People
Jean Arthur
- Name: Jean Arthur
- Birthday: 1900-10-16
- Also known as: Gladys Georgianna Greene
- Place of birth: Plattsburgh, New York, USA
- Popularity: 2.961
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... Read More
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You as Self (archive footage) | 2008-12-09 |
| Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl as Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) (archive footage) | 1999-06-14 |
| Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero as Self (archive footage) | 1998-03-17 |
| The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind as Self (archive footage) | 1988-10-01 |
| George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey as Self (archive footage) | 1985-03-03 |
| Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 |
| Hollywood: The Selznick Years as 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1961-12-31 |
| Yesterday and Today as (archive footage) | 1953-12-02 |
| Shane as Marian Starrett | 1953-04-23 |
| A Foreign Affair as Congresswoman Phoebe Frost | 1948-08-20 |
| The Impatient Years as Janie Anderson | 1944-09-10 |
| A Lady Takes a Chance as Molly J. Truesdale | 1943-08-19 |
| The More the Merrier as Constance Milligan | 1943-05-13 |
| The Talk of the Town as Nora Shelley | 1942-08-20 |
| The Devil and Miss Jones as Mary Jones | 1941-04-11 |
| Arizona as Phoebe Titus | 1940-12-25 |
| Too Many Husbands as Vicky Lowndes | 1940-04-03 |
| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Clarissa Saunders | 1939-10-19 |
| Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 as Self | 1939-09-22 |
| Only Angels Have Wings as Bonnie Lee | 1939-05-15 |
| You Can't Take It with You as Alice Sycamore | 1938-09-01 |
| Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12 as Jean Arthur | 1938-07-29 |
| Easy Living as Mary Smith | 1937-07-16 |
| History Is Made at Night as Irene Vail | 1937-03-05 |
| More Than a Secretary as Carol Baldwin | 1936-12-10 |
| The Plainsman as Calamity Jane | 1936-11-16 |
| Adventure in Manhattan as Claire Peyton | 1936-10-08 |
| Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) as Self | 1936-09-11 |
| The Ex-Mrs. Bradford as Paula Bradford | 1936-04-24 |
| Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as Babe Bennett | 1936-04-09 |
| If You Could Only Cook as Joan Hawthorne | 1935-12-30 |
| The Public Menace as Cassie Nicholls | 1935-09-30 |
| Diamond Jim as Jane Matthews / Emma | 1935-09-01 |
| Public Hero Number 1 as Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly | 1935-05-31 |
| Party Wire as Marge Oliver | 1935-04-27 |
| The Whole Town's Talking as Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark | 1935-02-22 |
| The Defense Rests as Joan Hayes | 1934-07-15 |
| Most Precious Thing in Life as Ellen Holmes, aka Biddy, Babe | 1934-06-15 |
| Whirlpool as Sandra Rankin Morrison | 1934-04-10 |
| Get That Venus as Margaret Rendleby | 1933-09-01 |
| The Past of Mary Holmes as Joan Hoyt | 1933-01-20 |
| Ex-Bad Boy as Ethel Simmons | 1931-07-15 |
| The Lawyer's Secret as Beatrice Stevens | 1931-06-06 |
| Virtuous Husband as Barbara Olwell | 1931-04-12 |
| The Gang Buster as Sylvia Martine | 1931-01-17 |
| Danger Lights as Mary Ryan | 1931-01-09 |
| The Silver Horde as Mildred Wayland | 1930-10-24 |
| Galas de la Paramount as Self (from original version) | 1930-07-31 |
| The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu as Lia Eltham | 1930-05-02 |
| Paramount on Parade as Dream Girl | 1930-04-22 |
| Young Eagles as Mary Gordon | 1930-03-20 |
| Street of Chance as Judith Marsden | 1930-02-08 |
| Half Way to Heaven as Greta Nelson | 1929-12-14 |
| The Saturday Night Kid as Janie Barry | 1929-10-25 |
| The Greene Murder Case as Ada Greene | 1929-08-11 |
| The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu as Lia Eltham | 1929-08-10 |
| Stairs of Sand as Ruth Hutt | 1929-06-08 |
| The Canary Murder Case as Alice LaFosse | 1929-02-16 |
| Sins of the Fathers as Mary Spengler | 1928-12-28 |
| Brotherly Love as Mary | 1928-12-23 |
| Warming Up as Mary Post | 1928-08-04 |
| Wallflowers as Sandra | 1928-02-16 |
| Flying Luck as The Girl | 1927-12-04 |
| The Masked Menace as Faith Newton | 1927-10-12 |
| The Poor Nut as Margie Blake | 1927-08-06 |
| Bigger and Better Blondes | 1927-05-15 |
| Horse Shoes as Miss Baker | 1927-04-17 |
| The Broken Gate as Ruth Hale | 1927-02-15 |
| Hello Lafayette | 1927-01-23 |
| Husband Hunters as Lettie Crane | 1927-01-15 |
| Winners Of The Wilderness as Bit Role (uncredited) | 1927-01-15 |
| The Block Signal as Grace Ryan | 1926-09-15 |
| The College Boob as Angela Boothby | 1926-08-15 |
| Twisted Triggers as Ruth Regan | 1926-07-11 |
| The Cowboy Cop as Virginia Selby | 1926-07-10 |
| Lightning Bill as Marie Denton | 1926-06-29 |
| Double Daring as Marie Wells | 1926-06-11 |
| Ridin' Rivals as Ruth Burroghs | 1926-05-02 |
| The Mad Racer | 1926-04-26 |
| Eight-Cylinder Bull | 1926-04-18 |
| The Fighting Cheat as Ruth Wells | 1926-02-11 |
| Born to Battle as Eunice Morgan | 1926-01-24 |
| The Roaring Rider as Mary Watkins | 1926-01-02 |
| Under Fire as Margaret Cranston | 1926-01-01 |
| Thundering Through as Ruth Burroughs | 1925-12-13 |
| The Hurricane Horseman as June Mathews | 1925-10-14 |
| A Man of Nerve as Loria Gatlin | 1925-09-20 |
| Tearin' Loose as Sally Harris | 1925-09-04 |
| The Fighting Smile as Rose Craddock | 1925-08-04 |
| The Drug Store Cowboy as Jean | 1925-06-01 |
| Seven Chances as Miss Smith the Country Club Receptionist (uncredited) | 1925-03-15 |
| Travelin' Fast as Betty Conway | 1924-12-30 |
| Thundering Romance as Mary Watkins | 1924-12-15 |
| Bringin' Home the Bacon as Nancy Norton | 1924-11-15 |
| Fast and Fearless as Mary Brown | 1924-09-15 |
| Biff Bang Buddy as Bonnie Norton | 1924-09-15 |
| Wine of Youth as Flapper | 1924-09-15 |
| The Iron Horse as Reporter | 1924-08-24 |
| The Powerful Eye as Dud's Sweetheart | 1924-06-07 |
| Case Dismissed | 1924-05-26 |
| Spring Fever | 1923-12-30 |
| Somebody Lied | 1923-11-04 |
| Cameo Kirby as Ann Playdell | 1923-10-20 |
