Jean Rouverol

Jean Rouverol (July 8, 1916 – March 24, 2017) was an American author, actress and screenwriter. She was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios in the 1950s. In 1943, Rouverol and her husband had joined the American Communist Party.

Jean Rouverol
in The Road Back.
Born	(1916-07-08)July 8, 1916 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Died	March 24, 2017(2017-03-24) (aged 100) Wingdale, New York, U.S.
Other names	Jean Rouveral
Occupation(s)	Author, actress and screenwriter
Years active	1934–2009
Spouse	Hugo Butler ​ ​ (m. 1940; died 1968)​
Children	Six

In the 1970s, Rouverol returned to writing. She scripted an episode of 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.^[1]