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 | Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You | Self (archive footage) | 2008-12-09 |
Movie | Billy Wilder Speaks | 2006-06-22 | |
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 | (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 | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
Movie | Shane | Marian Starrett | 1953-04-23 |
Movie | Yesterday and Today | (archive footage) | 1953-12-02 |
Movie | A Foreign Affair | Congresswoman Phoebe Frost | 1948-08-20 |
Movie | The Impatient Years | Janie Anderson | 1944-09-10 |
Movie | The More the Merrier | Constance Milligan | 1943-05-13 |
Movie | A Lady Takes a Chance | Molly J. Truesdale | 1943-08-19 |
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 | 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 | The Ex-Mrs. Bradford | Paula Bradford | 1936-04-24 |
Movie | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Babe Bennett | 1936-04-09 |
Movie | Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) | Self | 1936-09-11 |
Movie | Adventure in Manhattan | Claire Peyton | 1936-10-08 |
Movie | More Than a Secretary | Carol Baldwin | 1936-12-10 |
Movie | The Plainsman | Calamity Jane | 1936-11-16 |
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 | 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 | Virtuous Husband | Barbara Olwell | 1931-04-12 |
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 | Paramount on Parade | Dream Girl | 1930-04-22 |
Movie | Street of Chance | Judith Marsden | 1930-02-08 |
Movie | Young Eagles | Mary Gordon | 1930-03-20 |
Movie | The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu | Lia Eltham | 1930-05-02 |
Movie | Galas de la Paramount | Self (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 | Brotherly Love | Mary | 1928-12-23 |
Movie | Horse Shoes | Miss Baker | 1927-04-17 |
Movie | Bigger and Better Blondes | 1927-05-15 | |
Movie | Winners Of The Wilderness | Bit Role (uncredited) | 1927-01-15 |
Movie | The Poor Nut | Margie Blake | 1927-08-06 |
Movie | Flying Luck | The Girl | 1927-12-04 |
Movie | The Block Signal | Grace Ryan | 1926-09-15 |
Movie | Seven Chances | Miss Smith the Country Club Receptionist (uncredited) | 1925-03-15 |
Movie | The Drug Store Cowboy | Jean | 1925-06-01 |
Movie | The Hurricane Horseman | June Mathews | 1925-10-14 |
Movie | The Iron Horse | Reporter | 1924-08-24 |
Movie | Wine of Youth | Flapper | 1924-09-15 |
Movie | Bringin' Home the Bacon | Nancy Norton | 1924-11-15 |
Movie | Cameo Kirby | Ann Playdell | 1923-10-20 |