As of (October 2001) She lives in California where she contributes to various charities (mostly mental health organizations) and presides over the Norton Simon Museum`s Board of Directors (her late husband`s prestigious art museum in Pasadena).

Son Robert Walker Jr. born on April 15, 1940.

Son Michael Walker born on March 13, 1941.

Her first Oscar nomination for The Song of Bernadette (1943) marks her first of 4 consecutive nominations, a feat she shares with Thelma Ritter (1950-53), Marlon Brando (1951-54) Elizabeth Taylor (1957-60) and Al Pacino (1972-75).

In Italy, almost all her films were dubbed by Lidia Simoneschi, except Beat the Devil (1953) where she was dubbed by Rosetta Calavetta.

Was a good friend of Peggy Knudsen.

Daughter Mary Jennifer Selznick was born Aug 12, 1954 and committed suicide on May 11, 1976.

She is a breast cancer survivor.

On November 9, 1967, she checked into a Malibu motel and took an overdose of sleeping pills. She was found unconscious on the beach and rushed to a nearby hospital and eventually recovered.

Once had interest in returning to the screen to play convicted murderess Jean Harris but abandoned the project when Ellen Burstyn appeared in a successful televised movie.

In 1980 she donated $1 million to establish the Jennifer Jones Simon Foundation for Mental Health and Education

Chairman of the Norton Simon Museum.

In 1981 she bought the rights to Larry McMurtry`s novel "Terms of Endearment" with the intention of starring in the film but director James Brooks told her that she was too old for the part. The role eventually went to `Shirley Maclaine`, who won an Oscar.

She is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She was initiated into the Tau chapter (Northwestern) in 1937.

Attended Northwestern University.

Turned 25 years old on the day that she won the Oscar for The Song of Bernadette (1943).

Her daughter with David O. Selznick, Mary Jennifer Selznick, killed herself on May 11, 1976, only two days after Mother`s Day.

Mother of Robert Walker Jr. and Michael Walker.

Was represented by the John Robert Powers agency as a fashion model in the 1930s.

Measurements: 33-24-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Married 3 times.