Jane Winton
Jane Winton was born October 10, 1905, in Philadelphia,
Pa. Not yet 20 years old, she came to Hollywood and got her first
role, an uncredited one, in "Three Women" in 1924 for
no less than Ernst Lubitsch at Warner Brothers. She remained busy
throughout the silent era, but typically in secondary roles such
as Donna Isobel in John Barrymore's "Don Juan" (1926),
Virginia Lee Corbin's straight-laced sister in the low budget
"Bare Knees" (1928), as a vampr rivaling Marion Davies
for Johnny Mack Brown's affections in "The Fair Co-Ed"
(1928), again with Marion Davies as her older sister in "The
Patsy" (1928) and small roles in big pictures such as "Sunrise"
(1927) and "Hell's Angels" (1930). She didn't skip a
beat when sound came in making three pictures in 1929 and five
in 1930 before backing off of her acting, making only five more
pictures in the next seven years. Instead, as a very accomplished
soprano, she focused on an operatic career both in the United
States and in Europe. In 1933, she performed with the National
Grand Opera Company in "I Pagliacci." She was very popular
in England appearing both in opera and on radio. Winton wrote
two novels, "Park Avenue Doctor" in 1951, and "Passion
Is the Gale" in 1952. She was married three times: in 1927
to screenwriter Charles Kenyon, in 1930 to New York businessman
Horace Gumble and in 1935 with Michael T. Gottlieb, a stockbroker
and tournament bridge champion to whom she remained married until
his death. She maintained residences in Katonah, NY, and Phoenix,
AZ. She passed away in 1959 while staying at the Pierre Hotel
in New York City.
Selected films of this star available for viewing:
My Old Dutch (1926)
Don Juan (1926)
The Beloved
Rogue (1927)
Sunrise
(1927)
The
Patsy (1928)
Bare Knees (1928)
Burning Daylight (1928)
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