From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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 | Billy Wilder Speaks | 2006-06-22 | |
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 | |
Series | The Jean Arthur Show | 1966-09-12 | |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Movie | Shane | Marian Starrett | 1953-04-23 |
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 | Arizona | Phoebe Titus | 1940-12-25 |
Movie | Too Many Husbands | Vicky Lowndes | 1940-04-03 |
Movie | Only Angels Have Wings | Bonnie Lee | 1939-05-15 |
Movie | Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 | 1939-09-22 | |
Movie | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Clarissa Saunders | 1939-10-19 |
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 | Adventure in Manhattan | Claire Peyton | 1936-10-08 |
Movie | The Ex-Mrs. Bradford | Paula Bradford | 1936-04-24 |
Movie | The Plainsman | Calamity Jane | 1936-11-16 |
Movie | More Than a Secretary | Carol Baldwin | 1936-12-10 |
Movie | Party Wire | Marge Oliver | 1935-04-27 |
Movie | The Whole Town's Talking | Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark | 1935-02-22 |
Movie | Public Hero Number 1 | Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly | 1935-05-31 |
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 | Most Precious Thing in Life | Ellen Holmes, aka Biddy, Babe | 1934-06-15 |
Movie | Whirlpool | Sandra Rankin Morrison | 1934-04-10 |
Movie | The Defense Rests | Joan Hayes | 1934-07-15 |
Movie | The Past of Mary Holmes | Joan Hoyt | 1933-01-20 |
Movie | The Gang Buster | Sylvia Martine | 1931-01-17 |
Movie | The Lawyer's Secret | Beatrice Stevens | 1931-06-06 |
Movie | Ex-Bad Boy | Ethel Simmons | 1931-07-15 |
Movie | Street of Chance | Judith Marsden | 1930-02-08 |
Movie | Young Eagles | Mary Gordon | 1930-03-20 |
Movie | Paramount on Parade | Dream Girl | 1930-04-22 |
Movie | Danger Lights | Mary Ryan | 1930-11-15 |
Movie | The Silver Horde | Mildred Wayland | 1930-10-24 |
Movie | The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu | Lia Eltham | 1930-05-02 |
Movie | The Canary Murder Case | Alice LaFosse | 1929-02-16 |
Movie | The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu | Lia Eltham | 1929-08-10 |
Movie | The Saturday Night Kid | Janie Barry | 1929-10-25 |
Movie | The Greene Murder Case | Ada Greene | 1929-08-11 |
Movie | Half Way to Heaven | Greta Nelson | 1929-12-14 |
Movie | Warming Up | Mary Post | 1928-08-04 |
Movie | Brotherly Love | Mary | 1928-12-23 |
Movie | Husband Hunters | Lettie Crane | 1927-01-15 |
Movie | Flying Luck | The Girl | 1927-12-04 |
Movie | Winners Of The Wilderness | Bit Role (uncredited) | 1927-01-15 |
Movie | Horse Shoes | Miss Baker | 1927-04-17 |
Movie | The Poor Nut | Margie Blake | 1927-08-06 |
Movie | Bigger and Better Blondes | 1927-05-15 | |
Movie | The Fighting Cheat | Ruth Wells | 1926-02-11 |
Movie | Under Fire | Margaret Cranston | 1926-01-01 |
Movie | Twisted Triggers | Ruth Regan | 1926-07-11 |
Movie | The Block Signal | Grace Ryan | 1926-09-15 |
Movie | The Drug Store Cowboy | Jean | 1925-06-01 |
Movie | Seven Chances | Miss Smith the Country Club Receptionist (uncredited) | 1925-03-15 |
Movie | Tearin' Loose | Sally Harris | 1925-09-04 |
Movie | The Iron Horse | Reporter | 1924-08-24 |
Movie | Wine of Youth | Flapper | 1924-09-15 |
Movie | Cameo Kirby | Ann Playdell | 1923-10-20 |