Jacqueline White
Jacqueline Jane White (born November 27, 1922) is an American actress who had a career in Hollywood from 1942 until 1952, where she was featured in approximately 25 feature films. White, at the age of 17, signed on a film contract at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and subsequently with RKO, where she found her greatest success and is perhaps best remembered for her roles in films Crossfire (1947), Banjo (1947), Mystery in Mexico (1948) and The Narrow Margin (1952). She is notably one of the last surviving actresses from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
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- Name
- Jacqueline White
- Birth Name
- Jacqueline Jane White
- Born
- 27 November 1922
- Birthplace
- Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Occupation
- Actress
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Jacqueline Jane White (born November 27, 1922) is an American actress who had a career in Hollywood from 1942 until 1952, where she was featured in approximately 25 feature films. White, at the age of 17, signed on a film contract at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and subsequently with RKO, where she found her greatest success and is perhaps best remembered for her roles in films Crossfire (1947), Banjo (1947), Mystery in Mexico (1948) and The Narrow Margin (1952). She is notably one of the last surviving actresses from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
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Jacqueline White (born 1922) is an American actress. The actress was born in Beverly Hills. Jacqueline White studied at Beverly Hills High School and University of California, Los Angeles. Languages used include English.
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• Name — Jacqueline White • Birth Name — Jacqueline Jane White • Born — 27 November 1922 • Birthplace — Beverly Hills, California, U.S. • Education — University of California, Los Angeles • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1942–1952 • Children — 5 • Relatives — Frank Knox (cousin)
Early life
Early life
White was born on November 27, 1922, in Beverly Hills, California to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Garrison White. Her cousin, Frank Knox, was a Secretary of the Navy and a newspaper owner and publisher. She was from Beverly Hills, California. She attended Beverly Hills High School and the University of California, Los Angeles. White and actress Lynn Merrick were childhood friends until White moved. They were reunited when both were in the cast of Three Hearts for Julia (1943).
RKO Pictures
RKO Pictures
White had starring roles in RKO'S Banjo and Mystery in Mexico and also appeared in Crossfire (1947). Her first western film was at RKO and starred in Return of the Bad Men (1948), opposite Randolph Scott, her nemesis in the film was Anne Jeffreys, those sister played the film stand-in for White. White married in 1948, then moved with her husband to Wyoming in 1950. When she returned to Los Angeles for the birth of her first child Neal Bruce (1952–2024), she was spotted in the RKO commissary visiting friends by director Richard Fleischer and producer Stanley Rubin, who offered her a featured role in The Narrow Margin (1952), a B-picture film noir, which was her final picture.
Personal life
Personal life
On November 12, 1948, White married Neal Bruce Anderson in Westwood Hills. She left the film industry in 1952 and relocated to Wyoming with her husband, who started an oil business. White occasionally appears at film conventions. In 2013, she made an appearance at the annual TCM Classic Film Festival.
Filmography
Filmography
• Illustration — White with Randolph Scott in Return of the Bad Men (1948) • Illustration — White with Lew Ayres in The Capture (1950) • Year — Film — Role • 1942 — Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant — Telephone Operator • Reunion in France — Danielle • 1943 — Air Raid Wardens — Peggy Parker • Three Hearts for Julia — Kay • That's Why I Left You (short) — Mary Thompson • Pilot No. 5 — Party Girl • Swing Shift Maisie — Grace • A Guy Named Joe — Helen • 1944 — Song of Russia — Anna Bulganov • Easy Life — Train Passenger • Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo — Emmy York • Dark Shadows — Nurse Jean Smith • 1946 — The Harvey Girls — Harvey Girl • Magic on a Stick (Short) — Mrs. John Walker • Our Old Car (Short) — Mrs. Nesbitt • The Show-Off — Clara Harlin • 1947 — Banjo — Elizabeth Ames • Seven Keys to Baldpate — Mary Jordan • Crossfire — Mary Mitchell • 1948 — Night Song — Connie • Return of the Bad Men — Madge Allen • Mystery in Mexico — Victoria Ames • 1949 — Riders of the Range — Priscilla "Dusty" Willis • 1950 — The Capture — Luana Ware • 1952 — The Narrow Margin — Ann Sinclair
MGM films
White's film debut resulted from her work in a drama class at UCLA. She appeared in a few small roles, but her first lead role came in Air Raid Wardens (1943) starring Laurel and Hardy. A casting director saw her in a production of Ah, Wilderness! and arranged for a screen test for her. That led to her film appearance, in Song of Russia (1944). White usually played either featured actresses in B movies or supporting parts in A-movies. White was under contract to both Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where she was cast mostly in uncredited small roles.
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- 1.Cousin of Secretary Knox, Signs Hollywood Contract. The Los Angeles Times. 31. 3 June 1942.
- 2.A very happy 100th birthday to Jacqueline White, one of the last surviving movie stars of the 1940s. Instagram. November 27, 2022.
- 3.Western Clippings - Jacqueline White interview
- 4.N.B. Anderson Takes Bride. Long Beach Independent. 19. November 14, 1948.
- 5.Wins Movie Contract. Deadwood Pioneer-Times. 1. June 6, 1942.
- 6.Jackson, Rebel. For Your Pleasure. Abilene Reporter-News. 62. July 11, 1948.
- 7.School Pals Meet as Film Starlets. The Daily Notes. 6. January 4, 1943.
- 8.Jacqueline White Interview.
- 9.Crossfire (1947) - Edward Dmytryk | Review | AllMovie.
- 10.Jacqueline White | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos. AllMovie.
- 11.2013 TCM Classic Film Festival Special Guest: Jacqueline White. Turner Classic Movies.
- 12.Jacqueline White. BFI.
- 13.Andersion-White. The Los Angeles Times. 33. November 15, 1948.
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