Jacqueline Jane White (born November 27, 1922)[1] is an American actress who had a career in Hollywood from 1942 until 1952, where she was featured in approximately 25 feature films.
White, at the age of 17, signed on a film contract at MGM[1] and subsequently with RKO, where she found her greatest success and is perhaps best remembered for her roles in films Crossfire (1947), Banjo (1947) , Mystery in Mexico (1948) and The Narrow Margin (1952).[2] She is one of the last surviving actresses from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
White and actress Lynn Merrick were childhood friends until White moved. They were reunited when both were in the cast of Three Hearts for Julia (1943).[9]
Film career
MGM films
White's film debut resulted from her work in a drama class at UCLA.
She appeared in a couple of small roles, but her first lead roles came in Air Raid Wardens in 1943 with comedy duo Laurel and Hardy (there debut at MGM as a duo).[4]
A casting director saw her in a production of Ah, Wilderness! and arranged for a screen test for her. That led to her film appearance, in Song of Russia (1944).[8]
White usually played either featured actresses in B movies or supporting parts in A-movies. White was under contract to both Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where she was cast mostly in uncredited small roles.
White married in 1948, then moved with her husband to Wyoming in 1950. When she returned to Los Angeles for the birth of her first child, she was spotted in the RKO commissary visiting friends by director Richard Fleischer and producer Stanley Rubin, who offered her a featured role in The Narrow Margin (1952),[11] a B-picture film noir, which was her final picture.[12]
Personal life
On November 12, 1948,[6] White married Neal Bruce Anderson in Westwood Hills.[13] She left the film industry in 1952 and relocated to Wyoming with her husband, who started an oil business.[citation needed]
White has four sons and one daughter.[14] Her husband died in 2000. She currently resides in Houston, Texas, with family.[citation needed]
White occasionally appeared at film conventions. In 2013, she made an appearance at the annual TCM Classic Film Festival.[11]
^"Andersion-White". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Times. November 15, 1948. p. 33. Retrieved September 18, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
