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Jocelyn Brando
1919–2005 · Actor
Biography
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Jocelyn Brando (November 18, 1919 – November 27, 2005) was an American film, stage and television actress.
Her film debut came in the war movie China Venture (1953) with Edmond O'Brien and Barry Sullivan. Her best-known movie role was as detective Glenn Ford's wife in the film noir The Big Heat (1953).
Notable Noir Roles
After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.
An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.
Pursued by detectives, Johnny Walters leaves the city to visit his family in a small California town. Among the household: his dead brother's luscious widow Helen, who soon is attracted to him. Ominou…
