Jean Hazlewood Explained

Jean Hazlewood
Birthname:Ora Jean Hazlewood
Birth Date:4 August 1916
Death Place:Santa Barbara, California, US
Alma Mater:Lake Forest College
Occupation:Screenwriter
Children:1

Ora Jean Hazlewood (August 4, 1916 – March 2, 1997) was an American screenwriter, and wife of actor Richard Widmark for 55 years. They met while they were both attending Lake Forest College.

She adapted the Alistair MacLean novel The Secret Ways for the 1961 film version.

Hazlewood married Widmark on April 5, 1942. They had a daughter, Anne Heath Widmark (born July 25, 1945), who later married baseball legend Sandy Koufax in January 1969, divorcing in 1982.

Jean Hazlewood died of Alzheimer's disease in Santa Barbara, California, at the age of 80.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Scott, Walter (April 17, 2005). Q&A. Parade Magazine