1900-10-16 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Arthur, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You | Self (archive footage) | 2008-12-09 |
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Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl | Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) (archive footage) | 1999-06-14 |
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Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero | Self (archive footage) | 1998-03-17 |
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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Self (archive footage) | 1988-10-01 |
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Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 |
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Yesterday and Today | (archive footage) | 1953-12-02 |
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Shane | Marian Starrett | 1953-04-23 |
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A Foreign Affair | Congresswoman Phoebe Frost | 1948-08-20 |
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The Impatient Years | Janie Anderson | 1944-09-10 |
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The More the Merrier | Constance Milligan | 1943-05-13 |
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A Lady Takes a Chance | Molly J. Truesdale | 1943-08-19 |
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The Talk of the Town | Nora Shelley | 1942-08-20 |
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The Devil and Miss Jones | Mary Jones | 1941-04-11 |
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Too Many Husbands | Vicky Lowndes | 1940-04-03 |
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Arizona | Phoebe Titus | 1940-12-25 |
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Only Angels Have Wings | Bonnie Lee | 1939-05-15 |
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Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 | Self | 1939-09-22 |
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Clarissa Saunders | 1939-10-19 |
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You Can't Take It with You | Alice Sycamore | 1938-09-01 |
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Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12 | Jean Arthur | 1938-07-29 |
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History Is Made at Night | Irene Vail | 1937-03-05 |
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Easy Living | Mary Smith | 1937-07-16 |
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Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) | Self | 1936-09-11 |
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More Than a Secretary | Carol Baldwin | 1936-12-10 |
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Adventure in Manhattan | Claire Peyton | 1936-10-08 |
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The Plainsman | Calamity Jane | 1936-11-16 |
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Babe Bennett | 1936-04-09 |
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The Ex-Mrs. Bradford | Paula Bradford | 1936-04-24 |
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If You Could Only Cook | Joan Hawthorne | 1935-12-30 |
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The Whole Town's Talking | Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark | 1935-02-22 |
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Party Wire | Marge Oliver | 1935-04-27 |
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The Public Menace | Cassie Nicholls | 1935-09-30 |
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Public Hero Number 1 | Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly | 1935-05-31 |
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Diamond Jim | Jane Matthews / Emma | 1935-09-01 |
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Most Precious Thing in Life | Ellen Holmes, aka Biddy, Babe | 1934-06-15 |
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The Defense Rests | Joan Hayes | 1934-07-15 |
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Whirlpool | Sandy | 1934-04-10 |
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The Past of Mary Holmes | Joan Hoyt | 1933-01-20 |
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Get That Venus | Margaret Rendleby | 1933-09-01 |
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Ex-Bad Boy | Ethel Simmons | 1931-07-15 |
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Virtuous Husband | Barbara Olwell | 1931-04-12 |
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Danger Lights | Mary Ryan | 1931-01-09 |
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The Gang Buster | Sylvia Martine | 1931-01-17 |
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The Lawyer's Secret | Beatrice Stevens | 1931-06-06 |
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Paramount on Parade | Dream Girl | 1930-04-22 |
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Young Eagles | Mary Gordon | 1930-03-20 |
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The Silver Horde | Mildred Wayland | 1930-10-24 |
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The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu | Lia Eltham | 1930-05-02 |
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Street of Chance | Judith Marsden | 1930-02-08 |
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The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu | Lia Eltham | 1929-08-10 |
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The Greene Murder Case | Ada Greene | 1929-08-11 |
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The Canary Murder Case | Alice LaFosse | 1929-02-16 |
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The Saturday Night Kid | Janie Barry | 1929-10-25 |
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Half Way to Heaven | Greta Nelson | 1929-12-14 |
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Stairs of Sand | Ruth Hutt | 1929-06-08 |
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Wallflowers | Sandra | 1928-02-16 |
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Sins of the Fathers | Mary Spengler | 1928-12-28 |
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Brotherly Love | Mary | 1928-12-23 |
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Warming Up | Mary Post | 1928-08-04 |
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Bigger and Better Blondes | Ramona | 1927-05-15 |
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The Broken Gate | Ruth Hale | 1927-02-15 |
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Hello Lafayette | 1927-01-23 | |
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The Masked Menace | Faith Newton | 1927-10-12 |
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Husband Hunters | Lettie Crane | 1927-01-15 |
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Flying Luck | The Girl | 1927-12-04 |
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Winners Of The Wilderness | Bit Role (uncredited) | 1927-01-15 |
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The Poor Nut | Margie Blake | 1927-08-06 |
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Horse Shoes | Miss Baker | 1927-04-17 |
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Eight-Cylinder Bull | 1926-04-18 | |
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The Fighting Cheat | Ruth Wells | 1926-02-11 |
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The Roaring Rider | Mary Watkins | 1926-01-02 |
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The Mad Racer | 1926-04-26 | |
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Born to Battle | Eunice Morgan | 1926-01-24 |
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Lightning Bill | Marie Denton | 1926-06-29 |
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The Block Signal | Grace Ryan | 1926-09-15 |
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The College Boob | Angela Boothby | 1926-08-15 |
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Twisted Triggers | Ruth Regan | 1926-07-11 |
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Double Daring | Marie Wells | 1926-06-11 |
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Ridin' Rivals | Ruth Burroghs | 1926-05-02 |
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Under Fire | Margaret Cranston | 1926-01-01 |
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The Cowboy Cop | Virginia Selby | 1926-07-10 |
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Seven Chances | Miss Smith the Country Club Receptionist (uncredited) | 1925-03-15 |
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Thundering Through | Ruth Burroughs | 1925-12-13 |
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The Drug Store Cowboy | Jean | 1925-06-01 |
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The Iron Horse | Reporter (uncredited) | 1925-10-04 |
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A Man of Nerve | Loria Gatlin | 1925-09-20 |
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The Hurricane Horseman | June Mathews | 1925-10-14 |
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Tearin' Loose | Sally Harris | 1925-09-04 |
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The Fighting Smile | Rose Craddock | 1925-08-04 |
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Wine of Youth | Flapper | 1924-09-15 |
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Case Dismissed | Jean | 1924-05-26 |
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The Powerful Eye | Dud's Sweetheart | 1924-06-07 |
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Thundering Romance | Mary Watkins | 1924-12-15 |
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Travelin' Fast | Betty Conway | 1924-12-30 |
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Bringin' Home the Bacon | Nancy Norton | 1924-11-15 |
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Biff Bang Buddy | Bonnie Norton | 1924-09-15 |
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Fast and Fearless | Mary Brown | 1924-09-15 |
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Monks a la Mode | Madame Maxine | 1923-12-23 |
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Somebody Lied | 1923-11-04 | |
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Spring Fever | 1923-12-30 | |
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Cameo Kirby | Ann Playdell | 1923-10-20 |
