Dean Jagger
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| Born | Ira Dean Jagger November 7, 1903 Columbus Grove, Ohio |
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| Died | February 5, 1991 (aged 87) Santa Monica, California |
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| Spouse(s) | Antoinette Lawrence (1935-1943) Gloria Ling (1947-1967) Etta Mae Norton (1968-1991) |
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Dean Jagger (7 November, 1903 – 5 February, 1991) was an Academy Award-winning and a Daytime Emmy Award winning American film actor.
Born Ira Dean Jagger in Columbus Grove, Ohio, Jagger made his film debut in The Woman from Hell (1929) with Mary Astor. He became a successful character actor, without becoming a major star, and appeared in almost 100 films in a career that lasted until shortly before his death.
He received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Twelve O'Clock High (1949). Jagger made his breakthrough to major roles in film with his portrayal of Brigham Young in Brigham Young (1940).[1] According to George D. Pyper a technical consultant on the film, who had personally known Brigham Young, said that Jagger not only looked much like Brigham Young, but he also spoke like him and had some of his same mannerisms of walking.[2]
Jagger then played prominent roles in Western Union (1941), Sister Kenny (1946), White Christmas (1954), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Vanishing Point (1971), and the 1956 British science-fiction film X the Unknown, although there was controversy when he refused to work with director Joseph Losey on this film because Losey was on the Hollywood blacklist. Losey was removed from the project after a few days shooting and replaced with Les Norman.
Jagger also achieved success in the television series Mr. Novak, winning Emmy Award nominations for his role, in 1964 and 1965. Though he won a Daytime Emmy award for a guest appearance in the religious series This Is the Life.
Jagger was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1972.[3][4]
He died from heart disease in Santa Monica, California.
Dean Jagger has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to motion pictures, at 1725 Vine Street.
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| Preceded by Walter Huston for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor 1949 for Twelve O'Clock High |
Succeeded by George Sanders for All About Eve |
[edit] References
- ^ LDS Church News, July 7th, 2003
- ^ LDS Church News, July 7th, 2003
- ^ Famous Mormon Actors, Producers and Directors
- ^ LDS Church News July 12th, 2003
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