Jean Arthur
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1900-10-16
Day of Death
1991-06-19 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Plattsburgh, New York, USA
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).
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Acting
(2008)
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You
as Self (archive footage)
(1999)
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
as Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) (archive footage)
(1998)
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
as Self (archive footage)
(1988)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
(1984)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
(1953)
Shane
as Marian Starrett
(1953)
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
(1948)
A Foreign Affair
as Congresswoman Phoebe Frost
(1944)
The Impatient Years
as Janie Anderson
(1943)
The More the Merrier
as Constance Milligan
(1943)
A Lady Takes a Chance
as Molly J. Truesdale
(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)
(1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Clarissa Saunders
(1939)
Only Angels Have Wings
as Bonnie Lee
(1938)
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
as Jean Arthur
(1938)
You Can't Take It with You
as Alice Sycamore
(1937)
Easy Living
as Mary Smith
(1937)
History Is Made at Night
as Irene Vail
(1936)
The Plainsman
as Calamity Jane
(1936)
Adventure in Manhattan
as Claire Peyton
(1936)
(1936)
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
as Paula Bradford
(1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Babe Bennett
(1936)
More Than a Secretary
as Carol Baldwin
(1935)
Party Wire
as Marge Oliver
(1935)
The Public Menace
as Cassie Nicholls
(1935)
If You Could Only Cook
as Joan Hawthorne
(1935)
Diamond Jim
as Jane Matthews / Emma
(1935)
Public Hero Number 1
as Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly
(1935)
The Whole Town's Talking
as Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark
(1934)
The Defense Rests
as Joan Hayes
(1934)
Whirlpool
as Sandy
(1934)
Most Precious Thing in Life
as Ellen Holmes, aka Biddy, Babe
(1933)
The Past of Mary Holmes
as Joan Hoyt
(1933)
Get That Venus
as Margaret Rendleby
(1931)
The Gang Buster
as Sylvia Martine
(1931)
Danger Lights
as Mary Ryan
(1931)
The Lawyer's Secret
as Beatrice Stevens
(1931)
Ex-Bad Boy
as Ethel Simmons
(1931)
Virtuous Husband
as Barbara Olwell
(1930)
The Silver Horde
as Mildred Wayland
(1930)
Paramount on Parade
as Dream Girl
(1930)
Street of Chance
as Judith Marsden
(1930)
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
as Lia Eltham
(1930)
Young Eagles
as Mary Gordon
(1929)
Half Way to Heaven
as Greta Nelson
(1929)
The Canary Murder Case
as Alice LaFosse
(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
(1928)
Wallflowers
as Sandra
(1928)
Sins of the Fathers
as Mary Spengler
(1928)
Warming Up
as Mary Post
(1928)
Brotherly Love
as Mary
(1927)
Flying Luck
as The Girl
(1927)
The Broken Gate
as Ruth Hale
(1927)
Winners Of The Wilderness
as Bit Role (uncredited)
(1927)
The Poor Nut
as Margie Blake
(1927)
Husband Hunters
as Lettie Crane
(1927)
Bigger and Better Blondes
as Ramona
(1927)
Horse Shoes
as Miss Baker
(1927)
The Masked Menace
as Faith Newton
(1927)
(1926)
(1926)
Under Fire
as Margaret Cranston
(1926)
The Roaring Rider
as Mary Watkins
(1926)
Born to Battle
as Eunice Morgan
(1926)
Lightning Bill
as Marie Denton
(1926)
The College Boob
as Angela Boothby
(1926)
(1926)
Double Daring
as Marie Wells
(1926)
The Fighting Cheat
as Ruth Wells
(1926)
Twisted Triggers
as Ruth Regan
(1926)
The Cowboy Cop
as Virginia Selby
(1926)
The Block Signal
as Grace Ryan
(1926)
Ridin' Rivals
as Ruth Burroghs
(1925)
The Iron Horse
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1925)
Tearin' Loose
as Sally Harris
(1925)
Seven Chances
as Miss Smith the Country Club Receptionist (uncredited)
(1925)
The Drug Store Cowboy
as Jean
(1925)
A Man of Nerve
as Loria Gatlin
(1925)
The Hurricane Horseman
as June Mathews
(1925)
The Fighting Smile
as Rose Craddock
(1925)
Thundering Through
as Ruth Burroughs
(1924)
Fast and Fearless
as Mary Brown
(1924)
Wine of Youth
as Flapper
(1924)
The Powerful Eye
as Dud's Sweetheart
(1924)
Bringin' Home the Bacon
as Nancy Norton
(1924)
Biff Bang Buddy
as Bonnie Norton
(1924)
Thundering Romance
as Mary Watkins
(1924)
Travelin' Fast
as Betty Conway
(1924)
Case Dismissed
as Jean
(1923)
(1923)
Cameo Kirby
as Ann Playdell
(1923)
Monks a la Mode
as Madame Maxine
(1923)