By Vlad Zakh · February 21, 2026
Jean Kent brought a bold, glamorous presence to British costume melodrama and often played scheming or worldly women who commanded every scene. Fanny by Gaslight and Madonna of the Seven Moons are earlier melodramas, The Magic Bow follows Paganini’s romances, Caravan complicates a novelist’s Spanish romance, Trottie True rises a music hall performer to stardom, and The Browning Version confronts a cold teacher’s failures.
01 Jean Kent appears as a cold, unpopular schoolmaster faces the emotional failures of his career.
Directed by Anthony Asquith · 1h 30m
Stream: Criterion Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
Stream: Criterion Channel · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store
02 Jean Kent is in this British musical about a spirited music hall performer whose rise to stardom is complicated by her romantic entanglements with wealthy suitors.
Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst · 1h 36m
03 Jean Kent is in this dramatisation of the life and romances of the legendary violinist and composer Paganini.
Directed by Bernard Knowles · 1h 46m
04 Jean Kent appears in this romantic adventure about a novelist's dangerous romance in Spain, complicated by a scheming rival and his own troubled past.
Directed by Arthur Crabtree · 1h 57m · Rated NR
05 Jean Kent features in this melodrama about a woman suffering from a dual personality disorder who leads a dangerous double life unknown to her family.
Directed by Arthur Crabtree · 1h 50m · Rated NR
Stream: Criterion Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
Stream: Criterion Channel · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store
06 Jean Kent appears in this melodrama about a young woman whose discovery of her family's scandalous secrets threatens her chance at happiness.
Directed by Anthony Asquith · 1h 47m
Rent or buy: Amazon Video
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