Jewel Carmen starred as Cosette in Lloyd's adaptation of Les Miserables.
18 Facts About Jewel Carmen
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Jewel Carmen made her final film appearance in West's horror film The Bat.
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In December 1935, Jewel Carmen drew significant media coverage over the death of actress Thelma Todd, who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in the garage of Jewel Carmen and West's home in Pacific Palisades.
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Jewel Carmen became embroiled in the investigation after she claimed to have seen Todd on Hollywood Boulevard hours after the time police determined Todd had died.
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Jewel Carmen lived the remainder of her life outside the public eye, then died in a nursing home in El Cajon, California in 1984 at age 86.
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Jewel Carmen was born Florence Lavina Quick on July 13,1897 in Portland, Oregon, to Amos William and Minerva Quick.
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Jewel Carmen's father was a native of Kentucky, and her mother was born in Arkansas.
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Jewel Carmen had two older sisters, Alice and Edna; one older brother, Fred; one younger sister, Alberta; and a younger brother, Henry.
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Jewel Carmen had two other sisters, Louella and Florence, both of whom died during her childhood.
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In 1917, Jewel Carmen contracted with Fox Film Corporation, but finding the deal unsatisfactory, she started a contract with the Keeney Corporation in 1918 while her first contract remained in effect.
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Jewel Carmen launched two lawsuits against Fox, one to attempt to free herself of the obligation of fulfilling her contract and another to seek redress for their interference with her contract with Keeney.
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Fox's offices were located in New York; Jewel Carmen was a resident of California.
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Jewel Carmen won her second case because Fox's interference with her employment with Keeney had been outside the law, but Justice Benjamin N Cardozo made clear that he did not approve of the legal loophole that allowed Carmen to break her contract with Fox.
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Jewel Carmen followed it with the drama Nobody, released in 1921.
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Jewel Carmen made her final appearance in the horror film The Bat, directed by her husband West.
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Jewel Carmen later became known for her connection to the scandal surrounding the December 16,1935 death of actress Thelma Todd.
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At the time of Todd's death, Jewel Carmen's parents were residing at Castillo del Mar.
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Jewel Carmen died of lymphoma at Helix View Nursing Home in El Cajon, California on March 4,1984, age 86.