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- Birth nameJames Ramon Jones
- James Jones was born on November 6, 1921 in Robinson, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Thin Red Line (1998), From Here to Eternity (1953) and The Longest Day (1962). He was married to Gloria Jones. He died on May 9, 1977 in Southampton, New York, USA.
- SpouseGloria Jones(February 27, 1957 - May 9, 1977) (his death, 1 child)
- Witnessed the attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941) when he'd just turned 20-years-old.
- Won a National Book Award for his first novel, "From Here to Eternity."
- Father, with Gloria Jones, of Kaylie Jones.
- Wife Gloria Jones (June 6, 1928 - June 9, 2006) was once a stand-in for Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch (1955), and for Eva Marie Saint in On the Waterfront (1954). She also danced with Arthur Murray on his popular TV show before marrying Jones.
- I want to make everybody in the world groan with the inevitability of sorrow.
- Why was it everything was always so goddam complicated? Even the simplest things was so goddam complicated when you come to doing them.
- I'm an American, and always will be. I happen to love that big, awkward, sprawling country very much — and its big, awkward, sprawling people.
- The perfect ideal would be that a man who is essentially nonviolent would be able to defend himself against any form of violence. But this is very rare in life.
- About Hawaii: Sometimes the air is awfully clear here. You can look off to sea and see the soft, warm, raggedy roof of clouds stretching on and on and on. It almost seems as if you can look right on into eternity.
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