Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956
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Willes is familiar to modern viewers for her roles in several Three Stooges short subjects, such as Monkey Businessmen as well as A Snitch in Time, Don't Throw That Knife and Gypped in the Penthouse. She was a favorite of director Edward Bernds , who cast her in many shorts and features.
Jean Willes was a blonde actress who appeared in several Three Stooges films as a nurse or a love interest. She was born in 1923 and died in 1989, and also used the name Jean Donahue.
A Snitch in Time: Directed by Edward Bernds. With Shemp Howard, Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Jean Willes. The stooges are carpenters who are re-staining some furniture they've delivered to a boarding house. The plot gets complicated when the boys confront some crooks who are hiding out there.
- (362)
- Comedy, Short
- Edward Bernds
- 1950-12-07
Hula-La-La: Directed by Hugh McCollum. With Shemp Howard, Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Jean Willes. The stooges are dance instructors sent by a movie company to a tropical island to teach the natives how to dance so they can appear in a movie. The boys run into trouble with the local witch doctor who wants to add their heads to his collection.
- (325)
- Short, Comedy
- Hugh McCollum
- 1951-11-01
Jean Willes (April 15, 1923 - January 3, 1989 (aged 65) was an actress who appeared in 5 Three Stooges episodes from 1946 to 1955. She also appeared in 2 Shemp Howard (Solos) from 1 in 1946 and 1 in 1947, and also appeared in 1 Joe DeRita (Solo) in 1946. She died from liver cancer.
Don't Throw That Knife: Directed by Jules White. With Shemp Howard, Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Jean Willes. The stooges become census takers and wind up in the apartment of a lady whose husband is both jealous and a knife thrower.
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She was often featured as one of the only female characters in a number of Three Stooges shorts, most notably in "A Snitch in Time" and "Gypped in the Penthouse." In the former, Willes played the attractive owner of a boarding house who teams up with the Stooges to hunt down a robber.
