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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Acted in
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
1999
as Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) (archive footage)
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Self (archive footage)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
as Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
The Jean Arthur Show
1966
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
as 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
1955
as Julie Blane
Yesterday and Today
1953
as (archive footage)
Shane
1953
as Marian Starrett
A Foreign Affair
1948
as Congresswoman Phoebe Frost
The Impatient Years
1944
as Janie Anderson
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943
as Molly J. Truesdale
The More the Merrier
1943
as Constance Milligan
The Talk of the Town
1942
as Nora Shelley
The Devil and Miss Jones
1941
as Mary Jones
Arizona
1940
as Phoebe Titus
Too Many Husbands
1940
as Vicky Lowndes
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Clarissa Saunders
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
1939
as Self
Only Angels Have Wings
1939
as Bonnie Lee
You Can't Take It with You
1938
as Alice Sycamore
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938
as Jean Arthur
Easy Living
1937
as Mary Smith
History Is Made at Night
1937
as Irene Vail
More Than a Secretary
1936
as Carol Baldwin
The Plainsman
1936
as Calamity Jane
Adventure in Manhattan
1936
as Claire Peyton
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
as Self
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936
as Paula Bradford
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
as Babe Bennett
If You Could Only Cook
1935
as Joan Hawthorne
The Public Menace
1935
as Cassie Nicholls
Diamond Jim
1935
as Jane Matthews / Emma
Public Hero Number 1
1935
as Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly
Party Wire
1935
as Marge Oliver
The Whole Town's Talking
1935
as Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark
The Defense Rests
1934
as Joan Hayes
Most Precious Thing in Life
1934
as Ellen Holmes, aka Biddy, Babe
Whirlpool
1934
as Sandra Rankin Morrison
Get That Venus
1933
as Margaret Rendleby
The Past of Mary Holmes
1933
as Joan Hoyt
Ex-Bad Boy
1931
as Ethel Simmons
The Lawyer's Secret
1931
as Beatrice Stevens
Virtuous Husband
1931
as Barbara Olwell
The Gang Buster
1931
as Sylvia Martine
Danger Lights
1931
as Mary Ryan
The Silver Horde
1930
as Mildred Wayland
Galas de la Paramount
1930
as Self (from original version)
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
1930
as Lia Eltham
Paramount on Parade
1930
as Dream Girl
Young Eagles
1930
as Mary Gordon
Street of Chance
1930
as Judith Marsden
Half Way to Heaven
1929
as Greta Nelson
The Saturday Night Kid
1929
as Janie Barry
The Greene Murder Case
1929
as Ada Greene
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu
1929
as Lia Eltham
Stairs of Sand
1929
as Ruth Hutt
The Canary Murder Case
1929
as Alice LaFosse
Sins of the Fathers
1928
as Mary Spengler
Brotherly Love
1928
as Mary
Warming Up
1928
as Mary Post
Wallflowers
1928
as Sandra
Flying Luck
1927
as The Girl
The Masked Menace
1927
as Faith Newton
The Poor Nut
1927
as Margie Blake
Bigger and Better Blondes
1927
Horse Shoes
1927
as Miss Baker
The Broken Gate
1927
as Ruth Hale
Hello Lafayette
1927
Winners Of The Wilderness
1927
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Husband Hunters
1927
as Lettie Crane
The Block Signal
1926
as Grace Ryan
The College Boob
1926
as Angela Boothby
Twisted Triggers
1926
as Ruth Regan
The Cowboy Cop
1926
as Virginia Selby
Lightning Bill
1926
as Marie Denton
Double Daring
1926
as Marie Wells
Ridin' Rivals
1926
as Ruth Burroghs
The Mad Racer
1926
Eight-Cylinder Bull
1926
The Fighting Cheat
1926
as Ruth Wells
Born to Battle
1926
as Eunice Morgan
The Roaring Rider
1926
as Mary Watkins
Under Fire
1926
as Margaret Cranston
Thundering Through
1925
as Ruth Burroughs
The Hurricane Horseman
1925
as June Mathews
A Man of Nerve
1925
as Loria Gatlin
Tearin' Loose
1925
as Sally Harris
The Fighting Smile
1925
as Rose Craddock
The Drug Store Cowboy
1925
as Jean
Seven Chances
1925
as Miss Smith the Country Club Receptionist (uncredited)
Travelin' Fast
1924
as Betty Conway
Thundering Romance
1924
as Mary Watkins
Bringin' Home the Bacon
1924
as Nancy Norton
Wine of Youth
1924
as Flapper
Fast and Fearless
1924
as Mary Brown
Biff Bang Buddy
1924
as Bonnie Norton
The Iron Horse
1924
as Reporter
The Powerful Eye
1924
as Dud's Sweetheart
Case Dismissed
1924
Spring Fever
1923
Somebody Lied
1923
Cameo Kirby
1923
as Ann Playdell