Jane Winton

Jane Winton
Born	(1905-10-10)October 10, 1905 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	September 22, 1959(1959-09-22) (aged 53) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer

Jane Winton (October 10, 1905 – September 22, 1959) was an American film actress, dancer, opera soprano, writer, and painter.

Actress

Winton was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1905. 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 (1927), The Crystal Cup (1927), The Fair Co-Ed (1927), Burning Daylight (1928), Melody of Love (1928), and The Patsy (1928), Scandal (1929), Show Girl in Hollywood (1929), The Furies (1930), 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.

Opera and radio

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.

Novelist

In 1951 Winton's novel, Park Avenue Doctor, was published by Frederick Fell. Passion Is The Gale, her second novel, was released almost a year later.

Marriage

Winton married three times. In 1927 she wed Hollywood screenwriter Charles Kenyon. She married New York businessman Horace Gumble in 1930. Her last husband was Michael T. Gottlieb, a stockbroker, tournament contract bridge player, and Arizona property owner. They wed in 1935.

Death

Winton died in 1959 at the Pierre Hotel in New York City from undisclosed causes. She maintained other residences in Katonah, New York and Phoenix, Arizona.

Partial filmography

• Three Women (1924)
• Tomorrow's Love (1925)
• His Supreme Moment (1925)
• The Love Toy (1926)
• Why Girls Go Back Home (1926)
• My Old Dutch (1926)
• Footloose Widows (1926)
• Don Juan (1926)
• The Honeymoon Express (1926)
• Across the Pacific (1926)
• The Gay Old Bird (1927)
• Upstream (1927)
• The Monkey Talks (1927)
• The Beloved Rogue (1927)
• Sunrise (1927)
• Lonesome Ladies (1927)
• The Fair Co-Ed (1927)
• The Poor Nut (1927)
• Bare Knees (1928)
• Honeymoon Flats (1928)
• Nothing to Wear (1928)
• Burning Daylight (1928)
• The Patsy (1928)
• Yellow Lily (1928)
• Melody of Love (1928)
• Captain Lash (1929)
• Scandal (1929)
• The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929)
• Show Girl in Hollywood (1930)
• A Notorious Affair (1930)
• Hell's Angels (1930)
• Limelight (1936)

References

• Obituary, New York Times, September 23, 1959, p. 35. (subscription required)

External links

• Jane Winton at IMDb