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Jane Winton

Oct 10, 1905 - Sep 22, 1959 (53 years old) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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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.

Known For

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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
The Manicure Girl
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Hell's Angels
Baroness Von Kranz
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Doña Carla
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Bare Knees
Jane Longworth
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Don Juan
Donna Isobel
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Three Women
Charity Ball Guest
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The Furies
Gwendolyn Andrews
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Across the Pacific
Claire Marsh
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The Monkey Talks
Masisie
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His Supreme Moment
Undetermined Role (uncredited)

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