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person_profile-Jean Arthur

Jean Arthur Died at age: 90

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Jean Arthur

Date of Birth:

Oct 16, 1900

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jun 19, 1991

Biography of

Jean Arthur

    Jean Arthur (October 17, 1900 – June 19, 1991) was an American actress and a major film star of the 1930s and 1940s. She remains arguably the epitome of the female screwball comedy actress. As James Harvey wrote in his recounting of the era, "No one was more closely identified with the screwball comedy than Jean Arthur. So much was she part of it, so much was her star personality defined by it, that the screwball style itself seems almost unimaginable without her." Arthur has been called "the quintessential comedic leading lady."

    Arthur is best known for her feature roles in three Frank Capra films: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), You Can't Take It With You (1938), and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), films that championed the everyday heroine. Her last performance was the memorable—and distinctly non–comedic—role as the rancher's wife in George Stevens' Shane (1953).

    Arthur was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1944 for her performance in The More the Merrier (1943).

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Filmography of

Jean Arthur

Found 80 Movies in total

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1999

Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1998

... 1988

Going Hollywood: The '30s

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1984

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1961

Yesterday and Today

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1953

Shane

Marian Starrett ( Actor )

... 1953

A Foreign Affair

Congresswoman Phoebe Frost ( Actor )

... 1948

The Impatient Years

Janie Anderson ( Actor )

... 1944

A Lady Takes a Chance

Molly J. Truesdale ( Actor )

... 1943

The More the Merrier

Constance Milligan ( Actor )

... 1943

The Talk of the Town

Miss Nora Shelley ( Actor )

... 1942

The Devil and Miss Jones

Mary Jones ( Actor )

... 1941

Arizona

Phoebe Titus ( Actor )

... 1940

Too Many Husbands

Vicky Lowndes ( Actor )

... 1940

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Clarissa Saunders ( Actor )

... 1939

Only Angels Have Wings

Bonnie Lee ( Actor )

... 1939

You Can't Take It with You

Alice Sycamore ( Actor )

... 1938

Easy Living

Mary Smith ( Actor )

... 1937

History Is Made at Night

Irene Vail ( Actor )

... 1937

More Than a Secretary

Carol Baldwin ( Actor )

... 1936

The Plainsman

Calamity Jane ( Actor )

... 1936

Adventure in Manhattan

Claire Peyton ( Actor )

... 1936

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

Paula Bradford ( Actor )

... 1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Babe Bennett ( Actor )

... 1936

If You Could Only Cook

Joan Hawthorne ( Actor )

... 1935

The Public Menace

Cassie Nicholls ( Actor )

... 1935

Diamond Jim

Jane Matthews / Emma ( Actor )

... 1935

Public Hero Number 1

Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly ( Actor )

... 1935

Party Wire

Marge Oliver ( Actor )

... 1935

The Whole Town's Talking

Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark ( Actor )

... 1935

The Defense Rests

Joan Hayes ( Actor )

... 1934

Most Precious Thing in Life

Ellen Holmes, aka Biddy, Babe ( Actor )

... 1934

Whirlpool

Sandra Rankin Morrison ( Actor )

... 1934

Get That Venus

Margaret Rendleby ( Actor )

... 1933

The Past of Mary Holmes

Joan Hoyt ( Actor )

... 1933

Ex-Bad Boy

Ethel Simmons ( Actor )

... 1931

The Lawyer's Secret

Beatrice Stevens ( Actor )

... 1931

Virtuous Husband

Barbara Olwell ( Actor )

... 1931

The Gang Buster

Sylvia Martine ( Actor )

... 1931

Danger Lights

Mary Ryan ( Actor )

... 1931

The Silver Horde

Mildred Wayland ( Actor )

... 1930

Galas de la Paramount

Self (from original version) ( Actor )

... 1930

The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu

Lia Eltham ( Actor )

... 1930

Paramount on Parade

Dream Girl ( Actor )

... 1930

Young Eagles

Mary Gordon ( Actor )

... 1930

Street of Chance

Judith Marsden ( Actor )

... 1930

Half Way to Heaven

Greta Nelson ( Actor )

... 1929

The Saturday Night Kid

Janie Barry ( Actor )

... 1929

The Greene Murder Case

Ada Greene ( Actor )

... 1929

The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu

Lia Eltham ( Actor )

... 1929

Stairs of Sand

Ruth Hutt ( Actor )

... 1929

The Canary Murder Case

Alice LaFosse ( Actor )

... 1929

Sins of the Fathers

Mary Spengler ( Actor )

... 1928

Brotherly Love

Mary ( Actor )

... 1928

Warming Up

Mary Post ( Actor )

... 1928

Flying Luck

The Girl ( Actor )

... 1927

The Masked Menace

Faith ( Actor )

... 1927

Horse Shoes

Miss Baker ( Actor )

... 1927

The Broken Gate

Ruth Hale ( Actor )

... 1927

Winners Of The Wilderness

Bit Role (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1927

Husband Hunters

Lettie Crane ( Actor )

... 1927

The Block Signal

Grace Ryan ( Actor )

... 1926

The College Boob

Angela Boothby ( Actor )

... 1926

Twisted Triggers

Ruth Regan ( Actor )

... 1926

The Cowboy Cop

Virginia Selby ( Actor )

... 1926

Double Daring

Marie Wells ( Actor )

... 1926

Born to Battle

Eunice Morgan ( Actor )

... 1926

A Man of Nerve

Loria Gatlin ( Actor )

... 1925

The Fighting Smile

Rose Craddock ( Actor )

... 1925

... 1925

Seven Chances

Miss Smith the Country Club Receptionist (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1925

Thundering Romance

Mary Watkins ( Actor )

... 1924

Bringin' Home the Bacon

Nancy Norton ( Actor )

... 1924

Wine of Youth

Flapper ( Actor )

... 1924

Fast and Fearless

Mary Brown ( Actor )

... 1924

Biff Bang Buddy

Bonnie Norton ( Actor )

... 1924

The Iron Horse

Reporter ( Actor )

... 1924

Cameo Kirby

Ann Playdell ( Actor )

... 1923