Jane Winton

Known for ActingBorn 1905-10-10Died 1959-09-22Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

From Wikipedia Jane Winton (October 10, 1905 - September 22, 1959) was a movie actress, dancer, opera soprano, writer, and painter. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the 1920s she began her stage career as a dancer with the Ziegfeld Follies. After coming to the west coast Winton became known as the green-eyed goddess of Hollywood. Her film appearances include roles in Tomorrow's Love (1925), Why Girls Go Back Home (1926), Sunrise, The Crystal Cup and The Fair Coed (1927), Burning Daylight, Melody of Love and The Patsy (1928), Scandal and Show Girl in Hollywood (1929), and The Furies and Hell's Angels (1930). Winton played Donna Isobel, the mother of the title character, in Don Juan (1926). The film starred John Barrymore and Mary Astor. The movie was billed as the first film made in Vitaphone, a new invention which synchronized sound with motion pictures. Modern talking pictures began with the Vitaphone. After leaving Hollywood, Winton performed various operatic roles both in the United States and abroad. In 1933 she was with the National Grand Opera Company for their production of I Pagliacci. She sang Nedda. She starred in the operetta Caviar. In England she became noted for her singing and work in radio. Jane Winton died in 1959 at the Pierre Hotel in New York City.Read more

Movies & web series

Scandal

Honeymoon Flats

The Poor Nut

The Love Toy

His Supreme Moment

Limelight

The Week End Mystery

Melody of Love

Millionaires

The Passionate Quest

Tomorrow's Love

Hired Wife

Captain Lash

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Nothing to Wear

The Gay Old Bird

The Honeymoon Express

My Official Wife

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

The Furies

Perch of the Devil

Lonesome Ladies

The Crystal Cup

Why Girls Go Back Home

Footloose Widows

The Beloved Rogue

The Patsy

The Fair Co-Ed

Don Juan

Hell's Angels

Upstream

The Yellow Lily

The Monkey Talks

Bare Knees

Show Girl in Hollywood

Burning Daylight

Across the Pacific

A Notorious Affair

Three Women