Elizabeth Jean Peters (October 15, 1926 – October 13, 2000) was an American film actress. She was known as a star of
20th Century Fox
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in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and as the second wife of
Howard Hughes
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. Although possibly best remembered for her siren role in ''
Pickup on South Street'' (1953), Peters was known for her resistance to being turned into a
sex symbol. She preferred to play unglamorous, down-to-earth women.
[Bob Thomas, "Jean Peters Hopes to Avoid Roles of Siren on Screen," '']Reading Eagle
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'', September 21, 1953, p. 19
Late in her career, and after her retirement, Peters occasionally played roles in TV productions, appearing in four from 1973 to 1988.
Early life
Peters was born on October 15, 1926, in
East Canton, Ohio
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History
East Ca ...
, the eldest daughter of Elizabeth Thomas (née Diesel; 1898–1987) and Gerald Peters (1900–1937), a laundry manager. She had a younger sister, Shirley Peters (born 1935). Raised on a small farm in East Canton, Peters attended
East Canton High School. She was a
Methodist
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. She went to college at the
University of Michigan
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and later transferred to
Ohio State University
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, where she studied to become a teacher and majored in literature.
While studying for a teaching degree at Ohio State, she entered and won the Miss Ohio State Pageant in the fall of 1945, besting 11 other finalists. Sponsored by photographer Paul Robinson, she was awarded the grand prize of a screen test with
20th Century-Fox
20th Century Studios, Inc., formerly 20th Century Fox, is an American film production and distribution company owned by the Walt Disney Studios, the film studios division of the Disney Entertainment business segment of the Walt Disney Com ...
.
Career
20th Century Fox
As her agent, Robinson accompanied Peters to Hollywood, and helped her secure a seven-year contract with Fox. She dropped out of college to become an actress, a decision she later regretted.
[Interview with Louella Parsons, ''Waterloo Daily Courier,'' 12 October 1947, Waterloo, Iowa, p. 19] (In the late 1940s, Peters returned to college, in between filming, to complete her work and obtain a degree.
['']Long Beach Independent
The ''Press-Telegram'' is a paid daily newspaper published in Long Beach, California. Coverage area for the ''Press-Telegram'' includes Long Beach, Lakewood, Signal Hill, Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, Compton, Downey, Hawaiian Gardens, L ...
,'' October 14, 1948, Long Beach, California, p. 26)
Fox announced that in her first film ''
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now'' (1947), she would play an "ugly duckling", supported by "artificial freckles and horn-rimmed glasses". She eventually withdrew from the film. Peters was tested in 1946 for a farm girl role in ''
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!'' (1948), but the producer and director decided she was not suitable.
Film debut
Peters was selected to replace
Linda Darnell as the female lead in ''
Captain from Castile'' (1947) opposite
Tyrone Power
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, when Darnell was reassigned to save the production of ''
Forever Amber''. Although she had not yet made her screen debut, Peters was highly publicized. She received star treatment during the filming. ''Captain from Castile'' was a hit.
Leonard Maltin
Leonard Michael Maltin (born December 18, 1950) is an American film critic, film historian, and author. He is known for his book of film capsule reviews, '' Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide'', published from 1969 to 2014. Maltin was the film criti ...
wrote that afterwards, Peters spent the new decade playing "sexy spitfires, often in period dramas and
Westerns."
She was offered a similar role in the
Western
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''
Yellow Sky'' (1948), but she refused the part, explaining it was "too sexy".
As a result, the studio, frustrated by her stubbornness, put her on her first suspension.
For her second film, ''
Deep Waters'' (1948), which Peters filmed in late 1947, she was reunited with her director from ''Captain from Castile'',
Henry King. On this, she commented: "It's really a break for me, because he knows where he's going and what he wants, and I naturally have great confidence in him."
The film was not nearly as successful as ''Captain from Castile'', but Peters was again noticed. She was named among the best five 'finds' of the year, among
Barbara Bel Geddes
Barbara Bel Geddes (October 31, 1922 – August 8, 2005) was an American stage and screen Actor, actress, artist, and children's author whose career spanned almost 5 decades. She was best known for her starring role as Miss Ellie Ewing in th ...
,
Valli
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,
Richard Widmark
Richard Weedt Widmark (December 26, 1914March 24, 2008) was an American film, stage, and television actor and producer.
He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as the villainous Tommy Udo in his debut film, ''Kiss of Death (1947 film ...
and
Wanda Hendrix.
She was next assigned to co-star next to
Clifton Webb in ''
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College'' (1949), but
Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple Black (born Shirley Jane Temple; April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014) was an American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat, who was Hollywood's number-one box-office draw as a child actress from 1934 to 1938. Later, she was na ...
later replaced her.
In early 1949 Peters signed on to play
Ray Milland
Ray Milland (born Alfred Reginald Jones; 3 January 1907 – 10 March 1986) was a Welsh-American actor and film director. He is often remembered for his portrayal of an alcoholic writer in Billy Wilder's ''The Lost Weekend'' (1945), which wo ...
's love interest in ''
It Happens Every Spring'' (1949). For the role, she offered to bleach her hair, but the studio overruled this.
Although the film became a success, most of the publicity was for Milland's performance.
Peters next starred alongside
Paul Douglas in the period film ''
Love That Brute
''Love That Brute'' is a 1950 American comedy crime film directed by Alexander Hall and starring Paul Douglas and Jean Peters. The film is a remake of '' Tall, Dark and Handsome'', a 1941 film also distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Plot
In 192 ...
'' (1950), for which she had to wear a dress so snug she was unable to sit. The film was originally titled ''Turned Up Toes,'' and Peters was cast in the film in June 1949, shortly after the release of ''It Happens Every Spring''. To prepare for a singing and dancing scene, Peters took a few lessons with
Betty Grable's dance instructor.
By 1950, Peters was almost forgotten by the public, but she had been playing lead roles since 1947. In late 1950, she was cast in a secondary role as a college girl in ''
Take Care of My Little Girl'' (1951). A Long Beach newspaper reported that Peters gained her role by impressing
Jean Negulesco
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with her sewing. She once became famous for playing a simple country girl, but as she grew up, the studio did not find her any more suitable roles.
['' Syracuse Herald-Journal'' – February 11, 1953, Syracuse, New York. p. 31]
Stardom
At her insistence, Peters was given the title role in ''
Anne of the Indies'' (1951), which the press declared was the film that finally brought her stardom. Before its release, she was cast in ''
Viva Zapata!
''Viva Zapata!'' is a 1952 American biographical Western film directed by Elia Kazan, dramatizing the life of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata from his peasant upbringing through his rise to power in the early 1900s and his death in 1919. I ...
'' (1952) opposite
Marlon Brando
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Julie Harris had been considered for this role. Also in 1951, Peters had her first collaboration with
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe ( ; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 August 4, 1962) was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "Blonde stereotype#Blonde bombshell, blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex ...
, when they had secondary roles in ''
As Young as You Feel
''As Young as You Feel'' is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Harmon Jones and written by Lamar Trotti, based on a story by Paddy Chayefsky. It stars Monty Woolley, Thelma Ritter, David Wayne, and Jean Peters, and features Marilyn Mo ...
''.
Peters was set to play the title role in the drama film ''
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie'' (1952). It was the first time since the beginning of her career that Peters received this much publicity. While shooting the film in
Hutchinson, Kansas
Hutchinson is the largest city in and the county seat of Reno County, Kansas, Reno County, Kansas, United States. The city is located on the Arkansas River. It has been home to salt mines since 1887 (thus its nickname of "Salt City") but locals ...
, Peters was honored with the title 'Miss Wheatheart of America'. Peters was one of many names in the studios ''
O. Henry's Full House'' (1952). She co starred with Jeffrey Hunter in ''
Lure of the Wilderness'' (1952).
In 1953, director
Samuel Fuller chose Peters over Marilyn Monroe for the part of Candy in ''
Pickup on South Street.'' He said he thought Peters had the right blend of sex appeal and the tough-talking, streetwise quality he was seeking. Monroe, he said, was too innocent-looking for the role.
Shelley Winters
Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift; August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was an American film actress whose career spanned seven decades. She won Academy Awards for ''The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film), The Diary of Anne Frank'' (1959) and ' ...
and Betty Grable had been considered, but both had turned it down. Because of the sexual attractiveness of her character, Peters was not thrilled with the role. She preferred playing more down-to-earth, unglamorous parts as she had done with ''Anne of the Indies'' (1951), ''Viva Zapata!'' (1952) and ''Lure of the Wilderness'' (1952).
['']Long Beach Press-Telegram
The ''Press-Telegram'' is a paid daily newspaper published in Long Beach, California. Coverage area for the ''Press-Telegram'' includes Long Beach, Lakewood, Signal Hill, Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, Compton, Downey, Hawaiian Gardens, L ...
,'' January 10, 1952, Long Beach, California. p. 33
For ''Pickup on South Street'', Peters was advised to bleach her hair, but she refused to do so, wanting to avoid comparisons with Winters and Grable.
[ Austin Daily Herald, September 30, 1952, Austin, Minnesota. p. 3] She did agree to adopt a "sexy shuffle" for the role.
She was helped by Marilyn Monroe to understand the role of a siren.
Peters later said that she had enjoyed making the film, but announced in an interview that she was not willing to take on other siren roles. She said: "''Pickup on South Street'' was fine for my career, but that doesn't mean I'm going to put on a tight sweater and skirt and slither around. I'm just not the type. On Marilyn Monroe it looks good. On me it would look silly." In another interview, Peters explained that playing down-to-earth and sometimes unwashed women have the most to offer in the way of drama.
She said:
Peters and Marilyn Monroe starred together in ''
Niagara'', also starring Joseph Cotten. In ''Niagara'', Peters replaced
Anne Baxter
Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985) was an American actress, star of Hollywood films, Broadway theatre, Broadway productions, and television series. She won an Academy Awards, Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, Golden Globe, and t ...
, with whom she co-starred in the
anthology film
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''O. Henry's Full House'' (1952). Shooting of ''Niagara'' took place in the summer of 1952.
Peters's character was initially the leading role, but the film eventually became a vehicle for Monroe, who was by that time more successful.
Peters's third film in 1953, ''
A Blueprint for Murder'', reunited her with Joseph Cotten. She was assigned to the film in December 1952 and told the press she liked playing in the film because it allowed her to sing, but no song by her is used in the picture, only the playing of a piano. Shortly after the film's premiere in July 1953, the studio renewed Peters' contract for another two years.
In 1953, she also starred in the film noir ''
Vicki''. Writer Leo Townsend bought the story of the film, a remake of ''
I Wake Up Screaming'', as a vehicle for Peters.
["Goldstein Will Star Jean Peters as Siren", '']Los Angeles Times
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'', December 26, 1952 Townsend said that he gave the role to Peters in December 1952, because she was "one of the greatest sirens he's ever seen."
Next, Peters was assigned to replace Crain in the film ''
Three Coins in the Fountain'' (1954), which was shot on location in late 1953 in Italy.
Peters was unsatisfied with her role and said in a September 1953 interview: "When I heard
Dorothy McGuire,
Clifton Webb, and
Maggie McNamara were going to be in the picture, I thought I would finally have the kind of role that suited me. They sounded like smart, sophisticated company. But when I got to Italy and read the script, I discovered I was going to be an earthy kind of girl again. The script had me nearly being killed in a runaway truck."
However, the film became a great success and brought Peters again into the limelight.
["Burt Lancaster, Jean Peters Offer Top Performances in 'Apache'" by Thomas Blakley, '']Pittsburgh Press
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'', July 6, 1954
Final films

Other 1954 films co-starring Peters were the Westerns ''
Apache
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'' (borrowed by Warner Bros.) and ''
Broken Lance
''Broken Lance'' is a 1954 American Western film directed by Edward Dmytryk and produced by Sol C. Siegel. The film stars Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Jean Peters, Richard Widmark and Katy Jurado.
Shot in Technicolor and CinemaScope, the film ...
''. Although ''Broken Lance'' did not attract much attention, she was critically acclaimed for her performance in ''Apache.'' One critic praised her for "giving an excellent account for herself", declaring she was "on her way to becoming one of the finest young actresses around Hollywood today."
Peters's next (and ultimately final) film was ''
A Man Called Peter'' (1955), in which she played Catherine Marshall, the wife of
Peter Marshall, a Presbyterian minister and chaplain of the United States Senate. After the release of ''A Man Called Peter,'' Peters refused several roles, for which she was placed on suspension by the studio.
Retirement
Deciding she had had enough, Peters left Fox to focus on her private life.
Following her marriage to
Howard Hughes
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, she retired from acting. In 1957, the producer
Jerry Wald tried to persuade her not to leave Hollywood but had no luck. She was supposedly discouraged from continuing as an actress by Hughes, and reported in late 1957 that she was planning on becoming a producer.
In March 1959, it was announced that Peters was to return to the screen for a supporting role in ''
The Best of Everything''. But, she did not appear in that film; and, despite her earlier announcement, never produced a film.
Return to acting
In 1970, rumors arose of Peters making a comeback to acting when the press reported that she was considering three film offers and a weekly TV series for the 1970–1971 season.
[Harold Hefferman, "Jean Peters May Resume Once Budding Film Career," '']The Milwaukee Journal
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'', January 23, 1970, p. 1 She chose the
television movie
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''
Winesburg, Ohio'' (1973). Afterwards, she said, "I am not pleased with the show or my performance in it. I found it rather dull." At the beginning, she had expressed enthusiasm for the project, saying: "I'm very fond of this script. It's the right age for me. I won't have to pretend I'm a glamour girl."
[Charles Witbeck, "Winesburg, Ohio days," '']The Miami News
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'', March 3, 1973 Her co-star
William Windom praised her, saying she was "warm, friendly, and charming on the set."
In 1976, Peters had a supporting role in the TV miniseries ''
The Moneychangers''. When asked why she took the role, she said: "I'll be darned if I know. A moment of madness, I think. I ran into my old friend
Ross Hunter, who was producing ''The Moneychangers'' for
NBC-TV, and he asked me if I wanted to be in it. It seemed like fun. It's a nice part – not too big – and I greatly admire
Christopher Plummer
Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer (December 13, 1929 – February 5, 2021) was a Canadian actor. His career spanned seven decades, gaining him recognition for his performances in film, stage and television. His accolades included an Academy Aw ...
, whom I play opposite."
Peters appeared in the 1981 television film ''
Peter and Paul'', produced by her then-husband,
Stan Hough. She guest-starred in ''
Murder, She Wrote
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'' in 1988, which was her final acting performance.
Personal life
After landing a contract in Hollywood, Peters moved there, where she initially lived with her aunt, Melba Diesel.
From the beginning of her career, Peters openly admitted she did not like fame due to the crowds.
Co-actors at Fox recalled that she was very serious about her career.
Jeanne Crain
Jeanne Elizabeth Crain (May 25, 1925 – December 14, 2003) was an American actress. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her title role in ''Pinky (film), Pinky'' (1949). She also starred in the films ''In the Meantime, Da ...
said Peters was "anything but a party girl". Despite her clashes with the studio, Peters was well-liked by other contract players.
One biographer recalled: "In all the research and planning that went into this book, no one ever had an unkind word to say of Miss Peters, and that is unusual."
Peters was close friends with
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe ( ; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 August 4, 1962) was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "Blonde stereotype#Blonde bombshell, blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex ...
, who also worked for Fox.
Other actors she befriended during her career were
Joseph Cotten,
David Niven,
Ray Milland
Ray Milland (born Alfred Reginald Jones; 3 January 1907 – 10 March 1986) was a Welsh-American actor and film director. He is often remembered for his portrayal of an alcoholic writer in Billy Wilder's ''The Lost Weekend'' (1945), which wo ...
,
Marie McDonald, and especially
Jeanne Crain
Jeanne Elizabeth Crain (May 25, 1925 – December 14, 2003) was an American actress. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her title role in ''Pinky (film), Pinky'' (1949). She also starred in the films ''In the Meantime, Da ...
.
In 1954, Peters married Texas oilman Stuart Cramer (grandson of
Stuart W. Cramer). At the time they married, they had known each other for only a few weeks, and they separated a few months later.
There was much talk of Peters possibly retiring from the screen, but the actress insisted that after her eight-week leave from Fox, she was to return to Hollywood.
The decorated soldier and actor,
Audie Murphy
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, met Peters when both were students at the Actors Lab. They had a very warm affair in 1946; during this time she met
Howard Hughes
Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American Aerospace engineering, aerospace engineer, business magnate, film producer, and investor. He was The World's Billionaires, one of the richest and most influential peo ...
.
In 1957, after her divorce from Cramer, Peters married Howard Hughes. Soon after that, he retreated from public view and, reportedly, started becoming an eccentric recluse. The couple had met in the 1940s, before Peters became a film actress. During their highly publicized romance in 1947 there was talk of marriage, but Peters said that she could not combine it with her career.
The columnist
Jack Anderson claimed that Peters was "the only woman
ughesever loved." He reportedly had his security officers follow her everywhere even when they were not in a relationship. The actor
Max Showalter confirmed this, after becoming a close friend of Peters during shooting of ''Niagara'' (1953).
During her marriage, which lasted from 1957 to 1971, Peters retired from acting and social events in Hollywood. According to a 1969 article, she went through life unrecognized, despite being protected by Hughes's security officers all day. Living in anonymity was easy, according to Peters, because she "didn't act like an actress."
["Jean Peters asserts Hughes secret safe", '']The Register-Guard
''The Register-Guard'' is a daily newspaper in the northwestern United States, published in Eugene, Oregon. It was formed in a 1930 merger of two Eugene papers, the ''Eugene Daily Guard'' and the ''Morning Register''. The paper serves the Eugene ...
'', December 6, 1972, p. 5A It was later reported that during the marriage, Peters was frequently involved in activities such as charitable work, arts and crafts, and university studies including psychology and anthropology at
UCLA
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the C ...
.
In 1971, Peters and Hughes divorced. She agreed to a lifetime alimony payment of $70,000 ($ today) annually, adjusted for inflation, and she waived all claims to Hughes's estate, then worth several billion dollars. In the media, she refused to speak about the marriage, claiming she preferred to focus on the present and future.
She said that she hoped to avoid being known as 'Mrs. Howard Hughes' for the rest of her life, although that would be difficult. "I'm a realist. I know what the score is, and I know who the superstar is."
Later in 1971, Peters married
Stan Hough, an executive with
20th Century Fox
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. They were married until Hough's death in 1990.
Peters died of
leukemia
Leukemia ( also spelled leukaemia; pronounced ) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and produce high numbers of abnormal blood cells. These blood cells are not fully developed and are called ''blasts'' or '' ...
on October 13, 2000, in
Carlsbad, California
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, two days before her 74th birthday. She was buried at the
Holy Cross Cemetery in
Culver City, California
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.
Filmography
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References
External links
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