“Jeanne Crain” by photographer Otto Hesse on the cover of “Photoplay,” October, 1948.

American actress Jeanne Elizabeth Crain (1925 – 2003) was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her title role in "Pinky" (1949). She also starred in the films "In the Meantime, Darling" (1944), "State Fair" (1945), "Leave Her to Heaven" (1945), "Centennial Summer" (1946), "Margie" (1946), "Apartment for Peggy" (1948), "A Letter to Three Wives" (1949), "Cheaper by the Dozen" (1950), "People Will Talk" (1951), "Man Without a Star" (1955), "Gentlemen Marry Brunettes" (1955), "The Fastest Gun Alive" (1956), and "The Joker Is Wild" (1957).

 

Crain appeared in fewer films in the 1960s as she entered semiretirement. She was Nefertiti in the Italian production of "Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile" (1961) with Edmund Purdom and Vincent Price; and in "Madison Avenue" (1962) with Dana Andrews and Eleanor Parker. She again co-starred with Dana Andrews in "Hot Rods To Hell" (1967). Her last films were "The Night God Screamed" (1971) and "Skyjacked" (1972) with Charlton Heston. -- Wikipedia

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