---
name: "Jean Dixon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jean-dixon"
fi1m_id: "jean-dixon"
imdb_id: "nm0228863"
tmdb_id: 80238
wikidata_id: "Q1995535"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 July 1893"
died: "12 February 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T02:21:47.381614+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jean Dixon

## Identity

Jean Dixon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jean-dixon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jean-dixon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0228863
- **TMDB ID:** 80238
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1995535
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Dixon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1995535, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0228863/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/80238

Actor. Born 14 July 1893 in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA. Died 12 February 1981.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 July 1893, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
- **Died:** 12 February 1981
- **Also known as:** Jean Jacques
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Dixon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1995535, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0228863/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/80238

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*My Man Godfrey*](https://film.one/film/my-man-godfrey.md) (82)

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## Biography

Jean Dixon, also credited as Jean Jacques, was an American stage and film actress. Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, she studied in France and appeared in walk-on roles with Sarah Bernhardt's company before returning to the United States.

She made her Broadway debut in 1926 and appeared in numerous stage productions, including comedies by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. Her film roles included Molly in *My Man Godfrey* (1936), Bonnie Graham in *You Only Live Once* (1937) and Susan Potter in *Holiday* (1938). She was married to Edward Stevenson Ely from 1936 until his death in 1980.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *My Man Godfrey* (1936), Fi1m 82, as Molly — [page](https://film.one/film/my-man-godfrey.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Play of the Week* (1959), series, as Monica
- *Holiday* (1938), as Susan Potter
- *Joy of Living* (1938), as Harrison
- *Swing High, Swing Low* (1937), as Ella
- *You Only Live Once* (1937), as Bonnie Graham
- *The Magnificent Brute* (1936), as Blossom Finney
- *My Man Godfrey* (1936), as Molly — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/my-man-godfrey.md)
- *To Mary - with Love* (1936), as Irene
- *She Married Her Boss* (1935), as Martha Pryor
- *Mister Dynamite* (1935), as Lynn Marlo
- *I'll Love You Always* (1935), as Mae Waters
- *Sadie McKee* (1934), as Opal
- *The Kiss Before the Mirror* (1933), as Hilda Frey
- *The Lady Lies* (1929), as Ann Gardner

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