George Brent

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Brent (born George Patrick [or George Brendan] Nolan, 15 March 1904 – 26 May 1979) was an Irish-American stage, film, and television actor. Brent was born in Ballinasloe, County Galway in 1904 to John J. and Mary (née McGuinness) Nolan. His mother was a native of Clonfad, Moore, County Roscommon. Brent made his first film, Under Suspicion, in 1930. Over the next two years, he appeared in a number of minor films produced by Universal Studios and Fox, before being signed to contract by Warner Bros. in 1932. He remained at Warner Bros. for the next 20 years, carving out a successful career as a top-flight leading man during the late 1930s and 1940s. Highly regarded by Bette Davis, he became her most frequent male co-star, appearing with her in 13 films, including Front Page Woman (1935), Special Agent (1935), The Golden Arrow (1936), Jezebel (1938), The Old Maid (1939), Dark Victory (1939), and The Great Lie (1941). Brent also played opposite Ruby Keeler in 42nd Street (1933), Greta Garbo in The Painted Veil (1934), Ginger Rogers in In Person (1935), Madeleine Carroll in The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936), Jean Arthur in More Than a Secretary (1936), Myrna Loy in Stamboul Quest (1934) and The Rains Came (1939), Merle Oberon in 'Til We Meet Again (1940), Ann Sheridan in Honeymoon for Three (1941), Joan Fontaine in The Affairs of Susan (1945), Barbara Stanwyck in So Big! (1932), The Purchase Price (1932), Baby Face (1933), The Gay Sisters (1942), and My Reputation (1946), Claudette Colbert in Tomorrow Is Forever (1946), Dorothy McGuire in The Spiral Staircase (1946), Lucille Ball in Lover Come Back (1946), and Yvonne De Carlo in Slave Girl (1947). Brent drifted into "B" pictures from the late 1940s and retired from film in 1953. He continued to appear on television until 1960, having appeared on the religion anthology series Crossroads. He was cast in the lead in the 1956 television series Wire Service. In 1978, he made one last film, the made-for-television production Born Again. In 1960, Brent was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with two stars. He received a motion-pictures star located at 1709 Vine Street, and a second star located at 1612 Vine Street for his work in television. Brent was married five times: Helen Louise Campbell (1925–1927), Ruth Chatterton (1932–1934), Constance Worth (1937), Ann Sheridan (1942–1943), and Janet Michaels (1947–1974). His final marriage to Janet Michaels, a former model and dress designer, lasted 27 years until her death in 1974. They had a son and a daughter. Brent also carried on a lengthy relationship with his frequent Warner Bros. co-star, actress Bette Davis, who described her last meeting with Brent after many years of estrangement. He was suffering from advanced emphysema, and she expressed great sadness at his ill health and deterioration. George Brent died in 1979 in Solana Beach, California.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1904-03-15
  • event Death Date 1979-05-26
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 2.5
  • info Birth Place Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland
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6.9

42nd Street

1933-03-11

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Jezebel: Legend of the South

2006-05-30

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Jezebel

1938-03-26

5.6

Experiment Perilous

1944-12-18

7

The Spiral Staircase

1946-02-06

5.4

You Can't Escape Forever

1942-10-10

7.3

Baby Face

1933-07-13

7

Dark Victory

1939-04-20

6.7

In This Our Life

1942-05-08

5.4

Illegal Entry

1949-06-01

6.9

The Great Lie

1941-04-05

5.1

The Right to Live

1935-01-26

5.4

Stamboul Quest

1934-07-13

4.9

Temptation

1946-12-02

6.1

Tomorrow Is Forever

1946-02-20

7.1

The Old Maid

1939-08-16

5

The Lightning Warrior

1931-11-01

5.7

The Last Page

1952-01-25

6.6

The Painted Veil

1934-11-23

6.3

Special Agent

1935-09-14

5.4

The Fighting 69th

1940-01-27

6.3

Female

1933-11-11

6.6

The Purchase Price

1932-07-23

6.5

The Gay Sisters

1942-08-01

5.1

Racket Busters

1938-07-16

5.4

Christmas Eve

1947-10-31

5.6

Lilly Turner

1933-05-13

5.8

They Call It Sin

1932-11-05

5.2

Luxury Liner

1948-11-09

6.3

Montana Belle

1952-11-11

5.8

So Big!

1932-04-30

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Homicide Squad

1931-08-01

7.1

My Reputation

1946-01-25

5.2

The Rich Are Always with Us

1932-05-19

5.8

Honeymoon for Three

1941-01-18

6

Wings of the Navy

1939-02-11

5.6

Silver Queen

1942-11-14

5.9

FBI Girl

1951-11-04

6.5

Out Where the Stars Begin

1938-05-28

4.2

God's Country and the Woman

1937-01-16

6.3

Luxury Liner

1933-02-03

6

The Man Who Talked Too Much

1940-07-16

5.9

The Rains Came

1939-09-15

6

Week-End Marriage

1932-06-18

6.2

'Til We Meet Again

1940-04-20

7.3

Desirable

1934-09-08

5.5

Mountain Justice

1937-04-24

4.6

The Goose and the Gander

1935-09-21

5.2

Adventure in Diamonds

1940-03-08

5

Red Canyon

1949-04-27

5.7

Swingtime in the Movies

1938-12-24

5.8

Front Page Woman

1935-07-11

5.7

The Corpse Came C.O.D.

1947-06-02

4.7

Submarine D-1

1937-11-27

6

They Dare Not Love

1941-05-16

5.6

Secrets of an Actress

1938-09-10

6.1

The Affairs of Susan

1945-07-08

6.3

In Person

1935-11-22

5.8

Stranded

1935-06-29

5.2

The Crash

1932-10-09

7.6

Housewife

1934-08-11

5.7

Miss Pinkerton

1932-05-27

6

Give Me Your Heart

1936-09-17

6.5

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983-02-25

6.4

More Than a Secretary

1936-12-10

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The Case Against Mrs. Ames

1936-05-08

5.8

From Headquarters

1933-11-16

6.1

The Golden Arrow

1936-05-23

4.9

The Keyhole

1933-03-25

5

Slave Girl

1947-07-17

5.4

Living on Velvet

1935-03-02

6.9

Gold Is Where You Find It

1938-02-12

7

Snowed Under

1936-03-29

5.3

The Go-Getter

1937-05-22

6.2

Lover Come Back

1946-06-21

5

South of Suez

1940-11-16

4.8

Angel on the Amazon

1948-11-01

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Born Again

1978-10-01

6

Bride for Sale

1949-11-12

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Ex-Bad Boy

1931-07-15

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Land of Liberty

1939-06-15

0

Once a Sinner

1931-01-25

5

The Kid from Cleveland

1949-09-05

6.4

Out of the Blue

1947-04-21

5.8

Mexican Manhunt

1953-09-13

0

Breakdowns of 1936

1936-12-30

6.4

International Lady

1941-10-16

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Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill

1994-09-13

2.7

Twin Beds

1942-04-30

6.5

Charlie Chan Carries On

1931-04-11

5

Breakdowns of 1938

1938-12-31

5

Things You Never See on the Screen

1935-12-01

5.5

A Dream Comes True

1935-12-31

6

Breakdowns of 1937

1937-12-31

6.5

Breakdowns of 1944

1944-12-31

4

Breakdowns of 1940

1940-12-31

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Fair Warning

1931-02-01

6

Death of a Scoundrel

1956-10-31

5

Tangier Incident

1953-02-01

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Under Suspicion

1930-12-28

6

Breakdowns of 1942

1942-12-31

7

Rawhide

1959-01-09

6.5

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951-10-05

2.7

Climax!

1954-10-07

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Wire Service

1956-10-04

6.5

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951-10-05

6

The Chevy Mystery Show

1960-05-29