Jean Inness

Jean Spurney Inness (December 18, 1900 – December 27, 1978) was an American film, stage and television actress. Inness played nurse Beatrice Fain in the American medical drama television series Dr. Kildare.

Life and career Inness was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Inness began her career in 1920 touring Indianapolis and Cincinnati with the Stuart Walker Stock Company.

Inness began her screen career in 1942, appearing in the film Not a Ladies' Man. She appeared on television programs including Gunsmoke, The Andy Griffith Show, Bonanza, The Twilight Zone, Wagon Train, The Virginian, The Big Valley and Rawhide. Inness played Nurse Beatrice Fain in the medical drama television series Dr. Kildare.

Death Inness died in December 1978 at her home in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 78.

Television Year Title Role Notes1958 Peter Gunn Loretta Gymps S1:E5, "The Frog"1959 Rawhide Carrie Hode S1:E19, "Incident of the Dry Drive"1961 Rawhide Hattie S4:E4, "Judgement at Hondo Seco"1962 Wagon Train Mrs Lathrop S5:E21, “The Daniel Clay Story”1967 Ironside Dee Stowe S1:E13, "The Past Is Prologue"