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Jean Arthur

Jean Arthur

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

17/10/1900

Day of Death

19/06/1991
(91) years old

Place of Birth

Plattsburgh, New York, USA

Biography

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 s... Read More

Known For

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Shane

Shane

The Talk of the Town

The Talk of the Town

Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You

Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You

History Is Made at Night

History Is Made at Night

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Public Hero Number 1

Public Hero Number 1

You Can't Take It with You

You Can't Take It with You

Arizona

Arizona

The Devil and Miss Jones

The Devil and Miss Jones

Filmography

Cast

2008

Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't T...

as Self (archive footage)

1999

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

as Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]...

1998

Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero

as Self (archive footage)

1988

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wi...

as Self (archive footage)

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

1953

Yesterday and Today

as (archive footage)

1953

Shane

as Marian Starrett

1948

A Foreign Affair

as Congresswoman Phoebe Frost

1944

The Impatient Years

as Janie Anderson

1943

A Lady Takes a Chance

as Molly J. Truesdale

1943

The More the Merrier

as Constance Milligan

1942

The Talk of the Town

as Nora Shelley

1941

The Devil and Miss Jones

as Mary Jones

1940

Arizona

as Phoebe Titus

1940

Too Many Husbands

as Vicky Lowndes

1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

as Clarissa Saunders

1939

Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1

as Self

1939

Only Angels Have Wings

as Bonnie Lee

1938

You Can't Take It with You

as Alice Sycamore

1938

Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12

as Jean Arthur

1937

Easy Living

as Mary Smith

1937

History Is Made at Night

as Irene Vail

1936

More Than a Secretary

as Carol Baldwin

1936

The Plainsman

as Calamity Jane

1936

Adventure in Manhattan

as Claire Peyton

1936

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

as Self

1936

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

as Paula Bradford

1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

as Babe Bennett

1935

If You Could Only Cook

as Joan Hawthorne

1935

The Public Menace

as Cassie Nicholls

1935

Diamond Jim

as Jane Matthews / Emma

1935

Public Hero Number 1

as Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly

1935

Party Wire

as Marge Oliver

1935

The Whole Town's Talking

as Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark

1934

The Defense Rests

as Joan Hayes

1934

Most Precious Thing in Life

as Ellen Holmes, aka Biddy, Babe

1934

Whirlpool

as Sandy

1933

Get That Venus

as Margaret Rendleby

1933

The Past of Mary Holmes

as Joan Hoyt

1931

Ex-Bad Boy

as Ethel Simmons

1931

The Lawyer's Secret

as Beatrice Stevens

1931

Virtuous Husband

as Barbara Olwell

1931

The Gang Buster

as Sylvia Martine

1931

Danger Lights

as Mary Ryan

1930

The Silver Horde

as Mildred Wayland

1930

The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu

as Lia Eltham

1930

Paramount on Parade

as Dream Girl

1930

Young Eagles

as Mary Gordon

1930

Street of Chance

as Judith Marsden

1929

Half Way to Heaven

as Greta Nelson

1929

The Saturday Night Kid

as Janie Barry

1929

The Greene Murder Case

as Ada Greene

1929

The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu

as Lia Eltham

1929

Stairs of Sand

as Ruth Hutt

1929

The Canary Murder Case

as Alice LaFosse

1928

Sins of the Fathers

as Mary Spengler

1928

Brotherly Love

as Mary

1928

Warming Up

as Mary Post

1928

Wallflowers

as Sandra

1927

Flying Luck

as The Girl

1927

The Masked Menace

as Faith Newton

1927

The Poor Nut

as Margie Blake

1927

Bigger and Better Blondes

as Ramona

1927

Horse Shoes

as Miss Baker

1927

The Broken Gate

as Ruth Hale

1927

Hello Lafayette

1927

Winners Of The Wilderness

as Bit Role (uncredited)

1927

Husband Hunters

as Lettie Crane

1926

The Block Signal

as Grace Ryan

1926

The College Boob

as Angela Boothby

1926

Twisted Triggers

as Ruth Regan

1926

The Cowboy Cop

as Virginia Selby

1926

Lightning Bill

as Marie Denton

1926

Double Daring

as Marie Wells

1926

Ridin' Rivals

as Ruth Burroghs

1926

The Mad Racer

1926

Eight-Cylinder Bull

1926

The Fighting Cheat

as Ruth Wells

1926

Born to Battle

as Eunice Morgan

1926

The Roaring Rider

as Mary Watkins

1926

Under Fire

as Margaret Cranston

1925

Thundering Through

as Ruth Burroughs

1925

The Hurricane Horseman

as June Mathews

1925

The Iron Horse

as Reporter (uncredited)

1925

A Man of Nerve

as Loria Gatlin

1925

Tearin' Loose

as Sally Harris

1925

The Fighting Smile

as Rose Craddock

1925

The Drug Store Cowboy

as Jean

1925

Seven Chances

as Miss Smith the Country Club Receptionist...

1924

Travelin' Fast

as Betty Conway

1924

Thundering Romance

as Mary Watkins

1924

Bringin' Home the Bacon

as Nancy Norton

1924

Wine of Youth

as Flapper

1924

Fast and Fearless

as Mary Brown

1924

Biff Bang Buddy

as Bonnie Norton

1924

The Powerful Eye

as Dud's Sweetheart

1924

Case Dismissed

as Jean

1923

Spring Fever

1923

Monks a la Mode

as Madame Maxine

1923

Somebody Lied

1923

Cameo Kirby

as Ann Playdell