Actress. Dancer. She was born Jean Carmean in Portland, Oregon. She was best known for her roles in Westerns in the 1930's. The movie studios deleted the second "a" in her surname. Jean was in 21 films from 1933 to 1953. She performed on radio, and on the stage as a dancer in Fanchon and Marco dance reviews. Jean was featured in "Hollywood on Parade", No. B-13, as a 1934 WAMPAS Baby Star. Her best known film appearance (billed as Julia Thayer), was in the 1937 Republic Pictures serial,"Painted Stallion". She portrayed "The Rider", an Indian Princess. Her other films as Julia Thayer were "Wolves at Sea"(1936) and "Gunsmoke Ranch"(1937). Among her other movies were "Born to Battle"(1935), "Arizona Gunfighter"(1937), and "In Old Montana"(1939). She also made appearances in the Three Stooges shorts, "Healthy, Wealthy & Dumb" (1938) as Marge, a gold-digging widow; "Yes, We Have No Bonanza" (1939), as a "singing sister"; and archive footage with her was included in "The Three Stooges Follies" (1974); "The Three Stooges Greatest Hits" (1997) and "The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special (2003). On the stage, she was a replacement in the role of "June Stanley" in the Monty Wooley comedy "The Man That Came To Dinner", that ran from 1939 to 1941. Jean re-emerged as producer, director, and actor in "The Pawn"(1968). It starred her son, Guy, and took years to complete. The production was so long, that Guy's voice changed, and a voice-over was needed. Jean spoke fluent Italian, and loved the people and country of Italy. Some of "The Pawn" was filmed there. Jean Carmen Dillow died on August 26, 1993, in Charleston, South Carolina. Jean was cremated in Charleston and her ashes brought back to Florida. At a later date her ashes were spread out over the waters of the Atlantic. Jean loved to take cruises and went back and forth to Europe many times. Her family thought this to be a resting place she would desire.
(Special thanks to Frank Reighter, Chuck Anderson, Bill Sasser, Katie Gray, Patricia Carmean Phillips, John K. Carmean and Cindy Carmean Rose)
(Special thanks to Frank Reighter, Chuck Anderson, Bill Sasser, Katie Gray, Patricia Carmean Phillips, John K. Carmean and Cindy Carmean Rose)
Actress. Dancer. She was born Jean Carmean in Portland, Oregon. She was best known for her roles in Westerns in the 1930's. The movie studios deleted the second "a" in her surname. Jean was in 21 films from 1933 to 1953. She performed on radio, and on the stage as a dancer in Fanchon and Marco dance reviews. Jean was featured in "Hollywood on Parade", No. B-13, as a 1934 WAMPAS Baby Star. Her best known film appearance (billed as Julia Thayer), was in the 1937 Republic Pictures serial,"Painted Stallion". She portrayed "The Rider", an Indian Princess. Her other films as Julia Thayer were "Wolves at Sea"(1936) and "Gunsmoke Ranch"(1937). Among her other movies were "Born to Battle"(1935), "Arizona Gunfighter"(1937), and "In Old Montana"(1939). She also made appearances in the Three Stooges shorts, "Healthy, Wealthy & Dumb" (1938) as Marge, a gold-digging widow; "Yes, We Have No Bonanza" (1939), as a "singing sister"; and archive footage with her was included in "The Three Stooges Follies" (1974); "The Three Stooges Greatest Hits" (1997) and "The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special (2003). On the stage, she was a replacement in the role of "June Stanley" in the Monty Wooley comedy "The Man That Came To Dinner", that ran from 1939 to 1941. Jean re-emerged as producer, director, and actor in "The Pawn"(1968). It starred her son, Guy, and took years to complete. The production was so long, that Guy's voice changed, and a voice-over was needed. Jean spoke fluent Italian, and loved the people and country of Italy. Some of "The Pawn" was filmed there. Jean Carmen Dillow died on August 26, 1993, in Charleston, South Carolina. Jean was cremated in Charleston and her ashes brought back to Florida. At a later date her ashes were spread out over the waters of the Atlantic. Jean loved to take cruises and went back and forth to Europe many times. Her family thought this to be a resting place she would desire.
(Special thanks to Frank Reighter, Chuck Anderson, Bill Sasser, Katie Gray, Patricia Carmean Phillips, John K. Carmean and Cindy Carmean Rose)
(Special thanks to Frank Reighter, Chuck Anderson, Bill Sasser, Katie Gray, Patricia Carmean Phillips, John K. Carmean and Cindy Carmean Rose)
