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