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Jean Willes (April 15, 1923 – January 3, 1989) was an American film and television actress. She appeared in approximately 65 films in her 38-year career. ==Career== Willes is familiar to modern viewers for her roles in several Three Stooges short subjects, such as ''Monkey Businessmen'', ''A Snitch in Time'', and ''Gypped in the Penthouse''. She was a favorite of director Edward Bernds, who cast her in many shorts and features. She was cast from an Air Force captain to prostitutes. She was one of the "four queens" pursuing Clark Gable in ''The King and Four Queens''. She also appeared as Nurse Sally Withers in the original 1956 version of the movie "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." Willes appeared on many television series in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, including the religion anthology series, ''Crossroads'', ''The Caliifornians'', ''Richard Diamond, Private Detective'', several episodes of ''Burns and Allen'', ''The Twilight Zone'', ''Bonanza'', ''Hazel'',''Trackdown'', ''Meet McGraw'', ''The Munsters'', ''Perry Mason'', ''The Alfred Hitchcock Hour'', ''Bat Masterson'', ''The Beverly Hillbillies'', ''McHale's Navy'', ''Wanted Dead Or Alive'' and ''Kojak''.〔(Willes' profile ), imdb.com; accessed March 6, 2015.〕 In 1958, in the episode "Queen of the Cimarron" of the syndicated western television series ''Frontier Doctor'', starring Rex Allen, Willes portrayed Fancy Varden, the owner of the Golden Slipper Saloon who attempts to establish her own cattle empire with animals infected with anthrax. The disease soon spread from the cattle to the cowhands.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="Queen of the Cimarron", September 26, 1958 )〕 Willes portrayed Belle Starr opposite James Garner in a 1960 episode of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, ''Maverick'' entitled "Full House," in which Joel Grey played Billy the Kid. Willes played the character Ruth in the ''Wanted: Dead or Alive'' episode "The Eager Man," Manila Jones in "The Montana Kid", and Meghan Francis in "The Kovack Affair", both times opposite star Steve McQueen. In 1947, she changed her billing, Jean Donahue, to her married name, Jean Willes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jean Willes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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