Portrait of Jean Kent

Acting

Jean Kent

Career

Active from 1943 to 1974, with a break from 1961 to 1973, busiest in 1944 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
17
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Browning Version
The Browning Version
GoodWatch score78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jean Kent Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.0, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    0.6, average 3.0
  • Wonder
    1.9, average 3.4
  • Fantasy
    0.2, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Psychological Intrigue 2
  • Classic Spy Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

51
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

1 title
Missing Persons
Missing Persons (1990)

as Phillida Meadowhite

1980s

5 titles · average score 59
After Henry
After Henry (1988)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Mrs Judd-Skeffington

Lovejoy
Lovejoy (1986)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as Madelene Gilbert

Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures (1986)

TV show

Lytton's Diary
Lytton's Diary (1985)

TV show · as Margot Shelley

Time of My Life
Time of My Life (1980)

TV show · as Mrs Wordsworth

1970s

4 titles · average score 65
Tycoon
Tycoon (1978)

TV show · as Mary Clark

Shout at the Devil
Shout at the Devil (1976)
GoodWatch score 55

as Mrs. Smythe

K Is for Killing
K Is for Killing (1974)
GoodWatch score 68

as Mrs. Garrick

Thriller
Thriller (1973)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Mrs. Garrick

1960s

8 titles · average score 74
Up Pompeii!
Up Pompeii! (1969)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Aphrodite

ITV Playhouse
ITV Playhouse (1967)

TV show · as Beatrice

Public Eye
Public Eye (1965)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Mrs Podmore

United!
United! (1965)

TV show · as Margie Stringer

The Wednesday Play
The Wednesday Play (1964)

TV show · as Mrs. Da Tanka

Steptoe and Son
Steptoe and Son (1962)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Daphne Goodlace

Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake (1961)

TV show · as Queen Elizabeth I

Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons
Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons (1960)
GoodWatch score 62

as Julienne

1950s

12 titles · average score 62
Please Turn Over
Please Turn Over (1959)
GoodWatch score 62

as Janet Halliday

Web of Evidence
Web of Evidence (1959)
GoodWatch score 55

as Louise Burt

No Hiding Place
No Hiding Place (1959)

TV show

Grip of the Strangler
Grip of the Strangler (1958)
GoodWatch score 55

as Cora Seth

Bonjour Tristesse
Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
GoodWatch score 76

as Mrs. Helen Lombard

The Prince and the Showgirl
The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
GoodWatch score 57

as Maisie Springfield

Before I Wake
Before I Wake (1955)
GoodWatch score 58

as Florence Haddon

The Big Frame
The Big Frame (1952)
GoodWatch score 51

as Louise Parker

The Browning Version
The Browning Version (1951)
GoodWatch score 78

as Millie Crocker-Harris

The Woman in Question
The Woman in Question (1950)
GoodWatch score 67

as Agnes / Madame Astra / Parrot (voice)

Her Favourite Husband
Her Favourite Husband (1950)

as Dorothy Pellegrini

The Reluctant Widow
The Reluctant Widow (1950)

as Elinor Cheviot

1940s

21 titles · average score 60
Trottie True
Trottie True (1949)

as Trottie True

Good-Time Girl
Good-Time Girl (1948)
GoodWatch score 64

as Gwen Rawlings

Sleeping Car to Trieste
Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948)
GoodWatch score 57

as Valya

Bond Street
Bond Street (1948)

as Ricki Merritt

The Loves of Joanna Godden
The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947)
GoodWatch score 68

as Ellen Godden

The Man Within
The Man Within (1947)

as Lucy

Caravan
Caravan (1946)
GoodWatch score 65

as Rosal

The Magic Bow
The Magic Bow (1946)
GoodWatch score 59

as Bianchi

The Rake's Progress
The Rake's Progress (1945)
GoodWatch score 67

as Jill Duncan

Waterloo Road
Waterloo Road (1945)
GoodWatch score 56

as Toni

Fanny by Gaslight
Fanny by Gaslight (1944)
GoodWatch score 53

as Lucy Beckett

Bees in Paradise
Bees in Paradise (1944)

as Jani