In the movie "Forrest Gump" what was Jenny's last name? Since it is never spoken in the film, when and where in the film is it shown?

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In the movie "Forrest Gump" what was Jenny's last name? Since it is never spoken in the film, when and where in the film is it shown?

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Last updated Aug 20 2016.

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Jenny's last name, Curran, is never said in the film. The only place you can find it is on the back of an envelope that Forrest mailed to Jenny while he was in Vietnam.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109830/trivia

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Dec 01 2006, 5:41 PM

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Jenny Curran. You can see it on the letters that Forrest wrote to her that were returned.

Dec 01 2006, 5:13 PM

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Jenny Curran (later Jenny Gump) is a fictional character featured prominently in both the novel and movie Forrest Gump. In the latter, she was portrayed by Hanna R. Hall as a child and Robin Wright Penn as an adult.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Curran