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Willes began using her married name for billing in 1947. Her first film was The Winner's Circle (1948). 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.
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.
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.
Jean Willes was a contract Columbia player. After such Stooge short-films as “Don’t Throw That Knife”, she worked her way into minor (From Here to Eternity [1953]) and then major roles in features (Desire Under the Elms [1958] and Ocean’s Eleven [1960]). Production Notes “Don’t Throw That Knife” was filmed on June 20–22, 1950.
- Jules White
- Felix Adler
- Jules White
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.
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- Comedy, Short
- Edward Bernds
- 1950-12-07
Jean Willes plays Lucy Wyckoff, the wife of a jealous and skilled knife thrower, in this 1951 comedy short starring the Three Stooges. The boys disguise themselves as census takers and get into trouble when they enter their apartment.
A Snitch in Time is a 1950 short subject directed by Edward Bernds starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Shemp Howard).It is the 128th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the comedians, who released 190 shorts for the studio between 1934 and 1959.
