Editing Jennifer Jones (section)

===1965–2009: Later life and activities===
[[David_O._Selznick|Selznick]] died at age 63 on June 22, 1965, and after his death, Jones semiretired from acting. Her first role in four years was a lead part in the British drama ''[[The Idol (1966 film)|The Idol]]'' (1966) as the mother of an adult son in [[Swinging Sixties]] London who has an affair with his best friend.{{sfn|Green|2011|p=182}} 

In 1966, Jones made a rare theatrical appearance in the revival of Clifford Odets' ''The Country Girl'', costarring [[Rip Torn]], at New York's City Center. On November 9, 1967, the same day on which her close friend [[Charles Bickford]] died of a blood infection, Jones attempted suicide. Informing her physician of her intention to jump from a cliff overlooking Malibu Beach, she swallowed barbiturates before walking to the base of the cliff, where she was found unconscious amidst the rocky surf.{{sfn|Green|2011|p=184}} According to biographer Paul Green, it was news of Bickford's death that triggered Jones's suicide attempt.{{sfn|Green|2011|p=184}} She was hospitalized in a coma from the incident.<ref name=luther>{{cite web| last=Luther| first=Claudia| url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-jennifer-jones18-2009dec18,0,1884574.story| title=Jennifer Jones dies at 90; Oscar-winning actress| work=Los Angeles Times| date=December 18, 2009| archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906141857/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-jennifer-jones18-2009dec18,0,1884574.story| archive-date=September 6, 2012| access-date=December 17, 2009| url-status=live| df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Oscar-Winning Actress Jennifer Jones Dies at 90| url=http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/entertainment/oscar-winner-jennifer-jones-dies-20091217|work=KCOP-TV|location=Los Angeles| date=December 17, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307084135/http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/entertainment/oscar-winner-jennifer-jones-dies-20091217|archive-date=March 7, 2012|last=Coppersmith|first=Scott}}</ref> She returned to film with ''[[Angel, Angel, Down We Go]]'' in 1969, about a teenage girl who uses her association with a [[rock music|rock]] band to manipulate her family.{{sfn|Green|2011|p=186}}

[[File:Jennifer Jones and Norton Simon (1971).jpg|thumb|upright=.9|right|Jones with husband [[Norton Simon]] after their marriage, May 1971]]
On May 29, 1971, Jones married her third husband [[Norton Simon]], a multimillionaire industrialist, art collector and philanthropist from Portland, Oregon.{{sfn|Green|2011|p=198}} The wedding took place aboard a tugboat five miles off the English coast and was conducted by [[Unitarian Universalism|Unitarian]] minister Eirion Phillips.{{sfn|Green|2011|p=198}} Years before, Simon had attempted to buy the portrait of Jones that was used in the film ''[[Portrait of Jennie]]''. Simon later met Jones at a party hosted by fellow industrialist and art collector [[Walter Annenberg]].<ref>{{cite web|work=Turner Classic Movies|title=Biography for Jennifer Jones|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/96480%7C81471/jennifer-jones#biography|access-date=November 22, 2018|author=Maltin, Leonard|author-link=Leonard Maltin|series=Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide}}</ref> Jones's last film appearance came in the disaster film ''[[The Towering Inferno]]'' (1974).{{sfn|Green|2011|p=195}} Her performance as a doomed guest in the building earned her a [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]] nomination for Best Supporting Actress.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Golden Globe Awards]]|publisher=Hollywood Foreign Press Association|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/towering-inferno|title=''The Towering Inferno''|archive-url=https://archive.today/20181122033002/https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/towering-inferno|archive-date=November 22, 2018|access-date=November 22, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Early scenes in the film showed paintings lent to the production by the art gallery of Jones's husband Simon.{{sfn|Green|2011|p=193}}

On May 11, 1976, Jones's 21-year-old daughter Mary, a student at [[Occidental College]], committed suicide by jumping from the roof of a 22-floor apartment hotel in downtown Los Angeles.<ref name=curse>{{cite news|work=San Antonio Express|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25606279/san_antonio_express/|title=Tragic curse haunts film star Jennifer Jones|last=Kirk|first=Christina|date=June 6, 1976|location=San Antonio, Texas|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> This led to Jones's interest in mental health issues. In 1979, with husband Simon (whose son Robert died by suicide in 1969{{sfn|Muchnic|1998|p=398}}), she founded the Jennifer Jones Simon Foundation for Mental Health and Education, which she ran until 2003.{{sfn|Green|2011|p=247}} One of Jones's primary goals with the foundation was to destigmatize mental illness.<ref name=lancaster>{{cite news|work=Lancaster Eagle-Gazette|location=Lancaster, Ohio|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25606500/lancaster_eaglegazette/|last=Battelle|first=Phyllis|date=June 26, 1980|page=4|via=Newspapers.com|title=Team For Mental Health}} {{open access}}</ref> In 1980, Jones said: "I cringe when I admit I've been suicidal, had mental problems, but why should I? I hope we can reeducate the world to see there's no more need for stigma in mental illness than there is for cancer." She also divulged that she had been a psychotherapy patient since age 24.<ref name=lancaster/>

Jones spent the remainder of her life outside of the public eye. Four years before the death of her husband Simon in June 1993, he resigned as president of [[Norton Simon Museum]] in [[Pasadena, California]], and Jones was appointed chairman of the board of trustees, president and executive officer.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jennifer Jones dies at 90; Oscar-winning actress |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-jennifer-jones18-2009dec18-story.html |date=December 18, 2009|access-date=September 16, 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> In 1996, she began working with architect [[Frank Gehry]] and landscape designer Nancy Goslee Power to renovate the museum and gardens. She remained active as the director of the museum until 2003, when she was awarded emerita status.{{Citation needed|date=August 2013}}