From Wikipedia Jane Winton October 10 1905 September 22 1959 was a movie actress dancer opera soprano writer and painter She was born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania During the 1920s she began her stage career as a dancer with the Ziegfeld Follies After coming to the west coast Winton became known as the greeneyed goddess of Hollywood Her film appearances include roles in Tomorrows Love 1925 Why Girls Go Back Home 1926 Sunrise The Crystal Cup and The Fair Coed 1927 Burning Daylight Melody of Love and The Patsy 1928 Scandal and Show Girl in Hollywood 1929 and The Furies and Hells Angels 1930 Winton played Donna Isobel the mother of the title character in Don Juan 1926 The film starred John Barrymore and Mary Astor The movie was billed as the first film made in Vitaphone a new invention which synchronized sound with motion pictures Modern talking pictures began with the Vitaphone After leaving Hollywood Winton performed various operatic roles both in the United States and abroad In 1933 she was with the National Grand Opera Company for their production of I Pagliacci She sang Nedda She starred in the operetta Caviar In England she became noted for her singing and work in radio Jane Winton died in 1959 at the Pierre Hotel in New York City
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