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American actress (1923–1989)
Jean Donahue
Willes in 1960
Born
Jean Willes[citation needed
(1923-04-15 ) April 15, 1923Died January 3, 1989(1989-01-03) (aged 65 )
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years active 1934–1972 Spouse
(m. 1951) Children 1
Jean Donahue (born Jean Willes ; April 15, 1923 – January 3, 1989)[1]
Early years [ edit ]
Born Jean Willes[2] little theater group there.[3]
Willes began using her married name for billing in 1947.[2] The Winner's Circle [3]
Willes is familiar to modern viewers for her roles in several Three Stooges short subjects , such as Monkey Businessmen A Snitch in Time Don't Throw That Knife Gypped in the Penthouse Edward Bernds , who cast her in many shorts and features.[citation needed She played roles ranging from an Air Force captain to prostitutes. She was one of the "four queens" pursuing Clark Gable in The King and Four Queens Invasion of the Body Snatchers .
She made the transition to television, debuting in an episode of Boston Blackie [4] anthology series ; Crossroads The Californians Richard Diamond, Private Detective David Janssen ; several episodes of the Burns and Allen television series titled The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show The Great Gildersleeve The Twilight Zone Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up? "); four episodes of Bonanza Hazel Trackdown Robert Culp and Steve McQueen ); The Munsters Perry Mason The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Bat Masterson Gene Barry ; The Beverly Hillbillies Buddy Ebsen ; McHale's Navy Ernest Borgnine ; Tombstone Territory Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Walt Disney 's Zorro Guy Williams ; and Kojak Telly Savalas .[citation needed
In 1958, in the episode "Queen of the Cimarron" of the syndicated western television series Frontier Doctor Rex Allen , Willes portrayed Fancy Varden, the owner of the Golden Slipper Saloon who attempts to establish her own cattle empire with animals infected with anthrax .
Willes portrayed Belle Starr in a 1959 episode of the ABC /Warner Brothers Western series Maverick Joel Grey played Billy the Kid and James Garner performed a bravura pistol-twirling exhibition woven into the plot. In the same year for Warners she played Anna Sage in The FBI Story Wanted: Dead or Alive
Willes played Amelia Monk in the 1967 episode, "Siege at Amelia's Kitchen", on the syndicated anthology series , Death Valley Days Robert Taylor .
Personal [ edit ]
Willes's second husband was NFL football player Gerard Cowhig . The couple had one son, Gerry.[5]
With Gene Barry and Adele Mara (1958)
Willes died of liver cancer in Van Nuys, California on January 3, 1989. She was 65 years of age.[6] [7]
Selected filmography [ edit ]
Willes and Dennis Morgan (1955) Willes and James Garner (1960) Willes in Ocean's 11
So Proudly We Hail!
Here Come the Waves
Salty O'Rourke
You Came Along
Incendiary Blonde
Monkey Businessmen
Sing While You Dance
Blondie Knows Best
Cigarette Girl
Down to Earth
Blondie in the Dough
The Mating of Millie
The Winner's Circle
Chinatown at Midnight
A Woman of Distinction
Kill the Umpire
David Harding, Counterspy
The Petty Girl
The Fuller Brush Girl
Emergency Wedding
A Snitch in Time
Revenue Agent
Don't Throw That Knife
Never Trust a Gambler
The Family Secret
Hula-La-La
The First Time
Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land
The Sniper
A Yank in Indo-China
Gobs and Gals
Son of Paleface
Torpedo Alley
All Ashore
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
Run for the Hills
From Here to Eternity
The Glass Web
A Star Is Born
Masterson of Kansas
Bowery to Bagdad
5 Against the House
Gypped in the Penthouse
Count Three and Pray
Bobby Ware Is Missing
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
The Revolt of Mamie Stover
Toward the Unknown
The King and Four Queens
The Man Who Turned to Stone
Hell on Devil's Island
The Tijuana Story
Hear Me Good
Decision
Desire Under the Elms
Trackdown
No Time for Sergeants
Official Detective
Lawman
These Thousand Hills
Bat Masterson
The FBI Story Anna Sage
Yancy Derringer
Elmer Gantry
Ocean's 11
The Crowded Sky
By Love Possessed
The Twilight Zone Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up? " as Ethel McConnell, the dancer
Gun Street
Gypsy
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Munsters
McHale's Navy
The Beverly Hillbillies
Bonanza
The Cheyenne Social Club
Bite the Bullet
References [ edit ]
^ a b Humphrey, Hal (August 10, 1959). "Widely Recognized But Little Known Is Jean Willes" . The Pittsburgh Press . p. 30 . Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Humphrey, Hal (July 31, 1959). "Jean Willes, TV Belle" . St. Louis Globe-Democrat . p. 36 . Retrieved September 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Magers, Boyd. "Characters and Heavies | Jean Willes" . www.westernclippings.com .
^ "Jean Willes" . The New York Times Associated Press . January 9, 1989. p. D 10. ProQuest 110244186 . Retrieved January 23, 2021 – via ProQuest .
^ Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed ISBN 978-0-7864-7992-4 . Retrieved March 18, 2022 .
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