Jean Hale
Jean Hale (born Carol Jane Hale; December 27, 1938 – August 3, 2021) was an American actress.
Also recorded as Carol Jane Hale
Jean Hale

NBC Television · eBay front back · Public domain
- Name
- Jean Hale
- Birth Name
- Carol Jane Hale
- Born
- 27 December 1938
- Birthplace
- Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
- Died
- 3 August 2021
- Place of death
- Santa Monica, California, U.S.
- Occupation
- Actress
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Jean Hale. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q3172474 · wikipedia · Jean Hale
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
The documentary record
Statements marked “Documentary record” are set in the article beside the passage they confirm. Each is read from the authority records of the institutions named here; select “Prove” to see the record it was read from, where in that record, and when.
Institutions cited
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Not stated by the sources cited: nationality
Complete reading chain (JSON)In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Jean Hale • Birth Name — Carol Jane Hale • Born — 27 December 1938 • Birthplace — Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. • Died — 3 August 2021 • Place of death — Santa Monica, California, U.S. • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1960–1991 • Children — 3
Documentary record
Jean Hale appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as an actress (born 1938). Jean Hale was born in 1938 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Early years
Early years
Hale was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her parents were Stanton G and Doris (Norrell) Hale. Jean Hale was raised a Mormon. She studied at the University of Utah and at Skidmore College, then moved to New York City. There she learned from Sydney Pollack at the Neighborhood Playhouse.
Personal life
Personal life
She married Dabney Coleman in 1961. They had three children. They divorced in 1983. Hale died of natural causes on August 3, 2021, in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 82.
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1963 — Violent Midnight — Carol Bishop • 1963 — My Favorite Martian — Jenine Carter • 1963 — The Alfred Hitchcock Hour — Babs Riordan — Season 2 Episode 7: "Starring the Defense" • 1964 — The Alfred Hitchcock Hour — Bernice Brown — Season 2 Episode 12: "Three Wives Too Many" • 1964 — Taggart — Miriam Stark • 1964 — Felicia • 1965 — McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force — Sergeant Madge Collins • 1965 — Perry Mason — Carla Chaney / Reggie Lansfield — 2 episodes • 1966 — Hogan's Heroes — Kathy Pruitt, Prisoner Of War — Season 1 Episode 28: "I Look Better in Basic Black" • 1966 — The Oscar — Cheryl Barker • 1967 — In Like Flint — Lisa • 1967 — The St. Valentine's Day Massacre — Myrtle Gorman • 1969 — Hawaii Five-O — Lois Walker • 1987 — Pals — Muffy — TV movie • 1990 — Thanksgiving Day — Melanie Crandall — TV movie • 1991 — Lies Before Kisses — Veronica — TV movie, (final film role)
Film and television
In the early 1960s, Hale appeared in commercials and danced on the television series Sing Along with Mitch. In films, Hale played Miriam Stark in Taggart (1964), Cheryl Barker in The Oscar (1966), Myrtle in The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) and Lisa in In Like Flint (1967). She also appeared in several television shows in the 1960s. She made two 1965 appearances on Perry Mason; in both roles she played Perry's client: Reggie Lansfield in "The Case of the Murderous Mermaid," (Season 8, Episode 23) and Carla Chaney in "The Case of the Laughing Lady" (Season 9, Episode 1). Other television appearances include The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Batman, Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, Bonanza, The Fugitive, Hawaii Five-O, McHale's Navy, My Favorite Martian ("The Atom Misers", air date 12/15/63), The Men from Shiloh in 1971, Hogan's Heroes, and The Wild Wild West ("The Night That Terror Stalked The Town", S1 Ep10, as Marie) In 1984, Hale and Gino Tanasescu created Coleman-Tanasescu Entertainment, a production company, and in 2000 she began heading her own production company.
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Jean Hale, revision 1362435851 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 19 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Film memorabilia
38,713 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Jean GiraultPerson
- Jean GrémillonPerson
- Jean GruaultPerson
- Jean HagenPerson
- Jean HarlowPerson
- Jean HersholtPerson
- Jean HervéPerson
- Jean LavironPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Jean Hale?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.