Bella Jarrett (February , â€" October , ) was an American stage,
television, and film actress as well as a novelist. Her acting credits
include Broadway, Off-Broadway, television series, and films.Bella
Jarrett was born on February , in Adairsville, Georgia. As a child,
she decided to learn the hand alphabet that is used by deaf people
because she was curious. She attended Wesleyan College in Macon,
Georgia, earning a B.A in and M.F.A. in . After graduating, she acted
in community theater and had an advertising job in Atlanta, Georgia.
In she married M. O. Thornburg, an employee of Atlanta's WAGA radio
station. In , Jarrett moved to New York City to start an acting
career. Upon moving, she first worked in store advertising and later
became the public relations director for Abercrombie & Fitch. She quit
her public relations job after a year and rented a flat so that she
would be available for any auditions.Jarett began acting in the s with
local theater groups in Atlanta, Houston, Boston, and Washington D.C.
She had roles in the television series All My Children, The Doctors,
and Another World. Her Broadway debut was in the s. She was in
multiple Broadway productions which include Once in a Lifetime and
Lolita. Jarrett also was in the Off-Broadway productions The Good
Natur’d Man, Phaedra, and The Waltz of the Toreadors. The films that
she had a role in are The Cotton Club, The Lonely Guy, and
Hellfighters. Jarett wrote four romance novels, two under the pen name
Belle Thorne. Her first romance novel was published by Dell which was
the second publisher that she contacted.
television, and film actress as well as a novelist. Her acting credits
include Broadway, Off-Broadway, television series, and films.Bella
Jarrett was born on February , in Adairsville, Georgia. As a child,
she decided to learn the hand alphabet that is used by deaf people
because she was curious. She attended Wesleyan College in Macon,
Georgia, earning a B.A in and M.F.A. in . After graduating, she acted
in community theater and had an advertising job in Atlanta, Georgia.
In she married M. O. Thornburg, an employee of Atlanta's WAGA radio
station. In , Jarrett moved to New York City to start an acting
career. Upon moving, she first worked in store advertising and later
became the public relations director for Abercrombie & Fitch. She quit
her public relations job after a year and rented a flat so that she
would be available for any auditions.Jarett began acting in the s with
local theater groups in Atlanta, Houston, Boston, and Washington D.C.
She had roles in the television series All My Children, The Doctors,
and Another World. Her Broadway debut was in the s. She was in
multiple Broadway productions which include Once in a Lifetime and
Lolita. Jarrett also was in the Off-Broadway productions The Good
Natur’d Man, Phaedra, and The Waltz of the Toreadors. The films that
she had a role in are The Cotton Club, The Lonely Guy, and
Hellfighters. Jarett wrote four romance novels, two under the pen name
Belle Thorne. Her first romance novel was published by Dell which was
the second publisher that she contacted.
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