Jean Peters

Jean Peters
Peters in the 1950s
Born
Elizabeth Jean Peters

(1926-10-15)October 15, 1926
DiedOctober 13, 2000(2000-10-13) (aged 73)
Resting placeHoly Cross Cemetery, Culver City
OccupationActress
Years active1947–1988
Spouses
Stuart W. Cramer III
(m. 1954; div. 1955)
(m. 1957; div. 1971)
(m. 1971; died 1990)
RelativesArlen Stuart (paternal half-sister)

Elizabeth Jean Peters (October 15, 1926 – October 13, 2000) was an American film actress. She was known as a star of 20th Century Fox in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and as the second wife of Howard Hughes. 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.[1]

Late in her career, and after her retirement, Peters occasionally played roles in TV productions, appearing in four from 1973 to 1988.

  1. ^ Bob Thomas, "Jean Peters Hopes to Avoid Roles of Siren on Screen," Reading Eagle, September 21, 1953, p. 19