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Known for:	A Letter to Three Wives, State Fair, Pinky
Birthday:	25 May 1925, Barstow, California, USA
Height:	5' 4" (1.63 m)

Although frequently cast in musicals, she herself was not a singer. Louanne Hogan was specifically under contract so that she could dub the singing in all her musicals. Devoutly Catholic mother of 7. Long-time husband, Paul Brooks, was an RKO contract player at one time, briefly appearing in the movie Those Endearing Young Charms. He went by the stage name of Paul Brooks, but gave it all up to become a highly successful businessman. Children with Paul Brooks: 'Paul F. Brinkman Jr. (b. 6 April 1947), Michael (b. 21 January 1949), Timothy (b. 2 August 1950), Jeanine (b. 5 March 1952), Lisabette (b. 21 November 1958), Maria (b. 10 January 1961), Christopher (b. 5 May 1965). Crain obtains an interlocutory divorce decree, each spouse claiming the other has been unfaithful. Crain also claims Brinkman has been abusive (6 August 1956) On the eve of their 11th anniversary, the couple reconciled, but the marriage remained rocky for some time (30 December 1956) Measurements: 34B-24-34 (measured by "Life" magazine, 1944), 36 1/2B-24-36 (filming Gentlemen Marry Brunettes), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) Won the "Miss Camera Girl of 1942" title in Long Beach, Florida and given a contract by Fox. By the time she left Fox studios in 1956 she was making $3,500 a week. Two of her children, Michael and Christopher, predeceased her. In her retirement years, she and her husband spent most of their time working at two of their ranches. Crain, who starred in the original 1950 film version of Cheaper by the Dozen sadly passed away just twelve days before the release of the remake of the same film starring Steve Martin. Played a character named Deborah in two Joseph L. Mankiewicz films: A Letter to Three Wives and People Will Talk. Mankiewicz, who did not particularly care for Crain, once remarked, "I don't like the name Deborah, and I don't like Jeanne Crain." In the book "More About All About Eve", Joseph L. Mankiewicz states in an interview that the studio wanted her for the part of Eve Harrington, but he refused to cast her, saying she was a pretty and hard-working young woman, but not much of an actress. Died ten years to the day after Cheaper by the Dozen co-star, Myrna Loy.

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