Jean Arthur

Personal Info

Birthday

October 16, 1900

Day of Death

1991-06-19

(90 years old)

Place of Birth

Plattsburgh, New York, USA

Also Known As

Gladys Georgianna Greene

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.

Known For

Gunsmoke

Shane

The Devil and Miss Jones

You Can't Take It with You

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

The Talk of the Town

A Foreign Affair

Filmography

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)
1985
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Self (archive footage)
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1961
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
1953
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
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
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
Too Many Husbands
as Vicky Lowndes
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Clarissa Saunders
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
as Self
Only Angels Have Wings
as Bonnie Lee
1938
You Can't Take It with You
as Alice Sycamore
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
as Jean Arthur
1937
Easy Living
as Mary Smith
History Is Made at Night
as Irene Vail
1936
More Than a Secretary
as Carol Baldwin
The Plainsman
as Calamity Jane
Adventure in Manhattan
as Claire Peyton
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
as Self
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
as Paula Bradford
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Babe Bennett
1935
If You Could Only Cook
as Joan Hawthorne
The Public Menace
as Cassie Nicholls
Diamond Jim
as Jane Matthews / Emma
Public Hero Number 1
as Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly
Party Wire
as Marge Oliver
The Whole Town's Talking
as Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark
1934
The Defense Rests
as Joan Hayes
Most Precious Thing in Life
as Ellen Holmes, aka Biddy, Babe
Whirlpool
as Sandy
1933
Get That Venus
as Margaret Rendleby
The Past of Mary Holmes
as Joan Hoyt
1931
Ex-Bad Boy
as Ethel Simmons
The Lawyer's Secret
as Beatrice Stevens
Virtuous Husband
as Barbara Olwell
The Gang Buster
as Sylvia Martine
Danger Lights
as Mary Ryan
1930
The Silver Horde
as Mildred Wayland
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
as Lia Eltham
Paramount on Parade
as Dream Girl
Young Eagles
as Mary Gordon
Street of Chance
as Judith Marsden
1929
Half Way to Heaven
as Greta Nelson
The Saturday Night Kid
as Janie Barry
The Greene Murder Case
as Ada Greene
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu
as Lia Eltham
Stairs of Sand
as Ruth Hutt
The Canary Murder Case
as Alice LaFosse
1928
Sins of the Fathers
as Mary Spengler
Brotherly Love
as Mary
Warming Up
as Mary Post
Wallflowers
as Sandra
1927
Flying Luck
as The Girl
The Masked Menace
as Faith Newton
The Poor Nut
as Margie Blake
Bigger and Better Blondes
as Ramona
Horse Shoes
as Miss Baker
The Broken Gate
as Ruth Hale
Winners Of The Wilderness
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Husband Hunters
as Lettie Crane
1926
The Block Signal
as Grace Ryan
The College Boob
as Angela Boothby
Twisted Triggers
as Ruth Regan
The Cowboy Cop
as Virginia Selby
Lightning Bill
as Marie Denton
Double Daring
as Marie Wells
Ridin' Rivals
as Ruth Burroghs
The Fighting Cheat
as Ruth Wells
Born to Battle
as Eunice Morgan
The Roaring Rider
as Mary Watkins
Under Fire
as Margaret Cranston
1925
Thundering Through
as Ruth Burroughs
The Hurricane Horseman
as June Mathews
The Iron Horse
as Reporter (uncredited)
A Man of Nerve
as Loria Gatlin
Tearin' Loose
as Sally Harris
The Fighting Smile
as Rose Craddock
The Drug Store Cowboy
as Jean
Seven Chances
as Miss Smith the Country Club Receptionist (uncredited)
1924
Travelin' Fast
as Betty Conway
Thundering Romance
as Mary Watkins
Bringin' Home the Bacon
as Nancy Norton
Wine of Youth
as Flapper
Biff Bang Buddy
as Bonnie Norton
Fast and Fearless
as Mary Brown
The Powerful Eye
as Dud's Sweetheart
Case Dismissed
as Jean
1923
Monks a la Mode
as Madame Maxine
Cameo Kirby
as Ann Playdell