Jean Hazlewood
Encyclopedia
Ora Jean Hazlewood 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, who married baseball legend Sandy Koufax
in January 1969.
Jean Hazlewood died of Alzheimer's disease
in Santa Barbara, California
, aged 80.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
, and wife of actor Richard Widmark
Richard Widmark
Richard Weedt Widmark was an American film, stage and television actor.He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as the villainous Tommy Udo in his debut film, Kiss of Death...
for 55 years. They met while they were both attending Lake Forest College
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest College, founded in 1857, is a private liberal arts college in Lake Forest, Illinois. The college has 1,500 students representing 47 states and 78 countries....
.
She adapted the Alistair MacLean
Alistair MacLean
Alistair Stuart MacLean was a Scottish novelist who wrote popular thrillers or adventure stories, the best known of which are perhaps The Guns of Navarone, Ice Station Zebra and Where Eagles Dare, all three having been made into successful films...
novel The Secret Ways
The Secret Ways
The Secret Ways is a 1961 thriller film based on Alistair McLean's novel The Last Frontier.-Plot:American adventurer Michael Reynolds is hired by an international espionage ring to smuggle a noted scholar and resistance leader, Professor Jansci, out of Communist-ruled Hungary...
for the 1961 film version.
Hazlewood married Widmark on April 5, 1942. They had a daughter, Anne Heath Widmark, who married baseball legend Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
Sanford "Sandy" Koufax is a former left-handed baseball pitcher who played his entire 12-year Major League Baseball career for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers...
in January 1969.
Jean Hazlewood died of Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease also known in medical literature as Alzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia. There is no cure for the disease, which worsens as it progresses, and eventually leads to death...
in Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...
, aged 80.