Jean Seberg was born on November 13, 1938, in Marshalltown, Iowa, where she quite likely would have remained had it not been for a worldwide contest organised by Otto Preminger, in search of a fresh face to star is his new film. at just 17 years old, Jean was chosen from 18,000 hopefuls to play Joan of Arc in St. Joan (1957). unfortunately, the film was a marked failure, and Seberg's next film, Bonjour Tristesse (1958), was only a moderate success. [Jean is absolutely marvelous in Bonjour…