Jane Winton
Known For
Acting
Born
1905-10-10 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
1959-09-22
Biography
From Wikipedia Jane Winton (October 10, 1905 - September 22, 1959) was a movie actress, dancer, opera soprano, writer, and painter. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the 1920s she began her stage career as a dancer with the Ziegfeld Follies. After coming to the west coast Winton became known as the green-eyed goddess of Hollywood. Her film appearances include roles in Tomorrow's Love (1925), Why Girls Go Back Home (1926), Sunrise, The Crystal Cup and The Fair Coed (1927), Burning Daylight, Melody of Love and The Patsy (1928), Scandal and Show Girl in Hollywood (1929), and The Furies and Hell's Angels (1930). Winton played Donna Isobel, the mother of the title character, in Don Juan (1926). The film starred John Barrymore and Mary Astor. The movie was billed as the first film made in Vitaphone, a new invention which synchronized sound with motion pictures. Modern talking pictures began with the Vitaphone. After leaving Hollywood, Winton performed various operatic roles both in the United States and abroad. In 1933 she was with the National Grand Opera Company for their production of I Pagliacci. She sang Nedda. She starred in the operetta Caviar. In England she became noted for her singing and work in radio. Jane Winton died in 1959 at the Pierre Hotel in New York City.
Most Known For
Honeymoon Flats
as Jane Twitchell
Hell's Angels
as Baroness Von Kranz
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as The Manicure Girl
The Honeymoon Express
as Estelle
Don Juan
as Donna Isobel
Show Girl in Hollywood
as Frank Buelow's Premiere Guest
The Beloved Rogue
as The Abbess
The Fair Co-Ed
as Betty
Three Women
as Charity Ball Guest
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Doña Carla
Footloose Widows
as Mrs. Drew
My Official Wife
as Demimondaine
The Patsy
as Grace Harrington
Across the Pacific
as Claire Marsh
Scandal
as Vera
The Furies
as Gwendolyn Andrews
Limelight
as Ray Madison
Burning Daylight
as Martha Fairbee
The Monkey Talks
as Masisie
Upstream
as The Soubrette