From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Isabel Jewell July 19 1907 April 5 1972 was an American actress most active in the 1930s and early 1940s Some of her most famous films were Ceiling Zero Marked Woman A Tale of Two Cities and Gone With the Wind After years in theater stock companies including an 87week stint in Lincoln Nebraska she hit the big time after getting a part on Broadway in Up Pops the Devil 1930 She received glowing critical reviews for Blessed Event 1932 as well Jewells film debut came in Blessed Event 1932 She had been brought to Hollywood by Warner Brothers for the film version of Up Pops the Devil Jewell gained other supporting roles appearing in a variety of films in the early 1930s She played stereotypical gangsters women in such films as Manhattan Melodrama 1934 and Marked Woman 1937 She was well received playing against type as the seamstress sentenced to death on the guillotine along with Sydney Carton Ronald Colman in A Tale of Two Cities 1935 Her most significant role was as the prostitute Gloria Stone in Lost Horizon 1937 Jewells films included Gone with the Wind 1939 in the role of that white trash Emmy Slattery Northwest Passage 1940 High Sierra 1941 and the lowbudget The Leopard Man 1943 By the end of the 1940s her roles had reduced in significance to the degree that her performances were often uncredited eg The Snake Pit She performed in radio dramas in the 1950s including This is Your FBI In 1972 Jewell appeared opposite Edie Sedgwick in the film Ciao Manhattan Her final film was the B movie Sweet Kill 1973 the directorial debut of Curtis Hanson a future Academy Award winner Description above from the Wikipedia article Isabel Jewell licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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