Jean Willes (born Jean Donahue; April 15, 1923 – January 3, 1989) was an American film and television actress. She appeared in approximately 65 films in her 38-year career.

Early years

Willes was born Jean Donahue In Los Angeles. She spent part of her childhood in Seattle and part in Salt Lake City. After she and her parents returned to Los Angeles, she began acting with a little theater group there.

Career

Willes began using her married name for billing in 1947. Her first film was ''

The Winner's Circle ''The Winner's Circle'' is a 1948 American drama film directed by Felix E. Feist and written by Howard J. Green and Leonard Praskins. The film stars Jean Willes, Morgan Farley, Johnny Longden, Robert S. Howard, William Gould and John Beradin ...

'' (1948). Willes is familiar to modern viewers for her roles in several

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, such as ''

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'' as well as ''

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'', '' Don't Throw That Knife'' and '' Gypped in the Penthouse''. She was a favorite of director Edward Bernds, who cast her in many shorts and features. She played roles ranging from an Air Force captain to prostitutes. She was one of the "four queens" pursuing

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in ''

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'' (1956). Later that year she appeared as Nurse Sally Withers in the original movie version of ''

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.'' She made the transition to television, debuting in an episode of ''

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''. She appeared in dozens of series in varied roles and genres such as Westerns and

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, ''

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'', '' The Caliifornians'', ''

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'' with David Janssen, several episodes of the

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television series titled ''

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'', in the 1956 television show ''

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'' as the scheming girlfriend Eva Jane in the episode "One Too Many Secretaries," ''

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'' (" Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?"), four episodes of ''

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'' between 1959 and 1968, ''

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'', '' Trackdown'' ("The Bounty Hunter" with Robert Culp and

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), ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Alfred Hitchcock Hour'', ''

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'' with Gene Barry, ''

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'' with

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, ''

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'' with

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, ''

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'',

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's ''

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'' with Guy Williams, and ''

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'' with

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. In 1958, in the episode "Queen of the Cimarron" of the syndicated western television series ''

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'', starring

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, Willes portrayed Fancy Varden, the owner of the Golden Slipper Saloon who attempts to establish her own cattle empire with animals infected with

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. Willes portrayed

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in a 1959 episode of the ABC/

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'' entitled "Full House," in which Joel Grey played

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and

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performed a bravura pistol-twirling exhibition woven into the plot. In the same year for Warners she played

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in ''

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''. Willes played the character Ruth in the '' Wanted: Dead or Alive'' episode, "The Eager Man", Manila Jones in "The Montana Kid", and Meghan Francis in "The Kovack Affair", all three times opposite series star Steve McQueen. Willes played Amelia Monk in the 1967 episode, "Siege at Amelia's Kitchen", on the syndicated

, ''

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'' hosted by Robert Taylor.

Personal

Willes's second husband was NFL football player Gerard Cowhig. The couple had one son, Gerry. Jean Willes-Gene Barry-Adele Mara in Bat Masterson

Death

Willes died of

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on January 3, 1989. She was 65 years of age. She is buried in San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills, California.

Selected filmography

Dennis Morgan Jean Willes Crossroads 1955

* ''

So Proudly We Hail! ''So Proudly We Hail!'' is a 1943 American war film directed and produced by Mark Sandrich and starring Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard – who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance – a ...

'' (1943) as Lt. Carol Johnson * ''

Here Come the Waves ''Here Come the Waves'' is a 1944 American romantic comedy musical film directed by Mark Sandrich. It stars Bing Crosby and Betty Hutton. Plot The film opens with naval scenes and a chorus of WAVES singing ‘The Navy Song’ on stage, and conti ...

'' (1944) as Johnny Cabot Fan (uncredited) * ''

Salty O'Rourke ''Salty O'Rourke'' is a 1945 American drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Alan Ladd and Gail Russell. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1946. Plot In New Orleans, racetrack gambler Salty O'Rourke is pursued by gangster Doc Baxt ...

'' (1945) as The Other Girl (uncredited) * ''

You Came Along ''You Came Along'' (working title ''Don't Ever Grieve Me'') is a 1945 romantic comedy-drama film set in World War II, directed by John Farrow. The original Robert Smith screenplay was rewritten by Ayn Rand. ''You Came Along'' stars Robert Cumming ...

'' (1945) as Showgirl (uncredited) * ''

Incendiary Blonde ''Incendiary Blonde'' is a 1945 American musical drama film biography of 1920s nightclub star Texas Guinan. Filmed in Technicolor by director George Marshall and loosely based on a true story, the picture stars actress Betty Hutton as Guinan. The ...

'' (1945) as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) * ''

'' (1946, Short) as Nurse Shapely (uncredited) * ''

Sing While You Dance ''Sing While You Dance'' is a 1946 American musical comedy film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Ellen Drew, Kirby Grant, and Andrew Tombes. Plot Cast *Ellen Drew as Susan Kent * Kirby Grant as Johnny Crane *Andrew Tombes as Gorman ...

'' (1946) as Miss Flint * '' Blondie Knows Best'' (1946) as Dr. Titus's Nurse / Receptionist (uncredited) * '' Cigarette Girl'' (1947) as D.A.'s Secretary (uncredited) * '' Down to Earth'' (1947) as Betty * ''

Blondie in the Dough ''Blondie in the Dough'' is a 1947 American comedy film directed by Abby Berlin and starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, and Marjorie Ann Mutchie. It is 21st of the 28 Blondie films. Plot Dagwood and his boss are frantically s ...

'' (1947) as Miss Marsh, Thorpe's Secretary (uncredited) * ''

The Mating of Millie ''The Mating of Millie'' is a 1948 American romantic comedy film directed by Henry Levin (film director), Henry Levin and starring Glenn Ford and Evelyn Keyes. Plot Millie McGonigle (Evelyn Keyes), is riding a bus home from work when the frustr ...

'' (1948) as Party Girl (uncredited) * ''

'' (1948) as Jean Trent * ''

Chinatown at Midnight ''Chinatown at Midnight'' is a 1949 film noir crime film directed by Seymour Friedman and starring Hurd Hatfield. Plot After a jade vase is mentioned to him by Lisa Marcel, an interior designer, Clifford Ward steals it from a Chinatown shop. He ...

'' (1949) as Alice * ''

A Woman of Distinction ''A Woman of Distinction'' is a 1950 American romantic comedy film directed by Edward Buzzell and starring Rosalind Russell and Ray Milland. Plot Susan Manning Middlecott is dean of a New England school called Benton College and it is her whole ...

'' (1950) as Pearl - Switchboard Operator (uncredited) * ''

Kill the Umpire ''Kill the Umpire'' is a 1950 baseball comedy film starring William Bendix and Una Merkel, directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Frank Tashlin. Bendix two years earlier had portrayed baseball player Babe Ruth in the biographical film ''The B ...

'' (1950) as Pretty Girl (uncredited) * '' David Harding, Counterspy'' (1950) as Nurse (uncredited) * ''

The Petty Girl ''The Petty Girl'' (1950), known in the UK as ''Girl of the Year'', is a musical romantic comedy Technicolor film starring Robert Cummings and Joan Caulfield. Cummings portrays painter George Petty who falls for Victoria Braymore (Caulfield), th ...

'' (1950) as Fleeing Chorine (uncredited) * ''

The Fuller Brush Girl ''The Fuller Brush Girl'' is a 1950 slapstick comedy starring Lucille Ball and directed by Lloyd Bacon. Animator Frank Tashlin wrote the script. Ball plays a quirky door-to-door cosmetics saleswoman for the Fuller Brush Company. The film also sta ...

'' (1950) as Mary (uncredited) * '' Emergency Wedding'' (1950) as Guest (uncredited) * ''

'' (1950, Short) as Miss Gladys Scudder * ''

Revenue Agent ''Revenue Agent'' is a 1950 American film directed by Lew Landers. Plot The accountant's wife is having an affair with his boss. In retribution the husband calls the Internal Revenue Service to expose a large tax evasion racket to smuggle gold bu ...

'' (1950) as Marge King * '' Don't Throw That Knife'' (1951, Short) as Lucy Wyckoff * ''

Never Trust a Gambler ''Never Trust a Gambler'' is a 1951 American film noir crime film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Dane Clark, Cathy O'Donnell and Tom Drake. Plot Steve Garry, insisting he has quit gambling, asks his ex-wife Virginia Merrill if he can lay ...

'' (1951) as The Brunette at Police Station (uncredited) * '' The Family Secret'' (1951) as Cigarette Girl (uncredited) * '' Hula-La-La'' (1951, Short) as Luana * '' The First Time'' (1952) as Fawn Wallace (uncredited) * ''

Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land ''Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land'' is a 1952 American black-and-white adventure film directed by Lew Landers and written by Samuel Newman, and starring Johnny Weissmuller as the title character. This was the eighth entry in Columbia's "Jungle ...

'' (1952) as Denise * '' The Sniper'' (1952) as Woman on Street (uncredited) * ''

A Yank in Indo-China ''A Yank in Indo-China'' is a 1952 American war film directed by Wallace Grissell and starring John Archer (actor), John Archer, Douglas Dick and Jean Willes. It was produced by Sam Katzman for distribution by Columbia Pictures. The film's sets we ...

'' (1952) as Cleo * '' Gobs and Gals'' (1952) as Mrs. Riley - Gerrens' Secretary (uncredited) * ''

Son of Paleface ''Son of Paleface'' is a 1952 American Comedy Western film directed by Frank Tashlin and starring Bob Hope, Jane Russell, and Roy Rogers. The film is a sequel to '' The Paleface'' (1948). Written by Tashlin, Joseph Quillan, and Robert L. We ...

'' (1952) as Penelope (uncredited) * '' Torpedo Alley'' (1952) as Peggy Moran (uncredited) * '' All Ashore'' (1953) as Rose * ''

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars ''Abbott and Costello Go to Mars'' is a 1953 American science fiction comedy film starring the comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello and directed by Charles Lamont. It was produced by Howard Christie and made by Universal-International. D ...

'' (1953) as Capt. Olivia * ''

Run for the Hills ''Run for the Hills'' is a 1953 American comedy film directed by Lew Landers and starring Sonny Tufts, Barbara Payton and Mauritz Hugo.Lewis p.168 The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst Fegté. Cast * Sonny Tufts as Charlie J ...

'' (1953) as Frances Veach * ''

From Here to Eternity ''From Here to Eternity'' is a 1953 American drama romance war film directed by Fred Zinnemann, and written by Daniel Taradash, based on the 1951 novel of the same name by James Jones. The picture deals with the tribulations of three U.S. A ...

'' (1953) as Annette, club receptionist (uncredited) * ''

The Glass Web ''The Glass Web'' is a 1953 American 3-D film noir crime film directed by Jack Arnold and starring Edward G. Robinson, John Forsythe, Marcia Henderson and Kathleen Hughes. It is based on Max Simon Ehrlich's 1952 novel ''Spin the Glass Web''. ...

'' (1953) as Sonia * '' A Star Is Born'' (1954) as Fan at benefit show (uncredited) * ''

Masterson of Kansas ''Masterson of Kansas'' is a 1954 American Western film directed by William Castle and starring George Montgomery, Nancy Gates and James Griffith. It was produced by Sam Katzman for distribution for Columbia Pictures. Synopsis Bat Masterson ...

'' (1954) as Dallas Corey - aka Mrs. Bennett * '' Bowery to Bagdad'' (1955) as Claire Culpepper * ''

5 Against the House ''5 Against the House'' is a 1955 American heist film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Guy Madison, Kim Novak and Brian Keith. The supporting cast includes William Conrad. The screenplay is based on Jack Finney's 1954 novel of the same nam ...

'' (1955) as Virginia * '' Gypped in the Penthouse'' (1955, Short) as Jane * '' Count Three and Pray'' (1955) as Selma (uncredited) * ''

Bobby Ware Is Missing ''Bobby Ware Is Missing'' is a 1955 American crime film directed by Thomas Carr and written by Daniel B. Ullman. The film stars Neville Brand, Arthur Franz, Jean Willes, Walter Reed, Paul Picerni and Kim Charney. The film was released on Octobe ...

'' (1955) as Janet Ware * ''

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts ''The Lieutenant Wore Skirts'' is a 1956 comedy film directed by Frank Tashlin and starring Tom Ewell, Sheree North, and Rita Moreno. It is a comedy about a man whose marriage begins to fail when his wife enlists. Plot TV writer Greg Whitcomb di ...

'' (1956) as Joan Sweeney * ''

'' (1956) as Nurse Sally Withers * ''

The Revolt of Mamie Stover ''The Revolt of Mamie Stover'' is a 1951 novel by William Bradford Huie about a young woman from Mississippi who goes to Hollywood to work as an actress. Driven into prostitution, she moves to Honolulu, works at a brothel and takes it over, chal ...

'' (1956) as Gladys * '' Toward the Unknown'' (1956) as Carmen (uncredited) * ''

'' (1956) as Ruby McDade * ''

The Man Who Turned to Stone ''The Man Who Turned to Stone'' (a.k.a. ''The Petrified Man'') is a 1957 American black-and-white horror science fiction film directed by László Kardos and starring Victor Jory, Ann Doran and Charlotte Austin. The screenplay was written by Be ...

'' (1957) as Tracy * ''

Hell on Devil's Island ''Hell on Devil's Island'' is a 1957 American adventure film directed by Christian Nyby and written by Steven Ritch. The film stars Helmut Dantine, William Talman, Donna Martell, Jean Willes, Rex Ingram and Robert Cornthwaite. The film was rel ...

'' (1957) as Suzanne * ''

The Tijuana Story ''The Tijuana Story'' is a 1957 American film noir crime film directed by Leslie Kardos. Plot A Mexican newspaperman wages a one-man war against a powerful crime syndicate. Cast * Rodolfo Acosta as Manuel Acosta Mesa * James Darren as Mitch * ...

'' (1957) as Liz March * '' Hear Me Good'' (1957) as Rita Hall * ''

Desire Under the Elms ''Desire Under the Elms'' is a 1924 play written by Eugene O'Neill. Like ''Mourning Becomes Electra'', ''Desire Under the Elms'' signifies an attempt by O'Neill to adapt plot elements and themes of Greek tragedy to a rural New England setting. ...

'' (1958) as Florence Cabot * '' Trackdown'' (1958) "The Bounty Hunter" as Jannette York * '' No Time for Sergeants'' (1958) as WAF Captain * ''

Official Detective ''Official Detective'' is an American anthology television series which aired in syndication from 1957 to March 19, 1958. The series was hosted by veteran film actor Everett Sloane.McNeil, Alex (1996). ''Total Television'' (4th ed.). New York: P ...

'' (1958, TV Series) as Pat Dengue * '' Lawman'' (1958, TV Series) as Kate Wilson * '' These Thousand Hills'' (1959) as Jen * ''

'' (1959) as Grace Williams * ''

'' (1959) as

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Yancy Derringer ''Yancy Derringer'' is an American action/ adventure series that was broadcast on CBS from 1958 to 1959, with Jock Mahoney (1919–1989) in the title role. The show was produced by Derringer Productions and filmed in Hollywood by Desilu Produ ...

'' (1960, TV Series) as Jessie Belle * ''

Elmer Gantry ''Elmer Gantry'' is a satirical novel written by Sinclair Lewis in 1926 that presents aspects of the religious activity of America in fundamentalist and evangelistic circles and the attitudes of the 1920s public toward it. The novel's protagonis ...

'' (1960) as Prostitute (uncredited) * ''

Ocean's 11 ''Ocean's 11'' is a 1960 American heist film directed and produced by Lewis Milestone from a screenplay by Harry Brown and Charles Lederer, based on a story by George Clayton Johnson and Jack Golden Russell. The film stars five of the Rat Pack ...

'' (1960) as Gracie Bergdof * ''

The Crowded Sky ''The Crowded Sky'' is a 1960 Technicolor drama film distributed by Warner Bros., produced by Michael Garrison, directed by Joseph PevneyBy Love Possessed'' (1961) as Junie McCarthy * ''

'' (1961, TV Series) " Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?" as Ethel McConnell, the dancer * ''

Gun Street ''Gun Street'' is a 1961 American Western film directed by Edward L. Cahn and starring James Brown, Jean Willes and John Clarke.

'' (1961) as Joan Brady * '' Gypsy'' (1962) as Betty Cratchitt * ''

(S2 Ep62 1963-4) , Beverly Hillbillies'' (1963-4) as Countess Maria * ''

'' (1964) as Margot Monet * ''

'' (1968) as Mrs. O'Brien * ''

The Cheyenne Social Club ''The Cheyenne Social Club'' is a 1970 American Western comedy film written by James Lee Barrett, directed and produced by Gene Kelly, and starring James Stewart, Henry Fonda and Shirley Jones. The film is about an aging cowboy who inherits a ...

'' (1970) as Alice * ''

Bite the Bullet To "bite the bullet" is to “accept the inevitable impending hardship and endure the resulting pain with fortitude”.

'' (1975) as Rosie

References

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