Jeanne Stuart (13 August 1908 – 12 February 2003), born Ivy Sweet, was a British stage and film actress. Using the

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Jeanne Stuart, she performed on the London stage, on

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, and in

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s. She made her motion picture debut in 1931 and went on to perform and star in more than twenty films. Her West End stage appearances included Walter C. Hackett's '' Road House'' (1932), '' Afterwards'' (1933) and ''

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'' (1935). In 1945 she appeared in the hit musical '' Under the Counter'' alongside

Cicely Courtneidge Dame Esmerelda Cicely Courtneidge, (1 April 1893 – 26 April 1980) was an Australian-born British actress, comedian and singer. The daughter of the producer and playwright Robert Courtneidge, she was appearing in his productions in the West E ...

. She was married in 1933 to businessman

Bernard Docker Sir Bernard Dudley Frank Docker (9 August 1896 – 22 May 1978) was an English industrialist. Born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, he was the only child of Frank Dudley Docker, an English businessman and financier. Career Docker was the managing dir ...

but their union lasted only a few months. Docker's disapproving father had her followed by private detectives; on discovering her association with actor

David Hutcheson David Hutcheson (14 June 1905 – 18 February 1976) was a British character actor. He made his film debut in ''Fast and Loose'' in 1930 and played his only lead role in 1934's '' Romance in Rhythm''. He went on to specialise in hooray henrys, sil ...

, allegedly involving 'circumstances which left no doubt of their adultery', Docker divorced her. After

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, she moved to the United States, taking up residence on

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. She met Baron Eugène Daniel von Rothschild, a member of the

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and grandson of

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of the

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. They married in 1952, after which she gave up her acting career. For a time, she and her husband lived in

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and

but eventually made their permanent home in

Monte Carlo Monte Carlo (; ; french: Monte-Carlo , or colloquially ''Monte-Carl'' ; lij, Munte Carlu ; ) is officially an administrative area of the Principality of Monaco, specifically the ward of Monte Carlo/Spélugues, where the Monte Carlo Casino is ...

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. Baroness Jeanne de Rothschild died in

in 2003.

Filmography

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* English film actresses English stage actresses Rothschild family 1908 births 2003 deaths {{UK-film-actor-stub