Jeanne Arnold(1921-1996)
- Actress
Jeanne Arnold was born on July 30, 1921 in Berkeley, California and
raised in San Francisco, the daughter of George and Agnes Kirkman
Arnold. She graduated from Lowell High School and from the University
of California, Berkeley. Jeanne had a long and varied career
principally as a TV and stage actress in New York, Chicago and
Hollywood and during the last 17 years of her life performed frequently
at Meadowbrook Theatre in Rochester, Michigan. After marrying William
Stevens in 1978, she relocated to Flint, MI but continued to act in
local theater productions such as "Jeanne Arnold Sings!", a one-woman
show staged at Flint's Buckham Alley Theatre in 1992. Known for her
magnetic stage presence and confident acting style, Arnold had a
reputation for total commitment to her craft. Arnold died on September
20, 1996 in Flint, Michigan.
