Oscar winner Jennifer Jones dead at 90

Yahoo - AP ^ | 12/17/09 | Bob Thomas

[Borges]

Jennifer Jones, the beautiful, raven-haired actress who was nominated for Academy Awards five times, winning in 1943 for her portrayal of a saintly nun in "The Song of Bernadette," died Thursday. She was 90.

Jones, who in later years was a leader of the Norton Simon Museum, died at her home in Malibu of natural causes, museum spokeswoman Leslie Denk told The Associated Press.

Jones was the widow of the museum's founder, wealthy industrialist Norton Simon, and served as chair of the museum's board of directors after his death.

Known for her intense performances, Jones was one of Hollywood's biggest stars of the 1940s and '50s.

Among her most memorable roles were the half-breed vixen who vamps rowdy cowboy Gregory Peck in "Duel in the Sun," and the Eurasian doctor who falls for Korean War correspondent William Holden in "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing."

Despite her heavily dramatic screen roles, Jones conveyed an aura of shyness, even aloofness offstage. She rarely gave interviews, explaining to a reporter in 1957: "Most interviewers probe and pry into your personal life, and I just don't like it. I respect everyone's right to privacy, and I feel mine should be respected, too."

[mpackard]

I LOVED that movie. RIP

[Borges]

[Welcome2thejungle]

Loved her in The Towering Inferno. RIP dear lady.

[Silly]

I never saw “RIP.” What other movies was she in?

[Dawgreg]

Hate to hear that....RIP Ms. Jones..(even if you were a bytch in Madame Bovary)......:)

[BlueAngel]

RIP. I really liked her in The Song of Bernadette, Love Letters, Portrait of Jennie, Since You Went Away and so many others.

[Tijeras_Slim]

[wolfpat]

My favorite movies of hers were “A Farewell To Arms” and “Good Morning, Miss Dove.”

[Frantzie]

I think I saw here is a stage version of Dames At Sea with Charles Nelson Reilly, Bob Crane and I think Ann Miller as Mona.

[I Buried My Guns]

As a child in SoCal who was raised by the TV, I have it seared, SEARED, into my memory the commercials for the Norton Simon Museum of Art. I think it was Candace Bergen who did the voice over, and her voice helped to make me a straight man. Raspy and sexy, it was. I was 10.

[Sacajaweau]

When I was a tyke...circa 1948, my dad always bought me coloring books of the pin up girls...pretty dresses, pretty faces, pretty hair, "pretty bodies"...

Mom never caught on.

[SMARTY]

Duel in the Sun

[NavyCanDo]

They were Goddesses back then, and they had more talent in their little finger than many of todays top stars have in their whole bodies.

[ishmac]

My goodness, I didn't even know she was still alive. She had some pretty "torchie" roles, but she also played St Bernadette. She had quite an interesting life.

[Deb]

“A Portrait of Jenny”.

[EyeGuy]

“The Song of Bernadette”

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The arrogant, largely talentless, secular pricks in Hollywood these days are light years from having the inclination, talent and humility to make a movie of great faith like “The Song of Bernadette.”

[patriot08]

One of my all time favorites.
Loved, ‘Portrait of Jennie’.
The great stars are almost gone. Sad.

[JoeProBono]

[potlatch]

She was lovely. Below she is pictured in "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing" on the left and "Duel In The Sun" on the right. Natural beauty, no fake implants or trout lips.