Occupation Actress Years active 1942-1952 | Name Jacqueline White Role Film actress | |
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Born November 26, 1922 (age 101) ( 1922-11-26 ) Beverly Hills, California, U.S. Spouse Bruce Anderson (m. 1948–2000) Movies The Narrow Margin, Crossfire, Air Raid Wardens, Return of the Bad Men, Banjo Similar People Marie Windsor, Edward Sedgwick, Richard Fleischer, Ray Enright, Cy Endfield | ||
Jacqueline Jane White (born November 27, 1922) is a former American film actress. She's probably best remembered appearing in the films noir Crossfire and The Narrow Margin.
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Early years
A cousin of former Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, White was from Beverly Hills, California. She attended the University of California, Los Angeles.
White and actress Lynn Merrick were childhood friends until White moved. They were reunited when both were in the cast of Three Hearts for Julia (1943).
Career
White's film debut resulted from her work in a drama class at UCLA. A casting director saw her in a production of Ah, Wilderness! and arranged for a screen test for her. That led to her first film appearance, in Song of Russia (1944).
White usually played either lead actresses in B-movies or supporting parts in A-movies. She usually played the main character, and one of her biggest movies was Mystery in Mexico. White was under contract to both MGM then RKO where she appeared in two classics, Crossife and The Narrow Margin.
RKO used her as a second lead in A pictures and leading roles in B films.
Personal life
White retired from film in 1950 upon her marriage to Bruce Anderson. She relocated to Wyoming with her husband, who started an oil business. When she returned to Los Angeles for the birth of her first child, she was spotted in the RKO commissary, visiting friends by director Richard Fleischer and producer Stanley Rubin who offered her a co-starring role in The Narrow Margin (1952).
Still active as of 2005, White appears occasionally at film conventions. In 2013, she made an appearance at the annual TCM Film Festival.