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Jo Van Fleet (December 29, 1915 – June 10, 1996) was an American stage, film, and television actress. During her long career, which spanned over four decades, she often played characters much older than her actual age.
Actress: East of Eden. Jo Van Fleet was born on December 29, 1915 in Oakland, California. She established herself as a notable dramatic actress on Broadway over several years, winning a Tony Award in 1954 for her skill in a difficult role, playing an unsympathetic, even abusive character, in Horton Foote's "The Trip to Bountiful" with Lillian ...
Actress: East of Eden. Jo Van Fleet was born on December 29, 1915 in Oakland, California. She established herself as a notable dramatic actress on Broadway over several years, winning a Tony Award in 1954 for her skill in a difficult role, playing an unsympathetic, even abusive character, in Horton Foote's "The Trip to Bountiful" with Lillian ...
Jun 11, 1996 · Jo Van Fleet, who won an Academy Award, a Tony and other honors for her portrayal of proud, stoical women, died Monday in Jamaica Hospital in Queens. She was 81.
Jun 19, 1996 · Jo Van Fleet was a powerful actress, described by Elia Kazan as "full of unconstrained violence", who frequently played roles older than herself. She won an Oscar for her first...
Jun 11, 1996 · Jo Van Fleet, who won an Academy Award, a Tony Award and other honors for her portrayal of proud, stoical women, died yesterday at Jamaica Hospital in Queens. She was 81.
A veteran of stage, screen, and television, Jo Van Fleet was acclaimed for her portrayals of tough, complex women, many of them years older than she. She was born in 1919 in Oakland, California, and began her theater studies at the College of the Pacific.
Jun 10, 1996 · Catherine Josephine Van Fleet was an American stage, film, and television actress. During her long career, which spanned over four decades, she often played characters much older than her...
Jun 10, 1996 · Catherine Josephine Van Fleet (December 30, 1914 – June 10, 1996) was an American stage, film, and television actress. During her long career, which spanned over four decades, she often played characters much older than her actual age.
Jun 11, 1996 · Van Fleet won the Academy Award for best supporting actress in 1955--her first movie role, at age 35--for her portrayal of James Dean’s madam mother in Elia Kazan’s “East of Eden.”
