{{Short description|American actress (1938–2021)}} {{Infobox person | name = Jean Hale | image = Jean Hale - A Matter of Destiny, The Virginian - Season 2 (1964) (cropped).jpg | caption = Hale in a 1964 publicity photo | birth_name = Carol Jane Hale | birth_date = {{birth date|1938|12|27}} | birth_place = Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|8|3|1938|12|27}} | death_place = Santa Monica, California, U.S. | education = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1960–1991 | spouse = {{marriage|Dabney Coleman|1961|1983|reason=divorced}} | children = 3 }}
'''Jean Hale''' (born '''Carol Jane Hale'''; December 27, 1938 – August 3, 2021) was an American actress.
== Early years == Hale was born on December 27, 1938, in Salt Lake City, Utah.<ref name=":0">{{cite magazine |date=November 2021 |page=43 |title=Jean Hale, 82 |magazine=Classic Images}}</ref> Her parents were Stanton G and Doris (Norrell) Hale. Jean Hale was raised a Mormon.<ref name="Private">{{cite web|url=http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/114/Jean+Hale/index.html|title=Jean Hale - The Private Life and Times of Jean Hale. Jean Hale Pictures.|website=www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com}}</ref><ref>https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jean-hale-dead-in-like-flint-batman-1235021468/</ref> She studied at the University of Utah and at Skidmore College, then moved to New York City. There she learned from Sydney Pollack at the Neighborhood Playhouse.<ref name=":0" />
==Film and television== In the early 1960s, Hale appeared in commercials and danced on the television series ''Sing Along with Mitch''.<ref name=":0" />
In films, Hale played Miriam Stark in ''Taggart'' (1964), Cheryl Barker in ''The Oscar'' (1966), Myrtle in ''The St. Valentine's Day Massacre'' (1967) and Lisa in ''In Like Flint'' (1967). She also appeared in several television shows in the 1960s. She made two 1965 appearances on ''Perry Mason''; in both roles she played Perry's client: Reggie Lansfield in "The Case of the Murderous Mermaid," (Season 8, Episode 23) and Carla Chaney in "The Case of the Laughing Lady." Other television appearances include ''The Alfred Hitchcock Hour'', ''Batman'', ''Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre'', ''Bonanza'', ''The Fugitive'', ''Hawaii Five-O'', ''McHale's Navy'', ''My Favorite Martian'' ("The Atom Misers", air date 12/15/63), ''The Men from Shiloh'' in 1971, ''Hogan's Heroes'', and ''The Wild Wild West'' ("The Night That Terror Stalked The Town", S1 Ep10, as Marie)
In 1984, Hale and Gino Tanasescu created Coleman-Tanasescu Entertainment, a production company, and in 2000 she began heading her own production company.<ref name=":0" />
==Personal life== She married Dabney Coleman in 1961. They had three children: Quincy<!-- Mary Quincy Coleman -->, Randy, and Kelly. They divorced in 1983.<ref>{{cite news |title='Sorrow Has Made Me What I Am' |last=Rader |first=Dotson |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal |via=Newspapers.com |date=August 4, 1996 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-sorrow-has-made-me/161231140/ |access-date=December 20, 2024 |quote=In 1961, Coleman married his second wife, the actress Jean Hale. Their union lasted until 1983 and produced two daughters-Kelly, 30, and Mary, 24-and a son, Randolph, 28.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Coleman back as bad guy in 'Buffalo Bill' |last=Peterson |first=Bettelou |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |via=Newspapers.com |date=May 31, 1983 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-coleman-back-as-bad-g/161222918/ |access-date=December 20, 2024}}</ref>
Hale died of natural causes on August 3, 2021, in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |title=Jean Hale, Actress in 'In Like Flint' and 'Batman,' Dies at 82 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jean-hale-dead-in-like-flint-batman-1235021468/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=27 September 2021 }}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1963|| ''Violent Midnight'' || Carol Bishop || |- |1963|| ''My Favorite Martian'' || Jenine Carter || |- |1963|| ''The Alfred Hitchcock Hour'' || Babs Riordan || Season 2 Episode 7: "Starring the Defense" |- |1964|| ''The Alfred Hitchcock Hour'' || Bernice Brown || Season 2 Episode 12: "Three Wives Too Many" |- |1964|| ''Taggart'' || Miriam Stark || |- |1964|| ''Felicia'' || || |- |1965|| ''McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force'' || Sergeant Madge Collins || |- |1965|| ''Perry Mason'' || Carla Chaney / Reggie Lansfield || 2 episodes |- |1966|| ''Hogan's Heroes'' || Kathy Pruitt, Prisoner Of War || Season 1 Episode 28: "I Look Better in Basic Black" |- |1966|| ''The Oscar'' || Cheryl Barker || |- |1967|| ''In Like Flint'' || Lisa || |- |1967|| ''The St. Valentine's Day Massacre'' || Myrtle Gorman || |- |1969|| ''Hawaii Five-O'' || Lois Walker || |- |1987|| ''Pals'' || Muffy || TV movie |- |1990|| ''Thanksgiving Day'' || Melanie Crandall || TV movie |- |1991|| ''Lies Before Kisses'' || Veronica || TV movie, (final film role) |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|Jean Hale}} * {{IMDb name|0354933}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hale, Jean}} Category:20th-century American actresses Category:21st-century American women Category:1938 births Category:2021 deaths Category:American film actresses Category:American television actresses Category:Actresses from Salt Lake City Category:Latter Day Saints from Utah Category:Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre alumni Category:Skidmore College alumni Category:University of Utah alumni