Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1900-10-16
- Day of Death1991-06-19 (90 years)
- Place of BirthPlattsburgh, New York, USA
- Also Known AsGladys Georgianna Greene
Jean Arthur
Biography
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,...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Julie Blane
- 1953
Shane
As: Marian Starrett
- 1948
A Foreign Affair
As: Congresswoman Phoebe Frost
- 1944
The Impatient Years
As: Janie Anderson
- 1943
A Lady Takes a Chance
As: Molly J. Truesdale
- 1943
The More the Merrier
As: Constance Milligan
- 1942
The Talk of the Town
As: Nora Shelley
- 1941
The Devil and Miss Jones
As: Mary Jones
- 1940
Arizona
As: Phoebe Titus
- 1940
Too Many Husbands
As: Vicky Lowndes
- 1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
As: Clarissa Saunders
- 1939
Only Angels Have Wings
As: Bonnie Lee
- 1938
You Can't Take It with You
As: Alice Sycamore
- 1938
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
As: Jean Arthur
- 1937
Easy Living
As: Mary Smith
- 1937
History Is Made at Night
As: Irene Vail
- 1936
More Than a Secretary
As: Carol Baldwin
- 1936
The Plainsman
As: Calamity Jane
- 1936
Adventure in Manhattan
As: Claire Peyton
- 1936
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
As: Paula Bradford
- 1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
As: Babe Bennett
- 1935
If You Could Only Cook
As: Joan Hawthorne
- 1935
The Public Menace
As: Cassie Nicholls
- 1935
Diamond Jim
As: Jane Matthews / Emma
- 1935
Public Hero Number 1
As: Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly
- 1935
Party Wire
As: Marge Oliver
- 1935
The Whole Town's Talking
As: Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark
- 1934
The Defense Rests
As: Joan Hayes
- 1934
Most Precious Thing in Life
As: Ellen Holmes, aka Biddy, Babe
- 1934
Whirlpool
As: Sandra Rankin Morrison
- 1933
Get That Venus
As: Margaret Rendleby
- 1933
The Past of Mary Holmes
As: Joan Hoyt
- 1931
Ex-Bad Boy
As: Ethel Simmons
- 1931
The Lawyer's Secret
As: Beatrice Stevens
- 1931
Virtuous Husband
As: Barbara Olwell
- 1931
The Gang Buster
As: Sylvia Martine
- 1931
Danger Lights
As: Mary Ryan
- 1930
The Silver Horde
As: Mildred Wayland
- 1930
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
As: Lia Eltham
- 1930
Paramount on Parade
As: Dream Girl
- 1930
Young Eagles
As: Mary Gordon
- 1930
Street of Chance
As: Judith Marsden
- 1929
Half Way to Heaven
As: Greta Nelson
- 1929
The Saturday Night Kid
As: Janie Barry
- 1929
The Greene Murder Case
As: Ada Greene
- 1929
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu
As: Lia Eltham
- 1929
Stairs of Sand
As: Ruth Hutt
- 1929
The Canary Murder Case
As: Alice LaFosse
- 1928
Sins of the Fathers
As: Mary Spengler
- 1928
Brotherly Love
As: Mary
- 1928
Warming Up
As: Mary Post
- 1927
Flying Luck
As: The Girl
- 1927
The Masked Menace
As: Faith Newton
- 1927
Bigger and Better Blondes
As: Ramona
- 1927
Horse Shoes
As: Miss Baker
- 1927
The Broken Gate
As: Ruth Hale
- 1927
Winners Of The Wilderness
As: Bit Role (uncredited)
- 1927
Husband Hunters
As: Lettie Crane
- 1926
The Block Signal
As: Grace Ryan
- 1926
The College Boob
As: Angela Boothby
- 1926
The Cowboy Cop
As: Virginia Selby
- 1926
Double Daring
As: Marie Wells
- 1926
Born to Battle
As: Eunice Morgan
- 1925
The Iron Horse
As: Reporter (uncredited)
- 1925
A Man of Nerve
As: Loria Gatlin
- 1925
Tearin' Loose
As: Sally Harris
- 1925
The Fighting Smile
As: Rose Craddock
- 1925
The Drug Store Cowboy
As: Jean
- 1925
Seven Chances
As: Miss Smith the Country Club Receptionist (uncredited)
- 1924
Thundering Romance
As: Mary Watkins
- 1924
Bringin' Home the Bacon
As: Nancy Norton
- 1924
Wine of Youth
As: Flapper
- 1924
Biff Bang Buddy
As: Bonnie Norton
- 1924
Fast and Fearless
As: Mary Brown
- 1923
Cameo Kirby
As: Ann Playdell