAMPAS Baby Stars
|url = http://www.b-westerns.com/ladies88.htm
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|accessdate = May 27, 2008
}} She had a supporting role as The Rider in the 1937 Republic Pictures Western serial The Painted Stallion. She also worked in radio and on Broadway, in Stage Door and the original 1939 production of The Man Who Came to Dinner (as a replacement for the role of June Stanley{{cite web |url=http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=111095 |title=Jean Carmen |work=Internet Broadway Database |accessdate=October 23, 2019}}). She was one of three gold diggers in the 1938 Three Stooges comedy, Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb.
=Marriages=
Her first marriage was in 1932, at age 19, to insurance broker Walter Lohman, who was more than two decades her senior. Newspapers and the August 14, 1932 marriage license indicate their wedding ceremony was at the beach home of Constance Talmadge in Santa Monica, California. She filed for divorce in 1937.[https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SPNP19370504.2.122 Profile], cdnc.ucr.edu. Accessed July 20, 2023. She married, secondly, to Barrett Collyfer Dillow, around 1949, whose family headed the B.F. Goodrich Company.{{cite book|title=Sweethearts of the Sage: Biographies and Filmographies of 258 Actresses Appearing in Western Movies|page=269|year=1992|publisher=McFarland|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|isbn= 978-0-899-50565-7|last=Rainey|first=Buck}} They had a son, Guy (1951-1985), before divorcing around 1959 or 1960. Guy H. Dillow, nicknamed "Buz" or "Buzzie", was born in 1951 and died in 1985. Guy was featured in Jean's movie The Pawn, an early 1960s film shot in the U.S. and Italy. Guy died in 1985, after which his mother sold her Greenwich, Connecticut home and re-located to Charleston, South Carolina.[https://www.b-westerns.com/ladies20.htm Biography], b-westerns.com. Accessed July 20, 2023.
=Writing credits=
In 1945, Jean and Irish Owen authored the comedy Last House on the Left and there was a pre-Broadway tryout in Hartford, Connecticut. The leads were Jean and Gene Barry. The play was not successful and never made it to New York. In 1966, Carmen wrote, directed, and produced the film The Pawn, credited as Jean Carmen Dillow. During this time, she resided in Greenwich, Connecticut.{{cite news|work=New York Daily News|location=New York City, New York|date=July 26, 1966|page=48|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37772136/daily_news/|title=Big City Beat|author=Davis, James|via=Newspapers.com}} Her son starred in the film.
Death
Carmen died on August 26, 1993, in Charleston, South Carolina, aged 80.{{cn|date=July 2023}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |
|---|
| scope="row" | 1933
| Gloria's Blonde Girlfriend | | style="text-align:center;"| |
| scope="row"|1934
| Blonde | Uncredited | style="text-align:center;"| |
| scope="row"| 1934
| Maharajah's Wife | | style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|work=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|location=Los Angeles, California|publisher=American Film Institute|title=Jean Carmen Filmography|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Person/80129-Jean-Carmen?sid=edab6418-c4ee-44be-9e78-4fafddb97afb&sr=15.5967865&cp=1&pos=0&isMiscCredit=false|archive-url=https://archive.today/20191024010551/https://catalog.afi.com/Person/80129-Jean-Carmen?sid=edab6418-c4ee-44be-9e78-4fafddb97afb&sr=15.5967865&cp=1&pos=0&isMiscCredit=false|archive-date=October 24, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=October 24, 2019}} |
| scope="row"| 1934
| WAMPAS Baby Star | |
| scope="row"| 1934
| The Third Sex | Bobby Allen | |
| scope="row"| 1935
| Betty Powell | |
| scope="row"| 1936
| Wolves of the Sea | Nadine Miller | |
| scope="row"| 1937
| Girl | Uncredited | style="text-align:center;"| |
| scope="row"| 1937
| Marion Warren | As Julia Thayer | style="text-align:center;"| |
| scope="row"| 1937
| The Rider | As Julia Thayer | style="text-align:center;"| |
| scope="row"| 1937
| Beth Lorimer | | style="text-align:center;"| |
| scope="row"| 1937
| Jessie | | style="text-align:center;"| |
| scope="row"| 1938
| Marge | Short film | style="text-align:center;"| |
| scope="row"| 1938
| Pat Mallory | |
| scope="row"| 1938
| Chorus Girl | Uncredited |
| scope="row"| 1939
| Nurse | Uncredited |
| scope="row"| 1939
| June Allison | |
| scope="row"| 1939
| Marie | | style="text-align:center;"| |
| scope="row"| 1939
| Singing Sister | Uncredited | style="text-align:center;"| |
| scope="row"| 1939
| Ann "Angel" Chambers | |
| scope="row"| 1953
| Missouri Chorine | Uncredited | style="text-align:center;"| |
| scope="row"| 1968
| The Pawn | {{N/A|align=left}} | Director, producer, and writer |
Stage credits
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |
|---|
| scope="row" | 1939–1941
| June Stanley |
References
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External links
{{commons category|Jean Carmen}}
- {{IMDb name|id=0138383}}
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Category:American film actresses
Category:American stage actresses
Category:Actresses from Charleston, South Carolina
Category:Actresses from Portland, Oregon
Category:American women film directors
Category:American women screenwriters
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:20th-century American singers