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Jane Winton

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Jane Winton
Born(1905-10-10)October 10, 1905
Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,U.S.
DiedSeptember 22, 1959(1959-09-22)(aged 53)
New York City,U.S.
Occupation(s)Actress, singer

Jane Winton(October 10, 1905 – September 22, 1959) was an American film actress, dancer, operasoprano,writer, and painter.[1]

Early years

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Winton was born inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania,[2]in 1905.[1]The deaths of her father when she was four years old and her mother when she was six led to Winton's being "swapped back and forth among relatives, none of whom had proper funds to support her and therefore offered her more resentment than affection."[2]Eventually, an elderly doctor who was a family friend adopted her and raised her in a strict environment. After she graduated from a finishing school in Connecticut, she ran away rather than enter Bryn Mawr College and become a doctor, which was her guardian's desire for her. She went to stay with a friend in New York City and was discovered there by producersAdolph ZukorandJesse Lasky.[2]

Actress

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During the 1920s, she began her stage career as a dancer with theZiegfeld Follies.[3]After coming to the West Coast, Winton became known as "the green-eyed goddess of Hollywood". Her film appearances include roles inTomorrow's Love(1925),Why Girls Go Back Home(1926),Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans(1927),The Crystal Cup(1927),The Fair Co-Ed(1927),Burning Daylight(1928),Melody of Love(1928), andThe Patsy(1928),Scandal(1929),Show Girl in Hollywood(1929),The Furies(1930), andHell's Angels(1930).

Winton played Donna Isobel inDon Juan(1926).[1]The film starredJohn BarrymoreandMary Astor.The movie was billed as the first film made inVitaphone,an invention that synchronized sound with motion pictures. Modern sound pictures began with the Vitaphone.

Opera and radio

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After leaving Hollywood, Winton performed various operatic roles both in the United States and abroad. Her operatic debut came in 1933 when she performed as Nedda in theBrooklyn Academy of Music'sproduction ofPagliacci.[3][2]In 1933, she was with the National Grand Opera Company for its production ofI Pagliacci.She sangNedda.She starred in the operettaCaviar.In England, she became noted for her singing and for working in radio.

Novelist

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In 1951 Winton's novelPark Avenue Doctorwas published.Passion Is the Galewas her second novel.[1]

Marriage

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Winton married three times. In 1927, she wed Hollywood screenwriterCharles Kenyon.[citation needed]On July 17, 1930, she married broker Horace Gumble in Jersey City, New Jersey.[4]Her last husband was Michael T. Gottlieb, a stockbroker, tournamentcontract bridgeplayer, and Arizona property owner. They wed in 1935.[citation needed]

Death

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Winton died in 1959 at thePierre Hotelin New York City from undisclosed causes. Her body was cremated, and her ashes were interred in the Riesner-Gottlieb Mausoleum in Temple Israel Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.[1]

Partial filmography

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References

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  1. ^abcdeWilson, Scott (August 19, 2016).Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.McFarland. p. 821.ISBN978-1-4766-2599-7.RetrievedMay 14,2021.
  2. ^abcdBattelle, Phyllis (August 3, 1951)."Jane Winton, Siletn Film Star And Opera Singer, Writes Novel".The Tribune.Pennsylvania, Scranton. International News Service. p. 6.RetrievedMay 14,2021.
  3. ^ab"M. T. Gottlieb to wed Jane Winton, singer".The New York Times.December 22, 1935. p. N 6.RetrievedMay 14,2021– viaNewspapers.
  4. ^"Jane Winton weds broker".The New York Times.July 18, 1930. p. 26.RetrievedMay 14,2021– viaNewspapers.
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