Grace Kelly (1929 – 1982). Whether playing the heiress in “To Catch a Thief” or the Quaker pacifist in “High Noon” or the amusedly detached career girl – a term still in vogue when “Rear Window” was made – Grace Kelly carried herself with straight back and clipped-voice self-assurance.
Jean Peters (1926 – 2000) 20th Century Fox Player.
Jean Peters: born 15 October 1926, Canton Ohio; died: 13 October 2000, Carlsbad California; on screen 1947 – 1955; married to billionaire recluse Howard Hughes 1957 – 1971; returned to the screen for single credits in 1973, 1976, 1981 and 1988.
Jean Porter (1922 – 2018): American actress with screen credits 1942 – 1961.
Hazel Brooks (1924 – 2002): South African-born model turned actress turned photographer, with screen credits 1947 – 1955.
Frances Rafferty (1922 – 2004): American actress with credits from 1942 to 1977.
Rita Gam: born Rita Eleanore MacKay 1927, on screen 1950 – 1996.
Britt Ekland: Swedish-born actress (1942) who started in Italian movies, then British films, Hollywood movies and UK television.
Barbara Nichols (1928 – 1976): born Barbara Marie Nickerauer in Queens New York 1928, a blonde bombshell in Hollywood from River of No Return (1954) to Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976). Died age 47 from long term complications of a much earlier automobile accident.
