Jean Hazlewood

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Ora Jean Hazlewood (August 4, 1916 – March 2, 1997) was an American screenwriter, and wife of actor Richard Widmark for 55 years. They met while they were both attending Lake Forest College.

She adapted the Alistair MacLean novel The Secret Ways for the 1961 film version.

Hazlewood married Widmark on April 5, 1942. They had a daughter, Anne Heath Widmark, who married baseball legend Sandy Koufax in January 1969. Hazlewood died of Alzheimer’s disease in Santa Barbara, California, aged 80. [1]

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  1. ^ Scott, Walter (April 17, 2005). Q&A. Parade Magazine

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