Isabel Dean: Isabel Dean. Actress: Sense and Sensibility. In a career spanning 50 years, Isabel Dean demonstrated talent and versatility while never fulfilling the great promise initially indicated. With large eyes and classically chiseled features, she became best known as an exponent of somewhat steely patrician ladies of elegance and breeding. That she was capable of much more was demonstrated by her work on stage in both the classics and contemporary drama,...
Known For: Sense and Sensibility (Mrs. Dashwood), The Quatermass Experiment (Judith Carroon), Gilbert and Sullivan (Mrs. Gilbert), Rough Cut (Mrs. Willis)