Former film star Jean Kent has died aged 92, it has been announced. Jean was one of Britain's top box-office stars in the 1940s and 1950s. Her death was announced by a close family friend, author and former film critic Michael Thornton. He said the actress was injured in a fall at her home in the Suffolk village of Westhorpe on Thursday. She was taken by ambulance to West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds where she died at 3.40am today. Jean made her last public appearance in June 2011 when she was honoured by the British Film Institute (BFI) on her 90th birthday. It screened one of her films, Caravan, at BFI Southbank in London. Her career included regular appearances in Gainsborough...
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