Jean Ashwood — The White Cliffs of Dover Character Profile

About Jean Ashwood

The matriarch of the Ashwood family and John's mother. She endures the anxiety of WWI losses alongside Susan and eventually passes away, prompting Susan to consider relocating to America.

Character Facts

Played by

Gladys Cooper

Appears in

The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)

Role

Supporting

More characters from The White Cliffs of Dover

• Susan Dunn (Irene Dunne)
• John Ashwood (Alan Marshal)
• John Ashwood II as a Boy (Roddy McDowall)
• Walter Forsythe (C. Aubrey Smith)
• Hiram Porter Dunn (Frank Morgan)
• Sam Bennett (Van Johnson)
• Rosamund (Jill Esmond)
• John Ashwood II as a Young Man (Peter Lawford)
• Reggie Ashwood (John Warburton)
• Nanny (May Whitty)
• Rupert Bancroft (uncredited) (Edmund Breon)
• Indian Major in Boardinghouse (uncredited) (Clifford Brooke)