
Acting
Connecticut-born Jean Dixon had an auspicious theatre debut: on a Parisian stage with Sarah Bernhardt while still a student at a French university. Upon her return to the U.S. in 1921, she made her Broadway debut, and thereafter appeared in many stage productions, on Broadway and across the country, before Hollywood called her in 1929. She most often appeared as the streetwise, smart-mouthed friend of the leading lady. Her most famous appearance would probably be as Molly in the classic screwball comedy My Man Godfrey (1936).

Holiday
as Susan Potter

Joy of Living
as Harrison

You Only Live Once
as Bonnie Graham

Swing High, Swing Low
as Ella

My Man Godfrey
as Molly

To Mary - with Love
as Irene

The Magnificent Brute
as Blossom Finney

I'll Love You Always
as Mae Waters

She Married Her Boss
as Martha Pryor

Mister Dynamite
as Lynn Marlo