Portrait of Jean Dixon

Jean Dixon

Acting

Biography

Connecticut-born Jean Dixon had an auspicious theatre debut: on a Parisian stage with Sarah Bernhardt while still a student at a French university. Upon her return to the U.S. in 1921, she made her Broadway debut, and thereafter appeared in many stage productions, on Broadway and across the country, before Hollywood called her in 1929. She most often appeared as the streetwise, smart-mouthed friend of the leading lady. Her most famous appearance would probably be as Molly in the classic screwball comedy My Man Godfrey (1936).

Born: July 14, 1893

Place of Birth: Waterbury, Connecticut, USA

Filmography

1959
1938
Holiday

as Susan Potter

1938
Joy of Living

as Harrison

1937
You Only Live Once

as Bonnie Graham

1936
The Magnificent Brute

as Blossom Finney

1936
1935
She Married Her Boss

as Martha Pryor

1935
Mister Dynamite

as Lynn Marlo

1935
1934
1929
The Lady Lies

as Ann Gardner