Elizabeth Jean Peters (October 15, 1926 – October 13, 2000) was an American actress. She is known as a star of 20th Century Fox in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and as the second wife of Howard Hughes. Although possibly best remembered for her siren role in Pickup on South Street (1953), Peters was known for her resistance to being turned into a sex symbol. She preferred to play unglamorous, down-to-earth women.
Following her marriage to Hughes, Peters retired from acting and lived as a recluse for more than a decade. In 1971, she and Hughes divorced, and she returned to acting in a small way: appearing in a handful of TV movies and miniseries. Her final career appearance was in an episode of Murder, She Wrote, playing a reclusive actress from the golden age of Hollywood.
Jean Peters on TV Tropes:
- Anne of the Indies (1951) as Captain Anne Providence
- Viva Zapata! (1952) as Josefa Zapata
- O. Henry's Full House (1952) as Susan Goodwin
- Pick Up On South Street (1952) as Candy
- A Blueprint for Murder (1953) as Lynne Cameron
- Niagara (1953) as Polly Cutler
- Vicki (1953) as Vicki Lynn
- Three Coins in the Fountain (1954) as Anita Hutchins
- Apache (1954) as Nalinle
