Jones, Ike

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Name
Jones, Ike Gender: M
Isaac Lolette Jones
born on 23 December 1929 at 11:10 (= 11:10 AM )
Place Los Angeles, California, 34n03, 118w15
Timezone PST h8w (is standard time)
Data source
BC/BR in hand
Rodden Rating AA
Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data s_su.18.svg s_capcol.18.svg 01°30' s_mo.18.svg s_libcol.18.svg 10°04 Asc.s_piscol.18.svg 16°20'



Biography

American film producer and actor who was the first African American to serve as a producer on a major motion picture, namely A Man Called Adam, a 1966 film starring Sammy Davis Jr.

He became the first African American graduate of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in June 1953. Harry Belafonte hired him as vice president of development for Harbel Productions, and in the 1960s, Jones headed Nat King Cole's Kell-Cole Productions.

Jones was relatively unknown outside of the film industry until 1970 when he publicly announced that he had been secretly married to actress Inger Stevens from 1961 until her death of a drug overdose in April 1970. Jones announced that he would use a portion of the $1,171,000 of Stevens' estate to open a mental health care clinic in Watts, Los Angeles. At the time, Jones managed a chain of convalescent homes.

In 1995, he became the first recipient of the Oscar Micheaux Award, presented by the Producers Guild of America.

Ike Jones died of complications from a stroke and congestive heart failure in an assisted-living facility in Los Angeles on 5 October 2014 at age 84.


Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

  • spouse relationship with Stevens, Inger (born 18 October 1934). Notes: 1961-1970
  • (has as) boss relationship with Belafonte, Harry (born 1 March 1927). Notes: Harbel Productions

Events

  • Relationship : Marriage 8 November 1961 (Inger Stevens)
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  • Work : Prize 1995 (Oscar Micheaux Award)
  • Death by Disease 5 October 2014 (Stroke and congestive heart failure, age 84)
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Source Notes

Sy Scholfield provided birth certificate (Isaac Lolit Jones).

Categories

  • Traits : Body : Race (African-American)
  • Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Heart disease/attack
  • Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Stroke
  • Family : Relationship : Mate - Noted (Inger Stevens)
  • Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease (Stroke and congestive heart failure)
  • Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 84)
  • Vocation : Business : Top executive (VP of Harbel Productions)
  • Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
  • Vocation : Entertain/Business : Entertain Producer (Film)
  • Notable : Awards : Vocational award (Oscar Micheaux Award)
  • Notable : Famous : First in Field (African American pioneer)