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Jean Arthur
Born · October 16, 1900
Died · June 19, 1991 (90 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Plattsburgh, New York, USA
Bio
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Arthur, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2008
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) (archive footage)
7.7
1999
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
Self (archive footage)
7.0
1998
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
8.0
1988
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Self (archive footage)
5.6
1985
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
10.0
1984
The Jean Arthur Show
(12 episodes)
6.0
1966
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
3.3
1961
Gunsmoke
Julie Blane · (1 episode)
6.6
1955
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
0.0
1953
Shane
Marian Starrett
7.4
1953
A Foreign Affair
Congresswoman Phoebe Frost
7.1
1948
The Impatient Years
Janie Anderson
6.3
1944
A Lady Takes a Chance
Molly J. Truesdale
5.7
1943
The More the Merrier
Constance Milligan
6.8
1943
The Talk of the Town
Nora Shelley
7.3
1942
The Devil and Miss Jones
Mary Jones
7.7
1941
Arizona
Phoebe Titus
6.2
1940
Too Many Husbands
Vicky Lowndes
6.3
1940
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Clarissa Saunders
7.9
1939
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
Self
6.0
1939
Only Angels Have Wings
Bonnie Lee
7.3
1939
You Can't Take It with You
Alice Sycamore
7.5
1938
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
Jean Arthur
6.0
1938
Easy Living
Mary Smith
7.0
1937
History Is Made at Night
Irene Vail
6.6
1937
More Than a Secretary
Carol Baldwin
6.4
1936
The Plainsman
Calamity Jane
6.3
1936
Adventure in Manhattan
Claire Peyton
5.8
1936
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self
6.0
1936
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Paula Bradford
6.2
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Babe Bennett
7.5
1936
If You Could Only Cook
Joan Hawthorne
7.4
1935
The Public Menace
Cassie Nicholls
5.0
1935
Diamond Jim
Jane Matthews / Emma
6.0
1935
Public Hero Number 1
Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly
6.2
1935
Party Wire
Marge Oliver
8.0
1935
The Whole Town's Talking
Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark
6.7
1935
The Defense Rests
Joan Hayes
7.0
1934
Most Precious Thing in Life
Ellen Holmes, aka Biddy, Babe
5.2
1934
Whirlpool
Sandra Rankin Morrison
6.1
1934
Get That Venus
Margaret Rendleby
5.0
1933
The Past of Mary Holmes
Joan Hoyt
0.0
1933
Ex-Bad Boy
Ethel Simmons
0.0
1931
The Lawyer's Secret
Beatrice Stevens
5.8
1931
Virtuous Husband
Barbara Olwell
0.0
1931
The Gang Buster
Sylvia Martine
5.8
1931
Danger Lights
Mary Ryan
5.9
1931
The Silver Horde
Mildred Wayland
5.3
1930
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
Lia Eltham
5.0
1930
Paramount on Parade
Dream Girl
6.1
1930
Young Eagles
Mary Gordon
6.0
1930
Street of Chance
Judith Marsden
6.6
1930
Half Way to Heaven
Greta Nelson
5.0
1929
The Saturday Night Kid
Janie Barry
4.4
1929
The Greene Murder Case
Ada Greene
5.8
1929
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu
Lia Eltham
5.3
1929
Stairs of Sand
Ruth Hutt
0.0
1929
The Canary Murder Case
Alice LaFosse
5.6
1929
Sins of the Fathers
Mary Spengler
6.0
1928
Brotherly Love
Mary
0.0
1928
Warming Up
Mary Post
0.0
1928
Wallflowers
Sandra
0.0
1928
Flying Luck
The Girl
0.0
1927
The Masked Menace
Faith Newton
0.0
1927
The Poor Nut
Margie Blake
0.0
1927
Bigger and Better Blondes
Ramona
0.0
1927
Horse Shoes
Miss Baker
0.0
1927
The Broken Gate
Ruth Hale
0.0
1927
Hello Lafayette
0.0
1927
Winners Of The Wilderness
Bit Role (uncredited)
7.5
1927
Husband Hunters
Lettie Crane
1.0
1927
The Block Signal
Grace Ryan
0.0
1926
The College Boob
Angela Boothby
10.0
1926
Twisted Triggers
Ruth Regan
0.0
1926
The Cowboy Cop
Virginia Selby
0.0
1926
Lightning Bill
Marie Denton
0.0
1926
Double Daring
Marie Wells
0.0
1926
Ridin' Rivals
Ruth Burroghs
0.0
1926
The Mad Racer
0.0
1926
Eight-Cylinder Bull
0.0
1926
The Fighting Cheat
Ruth Wells
0.0
1926
Born to Battle
Eunice Morgan
0.0
1926
The Roaring Rider
Mary Watkins
0.0
1926
Under Fire
Margaret Cranston
0.0
1926
Thundering Through
Ruth Burroughs
0.0
1925
The Hurricane Horseman
June Mathews
0.0
1925
The Iron Horse
Reporter
6.7
1925
A Man of Nerve
Loria Gatlin
0.0
1925
Tearin' Loose
Sally Harris
0.0
1925
The Fighting Smile
Rose Craddock
0.0
1925
The Drug Store Cowboy
Jean
0.0
1925
Seven Chances
Miss Smith the Country Club Receptionist (uncredited)
7.5
1925
Travelin' Fast
Betty Conway
0.0
1924
Thundering Romance
Mary Watkins
0.0
1924
Bringin' Home the Bacon
Nancy Norton
0.0
1924
Wine of Youth
Flapper
8.0
1924
Fast and Fearless
Mary Brown
0.0
1924
Biff Bang Buddy
Bonnie Norton
0.0
1924
The Powerful Eye
Dud's Sweetheart
0.0
1924
Case Dismissed
Jean
0.0
1924
Spring Fever
0.0
1923
Monks a la Mode
Madame Maxine
0.0
1923
Somebody Lied
0.0
1923
Cameo Kirby
Ann Playdell
5.8
1923