Jean Arthur
Born in Plattsburgh, New York, USA — Oct 17 1900• Died Jun 19 1991
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Jean Arthur 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…
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Jean Arthur's Credits
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Gunsmoke
Julie Blane
Shane
Marian Starrett
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Clarissa Saunders
The Jean Arthur Show
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Babe Bennett
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
The Plainsman
Calamity Jane
The Talk of the Town
Nora Shelley
You Can't Take It with You
Alice Sycamore
The Devil and Miss Jones
Mary Jones
A Foreign Affair
Congresswoman Phoebe Frost
Paramount on Parade
Dream Girl
Seven Chances
Miss Smith the Country Club Receptionist (uncredited)
Public Hero Number 1
Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly
The More the Merrier
Constance Milligan
Arizona
Phoebe Titus
Only Angels Have Wings
Bonnie Lee
Easy Living
Mary Smith
Street of Chance
Judith Marsden
The Defense Rests
Joan Hayes
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self
History Is Made at Night
Irene Vail
The Iron Horse
Reporter (uncredited)
A Lady Takes a Chance
Molly J. Truesdale
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
Self (archive footage)
Too Many Husbands
Vicky Lowndes
Diamond Jim
Jane Matthews / Emma
Whirlpool
Sandy
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Paula Bradford
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) (archive footage)
The Whole Town's Talking
Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark
Party Wire
Marge Oliver
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
Jean Arthur
Young Eagles
Mary Gordon
Cameo Kirby
Ann Playdell
The Past of Mary Holmes
Joan Hoyt
Warming Up
Mary Post
Wine of Youth
Flapper
Born to Battle
Eunice Morgan
Becoming Cary Grant
Self (archive footage)
The Impatient Years
Janie Anderson
The Greene Murder Case
Ada Greene
Brotherly Love
Mary
The Lawyer's Secret
Beatrice Stevens
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu
Lia Eltham
Stairs of Sand
Ruth Hutt
If You Could Only Cook
Joan Hawthorne
The Canary Murder Case
Alice LaFosse
The Poor Nut
Margie Blake
The Silver Horde
Mildred Wayland
Horse Shoes
Miss Baker
Ex-Bad Boy
Ethel Simmons
Wallflowers
Sandra
Most Precious Thing in Life
Ellen Holmes, aka Biddy, Babe
Virtuous Husband
Barbara Olwell
More Than a Secretary
Carol Baldwin
The Fighting Cheat
Ruth Wells
Adventure in Manhattan
Claire Peyton
Flying Luck
The Girl
Double Daring
Marie Wells
The Saturday Night Kid
Janie Barry
Sins of the Fathers
Mary Spengler
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
Lia Eltham
Tearin' Loose
Sally Harris
Twisted Triggers
Ruth Regan
Danger Lights
Mary Ryan
The Mad Racer
The Roaring Rider
Mary Watkins
Bigger and Better Blondes
Ramona
The Cowboy Cop
Virginia Selby
The Fighting Smile
Rose Craddock
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
Self
Thundering Romance
Mary Watkins
The Drug Store Cowboy
Jean
The College Boob
Angela Boothby
Ridin' Rivals
Ruth Burroghs
The Public Menace
Cassie Nicholls
Case Dismissed
Jean
The Block Signal
Grace Ryan
Travelin' Fast
Betty Conway
A Man of Nerve
Loria Gatlin
Winners Of The Wilderness
Bit Role (uncredited)
Half Way to Heaven
Greta Nelson
Get That Venus
Margaret Rendleby
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
Self (archive footage)
The Gang Buster
Sylvia Martine
Eight-Cylinder Bull
Lightning Bill
Marie Denton
Husband Hunters
Lettie Crane
Fast and Fearless
Mary Brown
The Masked Menace
Faith Newton
Spring Fever
Hello Lafayette
The Hurricane Horseman
June Mathews
Thundering Through
Ruth Burroughs
The Broken Gate
Ruth Hale
The Powerful Eye
Dud's Sweetheart
Biff Bang Buddy
Bonnie Norton
Bringin' Home the Bacon
Nancy Norton
Somebody Lied
Monks a la mode
Madame Maxine
Under Fire
Margaret Cranston