1. Bennie Jean Porter, known professionally as Jean Porter, was an American film and television actress, noted for her roles in The Youngest Profession, Bathing Beauty, Abbott and Costello in Hollywood, Till the End of Time, Cry Danger, and The Left Hand of God.
Jean Porter was born in Cisco, Texas, to a Texas and Pacific Railway worker and a music teacher.
Jean Porter spent a summer working for Ted Lewis's Vaudeville Band.
At the age of 12, in 1935, Jean Porter arrived in Hollywood and took dancing lessons at the Fanchon and Marco dancing school, where she was discovered by director Allan Dwan.
Jean Porter acted in Dwan's 1936 musical Song and Dance Man, but did not appear in the credits.
Jean Porter appeared in Roach's 1940 adventure One Million BC.
Jean Porter was signed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1941 on loan from Roach.
Jean Porter now found herself in extreme difficulties, as she had no career and no money to support her family.
Jean Porter appeared regularly on television in series such as The Red Skelton Show and The Abbott and Costello Show.
Jean Porter was the author of the unpublished book The Cost of Living, about her life with Dmytryk.
Jean Porter wrote Chicago Jazz and Then Some, about jazz pianist Jess Stacy, and with her husband, On Screen Acting.
Jean Porter's health began failing while in her eighties, and she died of natural causes in Canoga Park, California, on January 13,2018, aged 95.
Jean Porter was survived by two daughters and a stepson.