Jean Pauline (Hindes) Haden-Guest (1921 - 2017)

Born 1 Mar 1921 in New York City, New York, United States

Wife of Peter Albert Michael Haden-Guest — married Dec 1945 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Feb 2017 at age 95 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Obituary

(March 1, 1921 - February 10, 2017) Jean Haden Guest died peacefully at her home in Santa Monica, a few weeks short of her 96th birthday. She was born in New York City to Dr. Albert and Frieda Hindes, Russian immigrants who had a deep appreciation for the arts and a reverence for Chekov. Her relatives spoke Yiddish and throughout her life Jean relished peppering her speech with Yiddish words and expressions. Jean had a long, successful career in both theater and television. She served as Director of the American National Theater Academy (ANTA) before leaving to represent actors at Wender & Associates. Subsequently she moved on to CBS Television, where she became Vice President and Head of Talent. Jean was a great cook and a generous host. During the 1960's her home was filled with her children's friends who came for dinner and stayed for sleepovers. She had extraordinary friendships, some of which lasted for seventy years. She was a devoted confidant to younger women, advising them in matters of love and work, but her favorite role in life was as a grandmother. Jean was married for 50 years to the late Lord Peter Haden Guest, the Fourth Baron of Saling, who was a former ballet dancer with the Markova-Dolin Company prior to becoming Chief of Editorial Control at the United Nations. She leaves behind four children: actor/ director Christopher Guest of Santa Monica, actor Nicholas Guest of Los Angeles, children's book author Elissa Haden Guest of San Francisco, journalist stepson Anthony Haden-Guest of New York City, seven grandchildren and one great-grandson.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X45X-M8P : accessed 8 March 2023), Jean Hincks in household of Albert G Hincks, Queens (Districts 0501-0750), Queens, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 508, sheet 18A, line 7, family 319, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1607; FHL microfilm 2,341,341.

• "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:245R-S4R : 2 March 2021), Jeanette Pauline Guest, 1947; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24TK-K7Q : 2 March 2021), Jeanette P Guest, 1950; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Acknowledgments

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