Jo Van Fleet

Jo Van Fleet was born on Dec 29, 1915 in USA. Jo Van Fleet's big-screen debut came with East of Eden directed by Elia Kazan in 1955. Jo Van Fleet is known for The Tenant directed by Roman Polanski, Roman Polanski stars as Trelkovsky and Isabelle Adjani as Stella. Jo Van Fleet has got 3 awards and 1 nominations so far. The most recent award Jo Van Fleet achieved is Walk of Fame. The upcoming new movie Jo Van Fleet plays is Seize the Day which will be released on May 01, 1987.

Jo Van Fleet was born on December 29, 1915 in Oakland, California. She established herself as a notable dramatic actress on Broadway over several years, winning a Tony Award in 1954 for her skill in a difficult role, playing an unsympathetic, even abusive character, in Horton Foote's "The Trip to Bountiful" with Lillian Gish and Eva Marie Saint. Her first film role was playing the estranged mother of James Dean's character in À l'est d'Eden (1955). This debut performance earned Van Fleet an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her subsequent film work was steady through 1960, then very sporadic, and include such films as La rose tatouée (1955), Une femme en enfer (1955), Le roi et quatre reines (1956), Règlements de comptes à O.K. Corral (1957) and Luke la main froide (1967).In 1958, Van Fleet was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for her performance in "Look Homeward, Angel" on Broadway. Other films include Le fleuve sauvage (1960), Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (1965) and Le baiser papillon (1968). Her television work include Alfred Hitchcock présente (1955), Bonanza (1959), Thriller (1960) and Les mystères de l'Ouest (1965).Jo Van Fleet died at age 80 of undisclosed causes on June 10, 1996 in Queens, New York City.