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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Arthur, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl | Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) (archive footage) | 1999-06-14 |
Movie | The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Self (archive footage) | 1988-10-01 |
Movie | George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | 1985-03-03 | |
Movie | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 |
Series | The Jean Arthur Show | 1966-09-12 | |
Movie | Hollywood: The Selznick Years | 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1961-12-31 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Julie Blane | 1955-09-10 |
Series | This Is Your Life | self | 1955-07-29 |
Movie | Shane | Marian Starrett | 1953-04-23 |
Movie | Yesterday and Today | (archive footage) | 1953-12-02 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self (archive footage) | 1948-06-20 |
Movie | A Foreign Affair | Congresswoman Phoebe Frost | 1948-08-20 |
Movie | The Impatient Years | Janie Anderson | 1944-09-10 |
Movie | A Lady Takes a Chance | Molly J. Truesdale | 1943-08-19 |
Movie | The More the Merrier | Constance Milligan | 1943-05-13 |
Movie | The Talk of the Town | Miss Nora Shelley | 1942-08-20 |
Movie | The Devil and Miss Jones | Mary Jones | 1941-04-11 |
Movie | Too Many Husbands | Vicky Lowndes | 1940-04-03 |
Movie | Arizona | Phoebe Titus | 1940-12-25 |
Movie | Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 | 1939-09-22 | |
Movie | Only Angels Have Wings | Bonnie Lee | 1939-05-15 |
Movie | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Clarissa Saunders | 1939-10-19 |
Movie | Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12 | Jean Arthur | 1938-07-29 |
Movie | You Can't Take It with You | Alice Sycamore | 1938-09-01 |
Movie | History Is Made at Night | Irene Vail | 1937-03-05 |
Movie | Easy Living | Mary Smith | 1937-07-16 |
Movie | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Babe Bennett | 1936-04-09 |
Movie | More Than a Secretary | Carol Baldwin | 1936-12-10 |
Movie | The Ex-Mrs. Bradford | Paula Bradford | 1936-04-24 |
Movie | Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) | Self | 1936-09-11 |
Movie | The Plainsman | Calamity Jane | 1936-11-16 |
Movie | Adventure in Manhattan | Claire Peyton | 1936-10-08 |
Movie | Party Wire | Marge Oliver | 1935-04-27 |
Movie | Public Hero Number 1 | Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly | 1935-05-31 |
Movie | The Whole Town's Talking | Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark | 1935-02-22 |
Movie | Diamond Jim | Jane Matthews / Emma | 1935-09-01 |
Movie | If You Could Only Cook | Joan Hawthorne | 1935-12-30 |
Movie | The Public Menace | Cassie Nicholls | 1935-09-30 |
Movie | Whirlpool | Sandra Rankin Morrison | 1934-04-10 |
Movie | The Defense Rests | Joan Hayes | 1934-07-15 |
Movie | Most Precious Thing in Life | Ellen Holmes, aka Biddy, Babe | 1934-06-15 |
Movie | The Past of Mary Holmes | Joan Hoyt | 1933-01-20 |
Movie | Get That Venus | Margaret Rendleby | 1933-09-01 |
Movie | The Gang Buster | Sylvia Martine | 1931-01-17 |
Movie | Virtuous Husband | Barbara Olwell | 1931-04-12 |
Movie | The Lawyer's Secret | Beatrice Stevens | 1931-06-06 |
Movie | Ex-Bad Boy | Ethel Simmons | 1931-07-15 |
Movie | Paramount on Parade | Dream Girl | 1930-04-22 |
Movie | Street of Chance | Judith Marsden | 1930-02-08 |
Movie | The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu | Lia Eltham | 1930-05-02 |
Movie | Young Eagles | Mary Gordon | 1930-03-20 |
Movie | Galas de la Paramount | (from original version) | 1930-07-31 |
Movie | Danger Lights | Mary Ryan | 1930-11-15 |
Movie | The Silver Horde | Mildred Wayland | 1930-10-24 |
Movie | Stairs of Sand | Ruth Hutt | 1929-06-08 |
Movie | The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu | Lia Eltham | 1929-08-10 |
Movie | The Canary Murder Case | Alice LaFosse | 1929-02-16 |
Movie | Half Way to Heaven | Greta Nelson | 1929-12-14 |
Movie | The Saturday Night Kid | Janie Barry | 1929-10-25 |
Movie | The Greene Murder Case | Ada Greene | 1929-08-11 |
Movie | Wallflowers | Sandra | 1928-02-16 |
Movie | Warming Up | Mary Post | 1928-08-04 |
Movie | Brotherly Love | Mary | 1928-12-23 |
Movie | Sins of the Fathers | Mary Spengler | 1928-12-28 |
Movie | Hello Lafayette | Unknown | 1927-01-23 |
Movie | Winners Of The Wilderness | Bit Role (uncredited) | 1927-01-15 |
Movie | The Broken Gate | Ruth Hale | 1927-02-15 |
Movie | Husband Hunters | Lettie Crane | 1927-01-15 |
Movie | Flying Luck | The Girl | 1927-12-04 |
Movie | Horse Shoes | Miss Baker | 1927-04-17 |
Movie | The Poor Nut | Margie Blake | 1927-08-06 |
Movie | The Masked Menace | Faith | 1927-10-12 |
Movie | Bigger and Better Blondes | 1927-05-15 | |
Movie | The Mad Racer | 1926-04-26 | |
Movie | Eight-Cylinder Bull | 1926-04-18 | |
Movie | The Fighting Cheat | Ruth Wells | 1926-02-11 |
Movie | Under Fire | Margaret Cranston | 1926-01-01 |
Movie | The Roaring Rider | Mary Watkins | 1926-01-02 |
Movie | Born to Battle | Eunice Morgan | 1926-01-24 |
Movie | Lightning Bill | Marie Denton | 1926-06-29 |
Movie | The Block Signal | Grace Ryan | 1926-09-15 |
Movie | Ridin' Rivals | Ruth Burroghs | 1926-05-02 |
Movie | Twisted Triggers | Ruth Regan | 1926-07-11 |
Movie | The College Boob | Angela Boothby | 1926-08-15 |
Movie | The Cowboy Cop | Virginia Selby | 1926-07-10 |
Movie | Double Daring | Marie Wells | 1926-06-11 |
Movie | The Fighting Smile | Rose Craddock | 1925-08-04 |
Movie | The Drug Store Cowboy | Jean | 1925-06-01 |
Movie | Tearin' Loose | Sally Harris | 1925-09-04 |
Movie | Seven Chances | Miss Smith the Country Club Receptionist (uncredited) | 1925-03-15 |
Movie | A Man of Nerve | Loria Gatlin | 1925-09-20 |
Movie | Thundering Through | Ruth Burroughs | 1925-12-13 |
Movie | The Hurricane Horseman | June Mathews | 1925-10-14 |
Movie | Biff Bang Buddy | Bonnie Norton | 1924-09-15 |
Movie | The Iron Horse | Reporter | 1924-08-24 |
Movie | Case Dismissed | 1924-05-26 | |
Movie | The Powerful Eye | Dud's Sweetheart | 1924-06-07 |
Movie | Fast and Fearless | Mary Brown | 1924-09-15 |
Movie | Wine of Youth | Flapper | 1924-09-15 |
Movie | Thundering Romance | Mary Watkins | 1924-12-15 |
Movie | Travelin' Fast | Betty Conway | 1924-12-30 |
Movie | Bringin' Home the Bacon | Nancy Norton | 1924-11-15 |
Movie | Cameo Kirby | Ann Playdell | 1923-10-20 |
Movie | Spring Fever | 1923-12-30 | |
Movie | Somebody Lied | 1923-11-04 |