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Jean Rouverol(1916-2017)

  • Writer
  • Actress
  • Additional Crew
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Jean Rouverol
Jean Rouverol was born on 8 July 1916 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for It's a Gift (1934), Guiding Light (1952) and Bar 20 Rides Again (1935). She was married to Hugo Butler. She died on 24 March 2017 in Wingdale, New York, USA.
BornJuly 8, 1916
DiedMarch 24, 2017(100)
BornJuly 8, 1916
DiedMarch 24, 2017(100)
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  • Awards
    • 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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Known for

W.C. Fields and Baby LeRoy in It's a Gift (1934)
It's a Gift
7.0
  • Mildred Bissonette
  • 1934
William Boyd in Bar 20 Rides Again (1935)
Bar 20 Rides Again
6.4
  • Margaret Arnold
  • 1935
Guiding Light (1952)
Guiding Light
6.6
TV Series
  • Writer
Mary Ellis and Walter Pidgeon in Fatal Lady (1936)
Fatal Lady
6.7
  • Anita
  • 1936

Credits

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Writer

  • As the World Turns (1956)
    As the World Turns
    6.3
    TV Series
    • teleplay by
    • written by
    • 1980
  • Guiding Light (1952)
    Guiding Light
    6.6
    TV Series
    • writer
    • Writer
    • co-head writer
    • 1975–1979
  • Melissa Sue Anderson, Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Richard Bull, Sidney Greenbush, Jonathan Gilbert, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush, and Katherine MacGregor in Little House on the Prairie (1974)
    Little House on the Prairie
    7.6
    TV Series
    • story by
    • 1974
  • The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
    The Legend of Lylah Clare
    5.7
    • screenplay
    • 1968
  • Face in the Rain (1963)
    Face in the Rain
    5.0
    • written for the screen by
    • 1963
  • The Miracle (1959)
    The Miracle
    5.9
    • screenplay (originally uncredited)
    • 1959
  • Joan Crawford and Cliff Robertson in Autumn Leaves (1956)
    Autumn Leaves
    6.9
    • written by (front Jack Jevne)
    • 1956
  • The First Time (1952)
    The First Time
    6.1
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1952
  • Jane Krakowski, Matthew Ashford, Domini Blythe, Colleen Dion, Terri Eoff, David Forsyth, Lee Godart, Louan Gideon, Marcia McCabe, Jeffrey Meek, Jacqueline Schultz, and Mary Stuart in Search for Tomorrow (1951)
    Search for Tomorrow
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1951–1986
  • So Young, So Bad (1950)
    So Young, So Bad
    6.2
    • story and screenplay
    • 1950

Actress

  • Finding Jean Lewis (2009)
    Finding Jean Lewis
    Short
    • Jean Lewis
    • 2009
  • Jack Pot (1940)
    Jack Pot
    6.3
    Short
    • Ruth
    • 1940
  • Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette in Western Jamboree (1938)
    Western Jamboree
    5.7
    • Betty Haskell
    • 1938
  • Harry Carey in The Law West of Tombstone (1938)
    The Law West of Tombstone
    5.7
    • Nita Mosby
    • 1938
  • Lucille Ball, Ruth Donnelly, Ralph Forbes, Lew Landers, Lou Lusty, Frances Mercer, Jack Oakie, and Bradley Page in Annabel Takes a Tour (1938)
    Annabel Takes a Tour
    5.6
    • Laura Hampton
    • 1938
  • Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball, Ginger Rogers, Pandro S. Berman, Constance Collier, Samuel S. Hinds, George S. Kaufman, Gregory La Cava, Andrea Leeds, Adolphe Menjou, Gail Patrick, Morrie Ryskind, and Anthony Veiller in Stage Door (1937)
    Stage Door
    7.7
    • Dizzy
    • 1937
  • Noah Beery Jr., Richard Cromwell, Andy Devine, Louise Fazenda, John 'Dusty' King, Maurice Murphy, Barbara Read, and Slim Summerville in The Road Back (1937)
    The Road Back
    6.2
    • Elsa
    • 1937
  • Mary Ellis and Walter Pidgeon in Fatal Lady (1936)
    Fatal Lady
    6.7
    • Anita
    • 1936
  • The Leavenworth Case (1936)
    The Leavenworth Case
    6.3
    • Eleanore Leavenworth
    • 1936
  • William Boyd in Bar 20 Rides Again (1935)
    Bar 20 Rides Again
    6.4
    • Margaret Arnold
    • 1935
  • Joan Bennett, Bing Crosby, and W.C. Fields in Mississippi (1935)
    Mississippi
    6.5
    • Lucy's Schoolgirl Friend (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • Private Worlds (1935)
    Private Worlds
    6.4
    • Carrie Flint
    • 1935
  • W.C. Fields and Baby LeRoy in It's a Gift (1934)
    It's a Gift
    7.0
    • Mildred Bissonette
    • 1934

Additional Crew

  • Dalton Trumbo in Trumbo (2007)
    Trumbo
    7.4
    • provider: archival footage and images
    • 2007

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Jean Butler
  • Height
    • 5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
  • Born
    • July 8, 1916
    • St. Louis, Missouri, USA
  • Died
    • March 24, 2017
    • Wingdale, New York, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Hugo ButlerMay 7, 1937 - January 7, 1968 (his death, 6 children)
  • Children
    • Michael Butler
  • Other works
    Book: "Refugees from Hollywood: A Journal of the Blacklist Years"

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    With the film "Private Worlds" was the first actress to depict schizophrenia onscreen.
  • Quotes
    [About the McCarthyite purges] I wouldn't change a moment of it. We were periodically terrified. But we felt like some curious kind of pioneer.

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