Jewell, Isabel (1907–1972)

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Jewell, Isabel (1907–1972)

American stage and screen actress. Name variations: Isobel Jewell. Born July 19, 1907, in Shoshone, Wyoming; died April 5, 1972, in Hollywood, CA.

Debuted on stage with a Lincoln, Nebraska, stock company; made Broadway debut in Up Pops the Devil (1930); film appearances include Blessed Event, Lost Horizon, A Tale of Two Cities, Manhattan Melodrama, Northwest Passage, Small Town Girl, Here Comes the Groom, Shadow of a Doubt and as Emmy Slattery in Gone with the Wind.