Jean Peters (October 15, 1926 – October 13, 2000) was an American actress.
Born Elizabeth Jean Peters in Canton, Ohio, she was the daughter of Elizabeth and Geral Peters, a laundry manager. Raised in Canton, Peters attended the University of Michigan and later Ohio State University. While studying for a teaching degree at Ohio State, she entered the Miss Ohio State Pageant in the fall of 1945. Among the twelve finalists, Peters won. Sponsored by ...
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Jean Peters (October 15, 1926 – October 13, 2000) was an American actress.
Born Elizabeth Jean Peters in Canton, Ohio, she was the daughter of Elizabeth and Geral Peters, a laundry manager. Raised in Canton, Peters attended the University of Michigan and later Ohio State University. While studying for a teaching degree at Ohio State, she entered the Miss Ohio State Pageant in the fall of 1945. Among the twelve finalists, Peters won. Sponsored by photographer Paul Robinson of the "House of Portraits", her grand prize was a screen test with 20th Century-Fox. As her agent, Robinson accompanied her to Hollywood, and helped her secure a contract with Fox.
For her first feature role, she was selected to replace Linda Darnell as the female lead in Captain from Castile (1947) opposite Tyrone Power, when Darnell was reassigned to save the production of Forever Amber. Captain from Castile was a hit, and Leonard Maltin wrote that afterwards Peters spent the new decade playing "sexy spitfires,...
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