Name Jean Hazlewood Movies The Secret Ways Children Anne Koufax | Role Screenwriter | |
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Full Name Ora Jean Hazlewood Born August 4, 1916 ( 1916-08-04 ) Similar People Richard Widmark, Susan Blanchard, Phil Karlson, Sandy Koufax, Euan Lloyd | ||
Ora Jean Hazlewood (August 4, 1916 – March 2, 1997) was an American screenwriter, and wife of actor Richard Widmark for 55 years. They met while they were both attending Lake Forest College.
She adapted the Alistair MacLean novel The Secret Ways for the 1961 film version.
Hazlewood married Widmark on April 5, 1942. They had a daughter, Anne Heath Widmark, who later married baseball legend Sandy Koufax in January 1969, divorcing in 1982.
Jean Hazlewood died of Alzheimer's disease in Santa Barbara, California, at the age of 80.
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