1938Nominee
Best Performance
Holiday
Jean Dixon
Actor
Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
July 14, 1893
Biography
Connecticut-born Jean Dixon had an auspicious theatre debut: on a Parisian stage with Sarah Bernhardt while still a student at a French university. Upon her return to the U.S. in 1921, she made her Broadway debut, and thereafter appeared in many stage productions, on Broadway and across the country, before Hollywood called her in 1929. She most often appeared as the streetwise, smart-mouthed friend of the leading lady. Her most famous appearance would probably be as Molly in the classic screwball comedy My Man Godfrey (1936).
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1936Winner
Best Performance
My Man Godfrey
1937Nominee
Best Performance
You Only Live Once
Career Highlights
1934Highlight
Best Performance
Sadie McKee
1935Highlight
Best Performance
She Married Her Boss
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Holiday
My Man Godfrey
You Only Live Once