What is Jean Rouverol?
{{Infobox person | image = Jean Rouverol in The Road Back.jpg | caption = in ''The Road Back.'' | name = Jean Rouverol | birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|7|8}} | birth_place = [[St. Louis, Missouri]], U.S. | death_date ={{death date and age|2017|3|24|1916|7|8}} | death_place =[[Wingdale, New York]], U.S. | other_names = Jean Rouveral | occupation = Author, actress and screenwriter | yearsactive = 1934–2009 | spouse = {{marriage|()=small|end=his death|[[Hugo Butler]]|1940|1968}} | children = Six }} '''Jean Rouverol''' (July 8, 1916 &ndash; March 24, 2017) was an American author, actress and screenwriter. She was [[Hollywood ten|blacklisted]] by the Hollywood movie studios in the 1950s. In 1943, Rouverol and her husband had joined the [[American Communist Party]]. In the 1970s, Rouverol returned to writing. She scripted an episode of ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]'', and after publishing three books in three years, she was hired as co-head writer for the [[CBS]] soap opera ''[[Guiding Light]]''. Rouverol wrote scripts for ''[[Search for Tomorrow]]'' and ''[[As the World Turns]]''. For many years Rouverol lived with actor [[Cliff Carpenter]], who was another former blacklisted performer for many years. Rouverol died on March 24, 2017 at her home in [[Wingdale, New York]] at the age of 100.<ref>[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/jean-butler-obituary?pid=1000000184707031 In Memory Of Jean Rouverol Butler], legacy.com; accessed March 26, 2017.</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rouverol, Jean}} [[Category:1916 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from St. Louis, Missouri]] [[Category:American centenarians]] [[Category:American communists]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American screenwriters]] [[Category:American television writers]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in New York (state)]] [[Category:Writers from St. Louis, Missouri]] {{US-bio-stub}}