Which role did Jones play in Vincente Minnelli's 1949 film adaptation?
Madame Bovary
Ruby Gentry
Bernadette Soubirous
A Eurasian Doctor
Answer
Jones played the role of Madame Bovary in Vincente Minnelli's 1949 film adaptation of the Gustave Flaubert novel. The film is a tragic love story about a young woman who marries a much older man for financial security. She becomes bored with her marriage and begins an affair with a young man, which leads to her downfall.
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