Jean Arthur
Age: 90 | From: Plattsburgh, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1900-10-17 16:31:19
Death: 1991-06-19 16:31:19
Aliases: Gladys Georgianna Greene
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Plattsburgh, New York, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 59
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Gunsmoke
(1955) Julie Blane
This Is Your Life
(1955) self
Shane
(1953) Marian Starrett
Only Angels Have Wings
(1939) Bonnie Lee
The Iron Horse
(1924) Reporter
History Is Made at Night
(1937) Irene Vail
Arizona
(1940) Phoebe Titus
The Plainsman
(1936) Calamity JaneActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1999 | Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) (archive footage) | |
| 1988 | (archive footage) | |
| 1985 | N/A | |
| 1984 | (archive footage) | |
| 1966 | N/A | |
| 1961 | 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1955 | Julie Blane | |
| self | ||
| 1953 | (archive footage) | |
| Marian Starrett | ||
| 1948 | Congresswoman Phoebe Frost | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1944 | Janie Anderson | |
| 1943 | Molly J. Truesdale | |
| Constance Milligan | ||
| 1942 | Miss Nora Shelley | |
| 1941 | Mary Jones | |
| 1940 | Phoebe Titus | |
| Vicky Lowndes | ||
| 1939 | Clarissa Saunders | |
| N/A | ||
| Bonnie Lee | ||
| 1938 | Alice Sycamore | |
| Jean Arthur | ||
| 1937 | Mary Smith | |
| Irene Vail | ||
| 1936 | Carol Baldwin | |
| Calamity Jane | ||
| Claire Peyton | ||
| Self | ||
| Paula Bradford | ||
| Babe Bennett | ||
| 1935 | Joan Hawthorne | |
| Cassie Nicholls | ||
| Jane Matthews / Emma | ||
| Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly | ||
| Marge Oliver | ||
| Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark | ||
| 1934 | Joan Hayes | |
| Ellen Holmes, aka Biddy, Babe | ||
| Sandra Rankin Morrison | ||
| 1933 | Margaret Rendleby | |
| Joan Hoyt | ||
| 1931 | Ethel Simmons | |
| Beatrice Stevens | ||
| Barbara Olwell | ||
| Sylvia Martine | ||
| 1930 | Mildred Wayland | |
| Mary Ryan | ||
| Self (from original version) | ||
| Lia Eltham | ||
| Dream Girl | ||
| Mary Gordon | ||
| Judith Marsden | ||
| 1929 | Greta Nelson | |
| Janie Barry | ||
| Ada Greene | ||
| Lia Eltham | ||
| Ruth Hutt | ||
| Alice LaFosse | ||
| 1928 | Mary Spengler | |
| Mary | ||
| Mary Post | ||
| Sandra | ||
| 1927 | The Girl | |
| Faith | ||
| Margie Blake | ||
| N/A | ||
| Miss Baker | ||
| Ruth Hale | ||
| N/A | ||
| Lettie Crane | ||
| Bit Role (uncredited) | ||
| 1926 | Grace Ryan | |
| Angela Boothby | ||
| Ruth Regan | ||
| Virginia Selby | ||
| Marie Denton | ||
| Marie Wells | ||
| Ruth Burroghs | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Ruth Wells | ||
| Eunice Morgan | ||
| Mary Watkins | ||
| Margaret Cranston | ||
| 1925 | Ruth Burroughs | |
| June Mathews | ||
| Loria Gatlin | ||
| Sally Harris | ||
| Rose Craddock | ||
| Jean | ||
| Miss Smith the Country Club Receptionist (uncredited) | ||
| 1924 | Betty Conway | |
| Mary Watkins | ||
| Nancy Norton | ||
| Bonnie Norton | ||
| Mary Brown | ||
| Flapper | ||
| Reporter | ||
| Dud's Sweetheart | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1923 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Ann Playdell | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
