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Jean Peters: American actress (1926–2000).
Born in Canton (died at age 73).
Biography
Elizabeth Jean Peters was an American film actress. She was known as a star of 20th Century Fox in the late 1940s and early '50s, and as the second wife of Howard Hughes. Although possibly best remembered for her siren role in Pickup on South Street (1953), Peters was known for her resistance to being turned into a sex symbol. She preferred to play unglamorous, down-to-earth women.
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Jean Peters was born on and passed away on at the age of 73.
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Jean Peters was born in Canton.
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