Bennie Jean Porter (December 8, 1922 – January 13, 2018), known professionally as Jean Porter, was an American film and television actress, noted for her roles in The Youngest Profession (1943), Bathing Beauty (1944), Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (1945), Till the End of Time (1946), Cry Danger (1951), and The Left Hand of God (1955).

Porter was married to Edward Dmytryk, who was one of the Hollywood Ten, the most prominent blacklisted group in the film industry during the McCarthy era.

[6] Beginning with small roles in such movies as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) and The Under-Pup (1939), she was signed by producer Hal Roach, who featured her in comedies.

During the McCarthy-era hearings, Dmytryk was facing a jail sentence for a contempt of Congress charge, fired from RKO, and barred from working in the United States.

She shouldered the financial responsibility, signing with producer Robert L. Lippert and taking a nominal salary for two low-budget feature films, G.I.

[2] Porter's health began failing while in her eighties, and she died of natural causes in Canoga Park, California, on January 13, 2018, aged 95.