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Code	DS/UK/7336
Name	Kent; Jean (1921-); British film and television actress
Variations of Name	Joan Mildred Field \| Jean Carr
Dates	29 June 1921-30 November 2013
Gender	Female (cisgender)
Place of Birth/Origin	Brixton, London, England (born)
Relationships	Daughter of Norman Carpenter Summerfield (known as Norman Field) and ildred Lilian Noaks (known as Nina Norre) (variety performers)
Biography	Jean Kent was an English film and television actress. The turning point in her career came when she was given a dramatic part in the Gainsborough melodrama film Fanny by Gaslight (1944).[6] She played a part turned down by Margaret Lockwood, that of the childhood friend of the character played by Phyllis Calvert, who becomes the mistress of James Mason's character. The movie, also starring Stewart Granger, was a box-office success in Britain and established Kent as Gainsborough's back up to Margaret Lockwood.

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