Isabel Jewell was an American actress most active in the 1930s and early 1940s. Born in Shoshoni, Fremont County, Wyoming, Jewell was a Broadway actress who achieved immediate success and glowing critical reviews in two productions, Up Pops the Devil and Blessed Event . She was brought to Hollywood by Warner Brothers for the film version of the latter. Jewell appeared in a variety of supporting roles during the early 1930s. She played stereotypical gangster's women in such films as Manhattan Melodrama and Marked Woman . She was well received playing against type, as an innocent seamstress... sentenced to death on the guillotine, in A Tale of Two Cities . Her most significant role was as the prostitute Gloria Stone in Lost Horizon . In the mid to late 1930s, Jewell was seen at nightclubs with William Hopper . Jewell's films included Gone with the Wind , Northwest Passage , High Sierra , and the low-budget The Leopard Man .
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| Birthdate: | July 19, 1907 |
| Birthplace: | Shoshoni, Wyoming |
| Date of death: | April 5, 1972 |
| Height: | 4' 11" |
| Also known as: | Isabel Jewel, Isobel Jewell, Babe |