Jacqueline White

Jacqueline Jane White (born November 27, 1922) is an American actress who had a career in Hollywood from 1942 until 1952, where she was featured in approximately 25 feature films.

White, at the age of 17, signed on a film contract at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and subsequently with RKO, where she found her greatest success and is perhaps best remembered for her roles in films Crossfire (1947), Banjo (1947), Mystery in Mexico (1948) and The Narrow Margin (1952). in Beverly Hills, California to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Garrison White. Her cousin, Frank Knox, was a Secretary of the Navy and a newspaper owner and publisher. She was from Beverly Hills, California. She attended Beverly Hills High School

White and actress Lynn Merrick were childhood friends until White moved. They were reunited when both were in the cast of Three Hearts for Julia (1943).

Film career MGM films White's film debut resulted from her work in a drama class at UCLA.

She appeared in a few small roles, but her first lead role came in Air Raid Wardens (1943) starring Laurel and Hardy. and also appeared in Crossfire (1947). Her first western film was at RKO and starred in Return of the Bad Men (1948), opposite Randolph Scott, her nemesis in the film was Anne Jeffreys, those sister played the film stand-in for White. a B-picture film noir, which was her final picture.

Personal life On November 12, 1948, She left the film industry in 1952 and relocated to Wyoming with her husband, who started an oil business.

White occasionally appears at film conventions. In 2013, she made an appearance at the annual TCM Classic Film Festival.

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