ElizabethJeanPeters(October15,1926–October13,2000)wasanAmericanactress,knownasastarof20thCenturyFoxinthelate1940sandearly1950s,andasthesecondwifeofHowardHughes.AlthoughpossiblybestrememberedforhersirenroleinPickuponSouthStreet(1953),Peterswasknownforherresistancetobeingturnedintoasexsymbol.Shepreferredtoplayunglamorous,down-to-earthwomen.[1]