Jean Peters

Born October 15, 1926· Canton, Ohio, USA

† Died October 13, 2000

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Emerging from a farm in East Canton, Ohio, she studied literature at the University of Michigan before transferring to Ohio State University to train as a teacher, and a 1945 Miss Ohio State victory earned her a screen test that secured a seven-year contract with 20th Century Fox. After withdrawing from an initial project, she stepped into the lead of Captain from Castile (1947) opposite Tyrone Po…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources