Jean Arthur
Biography
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.
Known For
Clarissa Saunders
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Marian Starrett
Shane
Nora Shelley
The Talk of the Town
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You
Irene Vail
History Is Made at Night
Babe Bennett
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly
Public Hero Number 1
Alice Sycamore
You Can't Take It with You
Phoebe Titus
Arizona
Mary Jones
The Devil and Miss Jones
Bonnie Lee
Only Angels Have Wings
Calamity Jane
The Plainsman
Congresswoman Phoebe Frost
A Foreign Affair
(archive footage)
Yesterday and Today
Molly J. Truesdale
A Lady Takes a Chance
Mary Smith
Easy Living
Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark
The Whole Town's Talking
Alice LaFosse
The Canary Murder Case
Constance Milligan
The More the Merrier
Reporter (uncredited)
The Iron Horse
Paula Bradford
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Ada Greene
The Greene Murder Case
Claire Peyton
Adventure in Manhattan
Vicky Lowndes
Too Many Husbands
Ellen Holmes, aka Biddy, Babe
Most Precious Thing in Life
Joan Hawthorne
If You Could Only Cook
Marge Oliver
Party Wire
Lia Eltham
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu
Mildred Wayland
The Silver Horde
Jean Arthur
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
Janie Barry
The Saturday Night Kid
Janie Anderson
The Impatient Years
Mary Ryan
Danger Lights
Judith Marsden
Street of Chance
Cassie Nicholls
The Public Menace
Flapper
Wine of Youth
Carol Baldwin
More Than a Secretary
Lia Eltham
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) (archive footage)
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
Beatrice Stevens
The Lawyer's Secret
Grace Ryan
The Block Signal
Joan Hayes
The Defense Rests
Sandy
Whirlpool
(archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
The Girl
Flying Luck
Ann Playdell
Cameo Kirby
Jane Matthews / Emma
Diamond Jim
Miss Smith the Country Club Receptionist (uncredited)
Seven Chances
Ethel Simmons
Ex-Bad Boy
Mary Gordon
Young Eagles
Mary
Brotherly Love
Margie Blake
The Poor Nut
Greta Nelson
Half Way to Heaven
Self (archive footage)
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
Bit Role (uncredited)
Winners Of The Wilderness
Dream Girl
Paramount on Parade
Mary Post
Warming Up
Joan Hoyt
The Past of Mary Holmes
Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Jean
The Drug Store Cowboy
Self
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Sylvia Martine
The Gang Buster
Miss Baker
Horse Shoes
Virginia Selby
The Cowboy Cop
Self
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
Ruth Burroghs
Ridin' Rivals
Sandra
Wallflowers
Somebody Lied
Sally Harris
Tearin' Loose
Eight-Cylinder Bull
Ruth Hale
The Broken Gate
Nancy Norton
Bringin' Home the Bacon
Eunice Morgan
Born to Battle
Mary Brown
Fast and Fearless
Rose Craddock
The Fighting Smile
Marie Denton
Lightning Bill
Betty Conway
Travelin' Fast
Ruth Wells
The Fighting Cheat
Lettie Crane
Husband Hunters
Hello Lafayette
Dud's Sweetheart
The Powerful Eye
Marie Wells
Double Daring
Ruth Regan
Twisted Triggers
Jean
Case Dismissed
Ruth Burroughs
Thundering Through
Mary Watkins
The Roaring Rider
Faith Newton
The Masked Menace
Ruth Hutt
Stairs of Sand
Mary Watkins
Thundering Romance
Bonnie Norton
Biff Bang Buddy
Margaret Cranston
Under Fire
The Mad Racer
Spring Fever
Ramona
Bigger and Better Blondes
June Mathews
The Hurricane Horseman
Loria Gatlin
A Man of Nerve
Angela Boothby
The College Boob
Mary Spengler
Sins of the Fathers
Barbara Olwell
Virtuous Husband
Margaret Rendleby
Get That Venus
Madame Maxine
Monks a la Mode
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
101
Gender
Female
Birthday
1900-10-16
Place of Birth
Plattsburgh, New York, USA
Also Known As
Gladys Georgianna Greene