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Jean Kent

Jean Kent, English actress (died 2013)

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Born
June 29, 1921
Died
November 30, 2013
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1921

About Jean Kent

Jean Kent was an English film and television actress. Granger and Kent were reunited in The Magic Bow (1946), with Kent again taking a part originally meant for Margaret Lockwood. "There was a pecking order at Gainsborough," Kent later recalled. "First Margaret, then Pat, then Phyllis, then me. Kent appeared as the lead in a musical Trottie True (1949), which became her favourite film.

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Jean Kent timeline

  1. Granger and Kent were reunited in The Magic Bow (1946), with Kent again taking a part originally meant for Margaret Lockwood. "There was a pecking order at Gainsborough," Kent later recalled. "First Margaret, then Pat, then Phyllis, then me.
  2. Kent appeared as the lead in a musical Trottie True (1949), which became her favourite film.

The world when Jean Kent was born

Jean Kent was born in 1921. 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 1921

  • #1 song"My Man" – Fanny Brice
  • Top movieThe Kid (Charlie Chaplin)
  • Best-selling bookMain Street – Sinclair Lewis

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJack Dempsey vs Georges Carpentier — first million-dollar gate
  • Top headlineWarren G. Harding inaugurated as 29th President
  • Technology milestoneAlbert Einstein wins the Nobel Prize in Physics
  • Defining fadOuija boards
  • Notable inventionLie detector (polygraph)
  • World population1.88 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWarren G. Harding
  • Sports championNew York Giants (World Series)
  • U.S. population108.5M

1921 versus 2026

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

Measure19212026
Gas$0.26$3.45/gal
Average home$5,500$435,000
Average income$3,010$67,500
Movie ticket$0.15$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population108.5M341 million

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