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	~~{{short description\|English actress}}~~
	~~{{Use dmy dates\|date=November 2020}}~~
	~~{{Use British English\|date=March 2012}}~~
	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	~~\| name = Jean Kent~~
	\| image = Jean Kent.JPG		\| image = Jean Kent.JPG
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	PO Box 2, Southport, PR8 2JD. Online [https://www.freebmd.org.uk/ here]</ref>		PO Box 2, Southport, PR8 2JD. Online [https://www.freebmd.org.uk/ here]</ref>
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1921\|06\|29\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1921\|06\|29\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[w:Brixton\|Brixton]], [[w:London\|London]], England		\| birth_place = [[Brixton\|Brixton]], [[London\|London]], England
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2013\|11\|30\|1921\|06\|29\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2013\|11\|30\|1921\|06\|29\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = [[w:Bury St Edmunds\|Bury St Edmunds]], [[w:Suffolk\|Suffolk]], England		\| death_place = [[Bury St Edmunds\|Bury St Edmunds]], [[Suffolk\|Suffolk]], England
	\| occupation = Actress		\| occupation = Actress
	\| years_active = 1935–1991		\| years_active = 1935–1991
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	==Biography==		==Biography==
	Born '''Joan Mildred Field''' (sometimes incorrectly cited as '''Summerfield''') in [[~~w:Brixton\|~~Brixton]], London in 1921,<ref>John Walker, ''Halliwell's Who's Who of the Movies'', London: HarperCollins, 1999, pg. 229; {{ISBN\|0-00-255905-6}}</ref> the only child of variety performers Norman Field (né Summerfield) and Nina Norre ({{nee}} Mildred Noaks), whose marriage was registered in 1925, according to the General Register Index of England and Wales.<ref>According to General Register Index of England and Wales, General Register Office		Born '''Joan Mildred Field''' (sometimes incorrectly cited as '''Summerfield''') in [[Brixton]], London in 1921,<ref>John Walker, ''Halliwell's Who's Who of the Movies'', London: HarperCollins, 1999, pg. 229; {{ISBN\|0-00-255905-6}}</ref> the only child of variety performers Norman Field (né Summerfield) and Nina Norre ({{nee}} Mildred Noaks), whose marriage was registered in 1925, according to the General Register Index of England and Wales.<ref>According to General Register Index of England and Wales, General Register Office
	PO Box 2, Southport, PR8 2JD. Online [https://www.freebmd.org.uk/ here]</ref>		PO Box 2, Southport, PR8 2JD. Online [https://www.freebmd.org.uk/ here]</ref>

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	* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=439 Photographs of Jean Kent]		* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=439 Photographs of Jean Kent]

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	{{short description\|English actress}}		{{short description\|English actress}}
	~~{{for\|the poet\| Jean Kent (poet)}}~~
	{{Use dmy dates\|date=November 2020}}		{{Use dmy dates\|date=November 2020}}
	{{Use British English\|date=March 2012}}		{{Use British English\|date=March 2012}}
	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	\| name = Jean Kent		\| name = Jean Kent
	\| image = Jean Kent ~~- publicity~~.JPG		\| image = Jean Kent.JPG
	~~\| imagesize =~~		\| caption =
	\| caption = ~~Kent in 1947~~
	\| birth_name = Joan Mildred Field<ref>According to General Register Index of England and Wales, General Register Office		\| birth_name = Joan Mildred Field<ref>According to General Register Index of England and Wales, General Register Office
	PO Box 2, Southport, PR8 2JD. Online [https://www.freebmd.org.uk/ here]</ref>		PO Box 2, Southport, PR8 2JD. Online [https://www.freebmd.org.uk/ here]</ref>
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1921\|06\|29\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1921\|06\|29\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[Brixton]], [[London]], England		\| birth_place = [[w:Brixton\|Brixton]], [[w:London\|London]], England
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2013\|11\|30\|1921\|06\|29\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2013\|11\|30\|1921\|06\|29\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = [[Bury St Edmunds]], [[Suffolk]], England		\| death_place = [[w:Bury St Edmunds\|Bury St Edmunds]], [[w:Suffolk\|Suffolk]], England
	\| occupation = Actress		\| occupation = Actress
	\| years_active = 1935–1991		\| years_active = 1935–1991
	\| spouse = {{marriage\|Josef Ramart\|1946\|1989\|reason=~~died~~}}		\| spouse = {{marriage\|Josef Ramart\|1946\|1989\|reason=d.}}
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	==Biography==		==Biography==
	Born '''Joan Mildred Field''' (sometimes incorrectly cited as '''Summerfield''') in [[Brixton]], London in 1921,<ref>John Walker, ''Halliwell's Who's Who of the Movies'', London: HarperCollins, 1999, pg. 229; {{ISBN\|0-00-255905-6}}</ref> the only child of variety performers Norman Field (né Summerfield) and Nina Norre ({{nee}} Mildred Noaks), whose marriage was registered in 1925, according to the General Register Index of England and Wales.<ref>According to General Register Index of England and Wales, General Register Office		Born '''Joan Mildred Field''' (sometimes incorrectly cited as '''Summerfield''') in [[w:Brixton\|Brixton]], London in 1921,<ref>John Walker, ''Halliwell's Who's Who of the Movies'', London: HarperCollins, 1999, pg. 229; {{ISBN\|0-00-255905-6}}</ref> the only child of variety performers Norman Field (né Summerfield) and Nina Norre ({{nee}} Mildred Noaks), whose marriage was registered in 1925, according to the General Register Index of England and Wales.<ref>According to General Register Index of England and Wales, General Register Office
	PO Box 2, Southport, PR8 2JD. Online [https://www.freebmd.org.uk/ here]</ref>		PO Box 2, Southport, PR8 2JD. Online [https://www.freebmd.org.uk/ here]</ref>

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{{short description|English actress}}
{{for|the poet| Jean Kent (poet)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2012}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jean Kent
| image = Jean Kent - publicity.JPG
| imagesize =
| caption = Kent in 1947
| birth_name = Joan Mildred Field<ref>According to General Register Index of England and Wales, General Register Office
PO Box 2, Southport, PR8 2JD. Online [https://www.freebmd.org.uk/ here]</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|06|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Brixton]], [[London]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|11|30|1921|06|29|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Bury St Edmunds]], [[Suffolk]], England
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1935–1991
| spouse = {{marriage|Josef Ramart|1946|1989|reason=died}}
}}

'''Jean Kent''' (born '''Joan Mildred Field'''; 29 June 1921 − 30 November 2013) was an English film and television actress.

==Biography==
Born '''Joan Mildred Field''' (sometimes incorrectly cited as '''Summerfield''') in [[Brixton]], London in 1921,<ref>John Walker, ''Halliwell's Who's Who of the Movies'', London: HarperCollins, 1999, pg. 229; {{ISBN|0-00-255905-6}}</ref> the only child of variety performers Norman Field (né Summerfield) and Nina Norre ({{nee}} Mildred Noaks), whose marriage was registered in 1925, according to the General Register Index of England and Wales.<ref>According to General Register Index of England and Wales, General Register Office
PO Box 2, Southport, PR8 2JD. Online [https://www.freebmd.org.uk/ here]</ref>

Kent started her theatrical career at age 10 in 1931 as a dancer.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article152014789 |title=Jean Kent |newspaper=[[North-eastern Advertiser]] |volume=XXXVIII |issue=5 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=21 January 1947 |access-date=29 August 2017 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> She used the stage name '''Jean Carr''' when she appeared as a [[chorus girl]] in the [[Windmill Theatre]] in London from which she was fired by [[Vivian Van Damm]].<ref name="jean"/>

===Gainsborough Pictures===
She signed to [[Gainsborough Pictures]] during the Second World War.<ref name=independent/> Kent had small roles in ''[[It's That Man Again (film)|It's That Man Again]]'' (1943), ''[[Miss London Ltd.]]'' (1943) and ''[[Warn That Man]]'' (1944). Kent had a good role in ''[[Two Thousand Women]]'' (1944), playing a stripper who is interned by the Germans.<ref name=independent/><ref name=bfi/> She was a Pacific Islander in ''[[Bees in Paradise]]'' (1944) with [[Arthur Askey]] and was the ingenue in a [[Tommy Trinder]] musical ''[[Champagne Charlie (1944 film)|Champagne Charlie]]'' (1944).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/film/k4g9g/bees-in-paradise/|title=Bees in Paradise – review | cast and crew, movie star rating and where to watch film on TV and online|website=Radio Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.derekwinnert.com/champagne-charlie-1944-tommy-trinder-stanley-holloway-betty-warren-austin-trevor-jean-kent-guy-middleton-frederick-piper-harry-fowler/|title=Champagne Charlie **** (1944, Tommy Trinder, Stanley Holloway, Betty Warren, Austin Trevor, Jean Kent, Guy Middleton, Frederick Piper, Harry Fowler) – Classic Movie Review 7080|date=22 May 2018}}</ref>

The turning point in her career came when she was given a dramatic part in the [[Gainsborough melodrama]] film ''[[Fanny by Gaslight (film)|Fanny by Gaslight]]'' (1944).<ref name=independent>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jean-kent-actress-8976077.html|title=Jean Kent: Actress|date=1 December 2013|website=The Independent}}</ref> She played a part turned down by [[Margaret Lockwood]], that of the childhood friend of the character played by [[Phyllis Calvert]], who becomes the mistress of [[James Mason]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DVtVA4EajSgC&q=jean+kent+played+part+turned+down+by+margaret+lockwood+fanny+by+gaslight&pg=PA13|title=James Mason: A Bio-bibliography|first=Kevin|last=Sweeney|date=17 March 1999|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313284960|via=Google Books}}</ref> The movie, also starring [[Stewart Granger]], was a box-office success in Britain and established Kent as Gainsborough's back up to Margaret Lockwood.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23092161 |title=With a different hair style for every film, Jean Kent remains the most provocative woman on the screen. MOST POPULAR BRITISH STAR A WICKED LADY |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |issue=32,[?] |location=Melbourne|date=16 November 1951 |access-date=29 August 2017 |page=5 (The Argus Magazine) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231720135 |title=BRITAIN |newspaper=[[The Sun (Sydney)|The Sun]] |issue=2191 |location=Sydney |date=8 April 1945 |access-date=29 August 2017 |page=3 (Supplement to The SUNDAY SUN) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Kent played another sexually aggressive young woman in ''[[Madonna of the Seven Moons]]'' (1945) with Calvert and Granger.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/440603/credits.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Madonna of the Seven Moons (1944) Credits|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref> It was a big hit. Rank borrowed her to support [[Rex Harrison]] in ''[[The Rake's Progress (film)|The Rake's Progress]]'' (1945) then back at Gainsborough she was in ''[[Waterloo Road (film)|Waterloo Road]]'' (1945) with John Mills and Granger.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f4a7a3c|title=Jean Kent|website=BFI}}</ref>

===Stardom===
Kent shared top billing with Granger in ''[[Caravan (1946 film)|Caravan]]'' (1946), playing a gypsy girl in another melodrama.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/440361/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Caravan (1946)|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref> It was a big hit and Kent was given a new contract.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article182797279 |title=Jean Kent Star of "Caravan" |newspaper=[[Glen Innes Examiner]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=25 February 1948 |access-date=29 August 2017 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Granger and Kent were reunited in ''[[The Magic Bow]]'' (1946), with Kent again taking a part originally meant for Margaret Lockwood.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1SqXAAAAQBAJ&q=jean+kent+played+part+turned+down+by+margaret+lockwood+the+magic+bow&pg=PA153|title=Casting Might-Have-Beens: A Film by Film Directory of Actors Considered for Roles Given to Others|first=Eila|last=Mell|date=24 January 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476609768|via=Google Books}}</ref>

"There was a pecking order at Gainsborough," said Kent later. "First Margaret, then Pat, then Phyllis, then me. I was the odds-and-sods girl. I used to mop up the parts that other people didn't want."<ref>{{cite book|first=Matthew|last=Sweet|title= Shepperton Babylon : the lost worlds of British cinema|year=2005 |publisher=Faber and Faber |pages=202–203}}</ref>

After a support role in ''[[Carnival (1946 film)|Carnival]]'' (1946) with [[Michael Wilding (actor)|Michael Wilding]], Kent was the female lead in ''[[The Man Within (film)|The Man Within]]'' (1947), a costume adventure from a novel by [[Graham Greene]]. Kent had a good part in ''[[The Loves of Joanna Godden]]'' (1947) and was given a star role in ''[[Good-Time Girl]]'' (1948), a melodrama about a girl who goes off the rails.<ref name=bfi/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/440457/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Good-Time Girl (1948)|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref> Kent was top billed as one of several names in ''[[Bond Street (film)|Bond Street]]'' (1948) and was the female lead in a thriller ''[[Sleeping Car to Trieste]]'' (1948), playing a spy.<ref name=independent/>

Kent had her best chance yet playing the lead in a musical ''[[Trottie True]]'' (1949) which became her favourite film.<ref name=independent/> She made a comedy in Italy, ''[[Her Favourite Husband]]'' (1950) and appeared opposite [[Dirk Bogarde]] in ''[[The Woman in Question]]'' (1950).<ref name="jean">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55188169 |title=Jean Kent plays five women in newest film |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |volume=18 |issue=5 |date=8 July 1950 |access-date=29 August 2017 |page=48 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In 1950, Kent was voted the 9th biggest British star in Britain.<ref name="British Films 2012">"Success of British Films." ''The Times'' London, England 29 December 1950: 4. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 11 July 2012.</ref> The following year she was 8th.<ref name="Vivien Leigh Actress of the Year">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63397098 |title=Vivien Leigh Actress of the Year. |newspaper=[[Townsville Daily Bulletin]] |location=Qld. |date=29 December 1951 |access-date=24 April 2012 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Kent starred in the melodrama ''[[The Reluctant Widow (film)|The Reluctant Widow]]'' (1951) then had a good role as the wife in ''[[The Browning Version (1951 film)|The Browning Version]]'' (1951).<ref name=independent/>

Kent was in a thriller ''[[The Lost Hours]]'' (1952) with American actor [[Mark Stevens (actor)|Mark Stevens]] and ''[[Before I Wake (1955 film)|Before I Wake]]'' (1955). She appeared in [[Arthur Watkyn]]'s historical play ''[[The Moonraker (play)|The Moonraker]]'' in 1952 and in 1953 was in a play ''Uncertain Joy''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41079663 |title=Sara Quads' day with a movie star |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |volume=21 |issue=16 |date=16 September 1953 |access-date=29 August 2017 |page=29 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> That year she appeared on a TV play with [[Michael Craig (actor)|Michael Craig]] who said she "was on the wane after a successful career as a film star. She didn't like slumming it in television at all and was very grand and one scary lady."<ref>{{cite book|first=Michael|last=Craig|pages=59–60|title=The Smallest Giant: An Actor's Life|publisher=Allen and Unwin|year=2005}}</ref>

In 1954, Kent fell ill while touring in a stage production of ''[[The Deep Blue Sea (play)|The Deep Blue Sea]]'' in South Africa.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jean kent 'seriously ill'|date=16 May 1954|work=The New York Times|id={{ProQuest|112880919}}}}</ref>

===Later career===
Kent's film appearances grew less frequent from the mid 1950s onward.<ref name=bfinews/> She had support roles in ''[[The Prince and the Showgirl]]'' (1957) and ''[[Bonjour Tristesse (film)|Bonjour Tristesse]]'' (1958) and a good part in the horror film ''[[The Haunted Strangler]]'' (1959). She was in the comedy ''[[Please Turn Over]]'' (1959) and the thriller ''[[Beyond This Place (1959 film)|Beyond This Place]]'' (1959).<ref name=bfi/> She was one of several female stars in ''[[Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons]]'' (1960) with George Sanders.<ref name=Herald/>

She played Queen Elizabeth I in the historical TV adventure series ''[[Sir Francis Drake (TV series)|Sir Francis Drake]]'' filmed in 1961–62.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/509425/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Sir Francis Drake (1961–62)|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref>

In 1982, she played Jennifer Lamont in the soap opera ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atvtoday.co.uk/48400-jean-kent/|title=Actress Jean Kent dies aged 92|date=30 November 2013}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Kent was married to Albanian actor Josef Ramart from 1946 until his death in 1989, aged 70.<ref name=bfinews>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/jean-kent-1921-2013|title=Jean Kent (1921-2013)|website=British Film Institute}}</ref> They met on the set of ''[[Caravan (1946 film)|Caravan]]'', in which he also appeared.<ref name=Herald/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59351468|title=FILM CABLE FROM LONDON|newspaper=The Sunday Times (Western Australia)|location=Perth|date=17 March 1946|access-date=2 February 2014|page=13 Supplement: The Sunday Times MAGAZINE|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Actor [[Stewart Granger]], a co-star from this film, was the best man at their wedding.<ref name=bfinews/> Kent and Ramart also both had roles in the film ''[[Trottie True]]''.

She was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in 1974 when she was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] at the [[Strand Theatre (Novello)|Strand Theatre]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=This is Your Life (1955-2003) screenshot {{!}} Jean Kent, Moira Lister|url=https://www.silversirens.co.uk/pictures/this-is-your-life-stewart-granger-lockwood-kent/|access-date=2022-01-30|website=Silver Sirens|language=en-GB}}</ref> Kent made her last public appearance in June 2011, when she was honoured by the [[British Film Institute]] on her 90th birthday. She was a guest at a screening of ''Caravan'' at the [[BFI Southbank]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-13943052|title=Actress honoured on 90th birthday|work=BBC News|date=28 June 2011}}</ref>

==Death==
Kent died in the [[West Suffolk Hospital]], [[Bury St. Edmunds]] on 30 November 2013, following a fall at her home in<ref name=Herald>{{cite web|title=Film star Jean Kent dies at 92|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/film-star-jean-kent-dies-at-92.1385806478|work=Herald|publisher=Herald & Times Group|access-date=30 November 2013}}</ref> [[Westhorpe, Suffolk|Westhorpe]].<ref name=BBC25166787>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-25166787 |title=Jean Kent: Suffolk Gainsborough melodramas actress dies|work=BBC News|date=30 November 2013|access-date=30 November 2013}}</ref> The coroner recorded a narrative verdict that Kent died from accidental injuries and that cardiac disease may have contributed to a fall.

== Filmography ==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1935
|[[The Rocks of Valpre (1935 film)| The Rocks of Valpre]]
|
| Credited as Joan Summerfield
|-
|1935
|''[[Who's Your Father]]''
|Mary Radcliffe
|
|-
|1939
|''{{sortname|A|Ship in the Bay|nolink=1}}''
|Iris
|Credited as Jean Carr
|-
|1943
|''[[It's That Man Again (film)|It's That Man Again]]''
|Kitty
|
|-
|1943
|''[[Warn That Man]]''
|Frances Lane
|
|-
|1943
|[[Miss London Ltd.]]
| The Encyclopaedia Girl
|
|-
|1944
|''[[Bees in Paradise]]''
|Jani
|
|-
|1944
|''[[Fanny by Gaslight (film)|Fanny by Gaslight]]''
|Lucy Beckett
|AKA, ''Man of Evil''
|-
|1944
|''[[Champagne Charlie (1944 film)|Champagne Charlie]]''
|Dolly Bellwood
|
|-
|1944
|''[[Two Thousand Women]]''
|Bridie Johnson
|
|-
|1945
|''[[Madonna of the Seven Moons]]''
|Vittoria
|
|-
|1945
|''[[Waterloo Road (film)|Waterloo Road]]''
|Toni
|
|-
|1945
|[[ The Wicked Lady ]]
|Captain Jerry Jackson’s doxy
|
|-
|1945
|''{{sortname|The|Rake's Progress|The Rake's Progress (film)}}''
|Jill Duncan
|AKA, ''Notorious Gentleman''
|-
|1946
|''[[Caravan (1946 film)|Caravan]]''
|Rosal
|
|-
|1946
|''{{sortname|The|Magic Bow}}''
|Bianca
|
|-
|1946
|''[[Carnival (1946 film)|Carnival]]''
|Irene Dale
|
|-
|1947
|''{{sortname|The|Man Within|The Man Within (film)}}''
|Lucy
|AKA, ''The Smugglers''
|-
|1947
|''{{sortname|The|Loves of Joanna Godden}}''
|Ellen Godden
|
|-
|1948
|''[[Good-Time Girl]]''
|Gwen Rawlings
|
|-
|1948
|''[[Bond Street (film)|Bond Street]]''
|Ricki Merritt
|
|-
|1948
|''[[Sleeping Car to Trieste]]''
|Valya
|
|-
|1949
|''[[Trottie True]]''
|Trottie True
|AKA, ''The Gay Lady''
|-
|1950
|''[[The Reluctant Widow (film)|The Reluctant Widow]]''
|Helena
|
|-
|1950
|''[[Her Favourite Husband]]''
|Dorothy Pellegrini
|AKA, ''The Taming of Dorothy''
|-
|1950
|''{{sortname|The|Woman in Question}}''
|Agnes / Astra
|AKA, ''Five Angles on Murder''
|-
|1951
|''{{sortname|The|Browning Version|The Browning Version (1951 film)}}''
|Millie Crocker-Harris
|
|-
|1952
|''{{sortname|The|Lost Hours|nolink=1}}''
|Louise Parker
|AKA, The Big Frame
|
|-
|1955
|''[[Before I Wake (1955 film)|Before I Wake]]''
|Florence Haddon
|AKA, ''Shadow of Fear''
|-
|1957
|''{{sortname|The|Prince and the Showgirl}}''
|Maisie Springfield
|
|-
|1958
|''[[Bonjour Tristesse (film)|Bonjour Tristesse]]''
|Helen Lombard
|
|-
|1958
|''{{sortname|The|Haunted Strangler}}''
|Cora Seth
|
|-
|1959
|''[[Beyond This Place (1959 film)|Beyond This Place]]''
|Louise Burt
|AKA, ''Web of Evidence''
|-
|1959
|''[[Please Turn Over]]''
|Janet Halliday
|
|-
|1960
|''[[Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons]]''
|Julienne Guillin
|
|-
|1976
|''[[Shout at the Devil (film)|Shout at the Devil]]''
|Mrs. Smythe
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1947
|''Cinderella''
|Prince Charming
|TV miniseries
|-
|1949
|''Big Ben''
|Grace Green
|TV film
|-
|1955
|''[[London Playhouse]]''
|Elsa Carter
|Episode: "A Call on the Widow"
|-
|1956
|''[[Theatre Royal (TV series)|Theatre Royal]]''
|Ada Weston
|Episode: "The Lovebirds"
|-
|1956
|''Pantomania, or Dick Whittington''
|Dick Whittington
|TV film
|-
|1956
|''{{sortname|The|Errol Flynn Theatre}}''
|Henrietta
|Episode: "1000th Night of Don Juan"
|-
|1956, 1958
|''[[Sunday Night Theatre]]''
|Polly Tremayne, Jeanne Liron
|Episodes: "Morning Star", "The Sulky Fire"
|-
|1957
|''{{sortname|The|Twelve Pound Look|nolink=1}}''
|Lady Sims
|TV film
|-
|1957
|''ITV Television Playhouse''
|Alicia Collins
|Episode: "Love Her to Death"
|-
|1958
|''Web''
|Rita Carpenter
|Episodes: "The Painting", "The Other Warren", "The Gallery"
|-
|1958
|''[[Sword of Freedom]]''
|Valeska
|Episode: "The Lion and the Mouse"
|-
|1958
|''[[Dick Whittington and His Cat]]''
|Dick Whittington
|TV film
|-
|1959
|''[[Epilogue to Capricorn]]''
|Lady Kerwin
|TV series
|-
|1959, 1962
|''[[ITV Play of the Week]]''
|Molly, Ariane
|Episodes: "The Signal", "Coach 7, Seat 15"
|-
|1960
|''Hotel Imperial''
|Madame Trazini
|Episode: "The Leopardess in 424"
|-
|1961
|''Debt to a Spy''
|Madame Sophie
|TV short
|-
|1961–62
|''[[Sir Francis Drake (TV series)|Sir Francis Drake]]''
|[[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I]]
|Main role
|-
|1963
|''Maupassant''
|Marquise Obardi
|Episode: "Yvette"
|-
|1963, 1965
|''[[No Hiding Place]]''
|Paula Hudson, Mrs. Black
|Episodes: "A Pocketful of Bones", "Rat in a Trap"
|-
|1963–1965
|''[[Emergency – Ward 10]]''
|Gillian Blaine
|Guest role
|-
|1964
|''[[Love Story (British TV series)|Love Story]]''
|Zoe Slater
|Episode: "The Smile on the Face of a Tiger"
|-
|1964
|''{{sortname|The|Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling|nolink=1}}''
|Mrs. Threegan
|Episodes: "Three: And an Extra", "The Sending of Dana Da", "The Rescue of Pluffles"
|-
|1966
|''[[This Man Craig]]''
|Joyce Maitland
|Episode: "Period of Adjustment"
|-
|1966–67
|''[[United!]]''
|Margie Stringer
|Guest role
|-
|1967
|''[[Vanity Fair (1967 TV serial)|Vanity Fair]]''
|Mrs. O'Dowd
|Episode: "The Celebrated Battle Scene"
|-
|1968
|''[[Comedy Playhouse]]''
|Aggie Plunkett
|Episode: "The Family of Fred"
|-
|1968
|''Detective''
|Miss Mayberry
|Episode: "The Deadly Climate"
|-
|1968
|''{{sortname|The|Wednesday Play}}''
|Mrs. Da Tanka
|Episode: "A Night with Mrs. Da Tanka"
|-
|1968–69
|''Thicker Than Water''
|Aggie Plunkett
|TV series
|-
|1969
|''{{sortname|The|Doctors|The Doctors (1969 TV series)}}''
|Mrs. Randall
|Episodes: "1.8", "1.9"
|-
|1970
|''[[ITV Playhouse]]''
|Beatrice
|Episode: "Brother and Sister"
|-
|1970
|''[[Up Pompeii!]]''
|Aphrodite
|Episode: "Exodus"
|-
|1970
|''[[Steptoe and Son]]''
|Daphne Goodlace
|Episode: "Two's Company"
|-
|1971
|''[[Doctor at Large (TV series)|Doctor at Large]]''
|Mrs. Bentinck
|Episode: "Trains & Notes & Veins"
|-
|1971
|''{{sortname|A|Family at War}}''
|Dora Martin
|Episode: "Flesh and Blood"
|-
|1972
|''[[Public Eye (TV series)|Public Eye]]''
|Mrs. Podmore
|Episode: "Mrs. Podmore's Cat"
|-
|1974
|''[[Thriller (British TV series)|Thriller]]''
|Mrs. Garrick
|Episode: "Color Him Dead"
|-
|1976
|''[[Angels (TV series)|Angels]]''
|Miss Buckle
|Episode: "Legacies"
|-
|1978
|''Do You Remember?''
|Milly Billet
|Episode: "Night School"
|-
|1978
|''Tycoon''
|Mary Clark
|TV series
|-
|1980
|''Time of My Life''
|Mrs. Wordsworth
|Episodes: "1.4", "1.5"
|-
|1981
|''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]''
|Jennifer Lamont
|Episode: "1.3543"
|-
|1985
|''[[Lytton's Diary]]''
|Margot Shelley
|Episode: "The Silly Season"
|-
|1990
|''Missing Persons''
|Phillida Meadowhite
|TV film
|-
|1991
|''[[Lovejoy]]''
|Madelene Gilbert
|Episode: "National Wealth"
|-
|1991
|''Shrinks''
|Charlotte Merrick
|Episode: "1.5"
|}

==Box office ranking==
For a number of years, British film exhibitors voted her among the top ten British stars at the box office via an annual poll in the ''Motion Picture Herald''.
*1950 – 9th<ref name="British Films 2012"/>
*1951 – 8th<ref name="Vivien Leigh Actress of the Year"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-13943052 BBC: Jean Kent at 90]
* {{IMDb name|0448765}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060826220156/http://britishpictures.com/stars/Kent.htm British Pictures Stars]
* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=439 Photographs of Jean Kent]

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