Jean Sullivan
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Jean Sullivan (1923-2003) was an American actress and dancer. She acted in film, television and stage productions, and danced both flamenco and ballet, the latter with the American Ballet Theatre.
Discovered while a student at UCLA, doing a play, by a scout from Warner Bros.. She was signed immediately.
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[edit] Movies
Sullivan appeared in the following films:
- Squirm - 1976
- Uncertain Glory - 1944
- Escape to the Desert - 1945
- Roughly Speaking - 1945
[edit] Television
She appeared in the following television programs:
- One Day at a Time
- Somerset
- The Doctors
- Search for Tomorrow
- NBC Family Hour
- Colgate Family Hour
- Lamp Unto Thy Feet
[edit] Theatre roles
- The Seagull - Arkadina - Sybil Burton's New Theatre
- Macbeth - Lady Macbeth - Royal Shakespeare Company at JASTA
- Much Ado About Nothing - Hero - Royal Shakespeare Company for the Theatre Guild
- Phedre - Phedre - La Comedie Francaise (replaced Beatrice Straight) - Off-Broadway and touring
- Luv - Ruth
- The Bald Soprano - Mrs. Smith
- The Dark Lady of the Sonnets - Queen Elizabeth I
- Spoon River Anthology
- The Stronger - South Street Theatre (NYC)
- Before Breakfast - Vienna English Theatre (Vienna, Austria)
[edit] Instruments
She reportedly played the cello, piano and guitar (Flamenco)
[edit] Awards
She was selected as an Honored Member in the "US Executives" Category for 1989's "Who's Who in America".
[edit] Personal life
She was born on May 26, 1923 in Logan, Utah,[1] and had a daughter, the actress Francesca Poston, by Tom Poston, whom she married in 1955. She and Poston divorced in 1968.
She died on February 27, 2003 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California from a cardiac arrest, aged 79.
