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Jeanne Crain

Jeanne Crain, American actress (died 2003)

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Born
May 25, 1925
Died
December 14, 2003
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1925

About Jeanne Crain

Jeanne Elizabeth Crain was an American actress. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for the title role in Pinky (1949). She also starred in the films In the Meantime, Darling (1944), State Fair (1945), Leave Her to Heaven (1945), Centennial Summer (1946), Margie (1946), Apartment for Peggy (1948), A Letter to Three Wives (1949), Cheaper by the Dozen (1950), People Will Talk (1951), Man Without a Star (1955), Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955), The Fastest Gun Alive (1956), and The Joker Is Wild (1957). At age 19 Crain was cast by Fox in her first sizable role in the romantic drama Home in Indiana (1944), with Walter Brennan, in which she played the love interest of Lon McCallister's character. Crain first received critical acclaim when she starred in Winged Victory (1944).

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Jeanne Crain timeline

  1. At age 19 Crain was cast by Fox in her first sizable role in the romantic drama Home in Indiana (1944), with Walter Brennan, in which she played the love interest of Lon McCallister's character.
  2. Crain first received critical acclaim when she starred in Winged Victory (1944).
  3. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for the title role in Pinky (1949).

The world when Jeanne Crain was born

Jeanne Crain was born in 1925. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1925

  • #1 song"Sweet Georgia Brown"
  • Top movieThe Gold Rush (Charlie Chaplin)
  • Best-selling bookThe Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentRed Grange signs with the Chicago Bears
  • Top headlineThe Scopes Trial captivates America
  • Technology milestoneTelevision demonstrated by John Logie Baird
  • Defining fadCharleston dance craze
  • Notable inventionMasking tape
  • World population1.98 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderCalvin Coolidge
  • Sports championPittsburgh Pirates (World Series)
  • U.S. population115.8M

1925 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jeanne Crain's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19252026
Gas$0.22$3.45/gal
Average home$5,900$435,000
Average income$3,600$67,500
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population115.8M341 million

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