Jean Arthur
AKA: Gladys Georgianna Greene
Birthday: 1900-10-16
Died: 1991-06-19
Birthplace: Plattsburgh, New York, USA
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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Filmography
Character: Clarissa Saunders
Character: Marian Starrett
Character: Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly
Character: Alice Sycamore
Character: Congresswoman Phoebe Frost
Character: Molly J. Truesdale
Character: Constance Milligan
Character: Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark
Character: Paula Bradford
Character: Joan Hawthorne
Character: Mildred Wayland
Character: Janie Anderson
Character: Cassie Nicholls
Character: Beatrice Stevens
Character: Sandra Rankin Morrison
Character: Judith Marsden
Character: Jane Matthews / Emma
Character: Miss Smith the Country Club Receptionist (uncredited)
Character: Ellen Holmes, aka Biddy, Babe
Character: Bit Role (uncredited)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Sylvia Martine
Character: Virginia Selby
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Dud's Sweetheart
Character: Ruth Burroughs
Character: Margaret Cranston
Character: Angela Boothby
Character: Barbara Olwell
Character: Margaret Rendleby
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Character: Self (from original version)
Character: Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) (archive footage)
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Character: 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)