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Jennifer Jones (1919-2009) was an Oscar® winning American actress during the Hollywood golden years. Jones was nominated for 5 Best Actress Oscars®….winning for 1943’s The Song of Bernadette. Jones starred in 23 films over a 30-year career. Two of her movies are still in the Top 100 Box Office Hits of All-Time when looking at adjusted totals: 1974’s The Towering Inferno is currently in 57th place and 1946’s Duel in The Sun is in 97th place. She went into semi-retirement following the death of her second husband, famed movie producer David O. Selznick, in 1965.
Her IMDb page shows 27 acting credits from 1939-1974. This page will rank 23 Jennifer Jones movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television roles, her early serials, shorts and movies not released in North America were not included in the rankings.
Jennifer Jones Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Jennifer Jones Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
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- Sort Jennifer Jones movies by how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and Oscar® wins each Jennifer Jones movie received.
- Sort Jennifer Jones movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
- Use the sort and search buttons to make this table very interactive. For example…if you type in “Gregory Peck” in the search box….the 2 Peck/Jones movies will pop right up.
Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Jennifer Jones Table
- Eight Jennifer Jones movies crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark. That is a percentage of 34.78% of her movies listed. The Towering Inferno (1974) was her biggest box office hit.
- An average Jennifer Jones movie grosses $143.97 million in adjusted box office gross.
- Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter. 18 of Jennifer Jones’s movies are rated as good movies…or 78.26% of her movies. Portrait of Jennie (1948) was her highest rated movie while Angel Angel, Down We Go (1969) was her lowest rated movie.
- Eleven Jennifer Jones movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 47.82% of her movies.
- Five Jennifer Jones movie won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 21.73% of her movies.
- An average Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score is 60.00. 13 Jennifer Jones movies scored higher that average….or 56.52% of her movies. The Song of Bernadette (1943) got the the highest UMR Movie Score while The Idol (1966) got the lowest UMR Movie Score.
Possibly Interesting Facts About Jennifer Jones
1. Phylis Lee Isley was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her first three IMDb credits are under the name of Phylis Isley.
2. David O. Selznick changed her screen name to Jennifer Jones after signing her to seven year contract. Selznick took control of her movie career from 1943 to his death in 1965.
3. Jennifer Jones co-starred with Joseph Cotten in 4 movies: 1944’s Since You Went Away, 1945’s Love Letters, 1946’s Duel in the Sun, and 1948’s Portrait of Jennie. Cotten also narrated The Wild Heart (1952), in which Jones played the lead.
4. Jennifer Jones was married three times….and had three children. Her first marriage was to Robert “Strangers On A Train” Walker. Her 2nd second marriage was to David O. Selznick. Her third marriage was to Norton Simon. She had 7 grand children.
5. In 1981, Jones bought the rights to Larry McMurtry’s novel, “Terms of Endearment“, with the intention of starring in the film but director James Brooks told her that she was too old for the part. The role eventually went to Shirley MacLaine, who won an Oscar®.
6. Jennifer Jones’ first Oscar® nomination for The Song of Bernadette (1943) marked her first of 4 consecutive nominations, a feat she shares with Thelma Ritter (1950-1953), Marlon Brando (1951-1954) Elizabeth Taylor (1957-1960) and Al Pacino (1972-1975). (Pacino and Brando’s 4 consecutive nominations are the record for male actors. The female record is 5 in a row by Bette Davis (1938-1942) and Greer Garson (1941-1945).
7. Jennifer Jones turned 25 on the day she won the Best Actress Oscar® for 1943’s The Song of Bernadette
8. Jennifer Jones’ career adjusted box office gross was over $3.35 billion….while her movies earned 50 Oscar® nominations….winning 12 Oscars®. Four of her movies earned a Best Picture Oscar® nomination.
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I completely forgot about Jennifer Jones. Growing up in Ireland, the song of Bernadette was a must see for all Catholics. It was my grandmother’s favourite movie. What I most remember about it was the character actors. Gladys Cooper, Vincent Price and Charles Bickford. Jennifer was very beautiful and sincere in the film. She had a very distinguished career, one of her best was Carrie in 1952 with Lawrence Olivier and then she turned up in Towering Inferno. The last time I really touch much notice of her was at the 1982 Oscars where she presented Best Film, She still looked dazzling.
Hey Chris. That is interesting that Song of Bernadette was a required viewing. I love Vincent Price in that one…as well as Charles Bickford. Thanks for sharing your grandmother’s favorite movie. Mine was The Wizard of Oz and The African Queen. Her entire VHS collection was those two movies….and only those two movies. Carrie was a good movie….but Larry Olive took over that movie from her. I am sure when she gave out the Oscar….I noticed her….but as a teenager I had no idea who she was back then. Thanks for commenting on our latest page.
It took me a long time to adjust to Jennifer. To me, it was her characterization of Pearl Chavez that shines.
Hey Debra….she does shine in her role as Pearl Chavez. Probably the closest Selznick ever came to duplicating the success of Scarlett O’Hara. Thanks for stopping by.
My Top 5 Jennifer Jones Movies
(1) The Song of Bernadette
(2) Good Morning Miss Dove
(3) Love Letters
(4) Since You Went Away
(5) Portait of Jennie
Been in love with her since I was a teenager. That was many many years ago.
Hey Clements….thanks for sharing your Top 5. I have not seen #2 or #3….but I will have to check those two movies out. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.
Hi, Bruce.
Great to see another actress featured. Was she a request?
The highest ranking movie I have seen is 1) The Song of Bernadette
The highest ranking film I have not seen is 2) Since you Went Away which has never been available to me.
The lowest ranking movie I have seen is 20) The Indiscretions of An American Wife.
Overall, I have seen 13 of her films.
Here are some favourites of mine:
1) The Towering Inferno
2) Duel in the Sun
3) The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit (she thought her character was a shrew)
4) Love Letters
5) Love is a many Splendored Thing.
I have seen Song of Bernadette, but it did not make my top 5 (thank Greg for that)
Hey Flora.
1. Yep she was a request….I need to add this page to that page….another request comes off the board.
2. Tally count….you 13….Steve…7…and me….got a chance not to be last…counting….12….wow I almost reached your total…doing the happy dance….lol.
3. I have seen 4 of your Top 5…with Love Letters being the missing movie.
4. Love is a Many Splendored Thing is one my mom really liked….I can picture here still waiting on top of that hill.
5. Song of Bernadette is a good movie….but not one I have revisited since I watched it the first time.
Thanks for sharing your Jennifer Jones thoughts….it is of course greatly appreciated.
A gifted actress who had lots of drama and tragedy in her real life. I now people strongly dislike Duel In The Sun; but no me. I have always found Jones a joy to watch in that one. A sexy as hell too. Somewhat surprised she only had 23 movies. Nice job. PS Subscriber?
Hey Stein…. I noticed her personal life was filled with lots of bad stuff. We generally try to avoid the negative here….but her off screen life was a huge part of the Jennifer Jones story. I thought Duel In The Sun was pretty good….yep 23 movies is not a huge amount….but most of her movies were pretty entertaining. Sorry still no subscriber button. But I feel it is going to eventually get here. Thanks for stopping by.