Five-time Academy Award nominee, Jennifer Jones, was an old Hollywood icon and mental health advocate.
The naturally shy actress worked as a model in Tulsa before appearing in films in 1939. In 1943, Jones won a Best Actress Academy Award and Golden Globe for her role in The Song of Bernadette (only her third on-screen role).
Jones became a certified star, earning another three Academy Award nominations for Since You Went Away (1944), Love Letters (1945), and Duel in the Sun (1946). Jones continued acting throughout the 1950s, with a fifth Academy Award nomination for Love is a Many-Splendored Thing in 1955.
Jones was nominated for Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe in 1975 for her role in The Towering Inferno, but it would be her final on-screen role.
The following year, Jones’ 22-year-old daughter took her own life, prompting Jones (who also suffered from mental health issues) to advocate for mental health education. Jones retired from acting and founded the Jennifer Jones Simon Foundation for Mental Health and Education in 1980.
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