Jean Arthur
American actress · United States · On the map · Actors · Lived 1900 to 1991 · aged 90
Jean Arthur was an American film and theater actress whose career began in silent films in the early 1920s and lasted until the early 1950s.
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1991Died19 June 19911985
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's JourneyFilm, (archive footage)1966
The Jean Arthur ShowSeries1961
Hollywood: The Selznick YearsFilm1960Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAward1955
GunsmokeSeries, Julie Blane1948
A Foreign AffairFilm, Congresswoman Phoebe Frost1944
The Impatient YearsFilm, Janie Anderson1942
The Talk of the TownFilm, Nora Shelley1940
ArizonaFilm, Phoebe Titus1939
Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonFilm, Clarissa Saunders1937
Easy LivingFilm, Mary Smith1935
If You Could Only CookFilm, Joan Hawthorne1934
The Defense RestsFilm, Joan Hayes1930
Paramount on ParadeFilm, Dream Girl1929
The Canary Murder CaseFilm, Alice LaFosse1923
Cameo KirbyFilm, Ann Playdell1900Born17 October 1900
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's JourneyFilm, (archive footage)1966The Jean Arthur ShowSeries1961Hollywood: The Selznick YearsFilm1960Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAward1955GunsmokeSeries, Julie Blane1948A Foreign AffairFilm, Congresswoman Phoebe Frost1944The Impatient YearsFilm, Janie Anderson1942The Talk of the TownFilm, Nora Shelley1940ArizonaFilm, Phoebe Titus1939Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonFilm, Clarissa Saunders1937Easy LivingFilm, Mary Smith1935If You Could Only CookFilm, Joan Hawthorne1934The Defense RestsFilm, Joan Hayes1930Paramount on ParadeFilm, Dream Girl1929The Canary Murder CaseFilm, Alice LaFosse1923Cameo KirbyFilm, Ann Playdell1900Born17 October 1900People around Jean
Close ties
Richard Thorpe Directed Fast and Fearless (1924)
Meryl Streep Studied under Jean
John Ford Directed The Iron Horse and Cameo Kirby
Frank Capra Directed You Can't Take It With You (1938)
George Stevens Directed Shane and The More the Merrier
A. Edward Sutherland Directed Paramount on Parade (1930)
Frank Tuttle Directed The Canary Murder Case (1929)- Frank Ross Produced The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
Irving Bacon Also in You Can't Take It With You (1938)
Rowland V. Lee Directed Paramount on Parade (1930)
William LeBaron Produced Danger Lights and The Silver Horde- Everett Riskin Produced If You Could Only Cook (1935)
William Powell Also in The Canary Murder Case (1929)
Louis B. Mayer Produced Seven Chances and Wine of Youth
Wesley Ruggles Directed Too Many Husbands (1940)
Edgar Buchanan Also in Shane, Too Many Husbands and Arizona
Charles Lane Also in You Can't Take It With You (1938)
Ann Doran Also in You Can't Take It With You (1938)
Erle C. Kenton Directed Party Wire and The Public Menace
Bess Flowers Also in You Can't Take It With You (1938)
William A. Seiter Directed A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)
Byron Foulger Also in You Can't Take It With You (1938)
B. P. Schulberg Produced Paramount on Parade (1930)
Stanley Andrews Also in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Known for
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939
The Devil and Miss Jones 1941
You Can't Take It with You 1938
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 1936
Seven Chances 1925
Filmography 40
107 credits on file
Television 2
Media & music
Photos 12
Cameo Kirby advertisement from the July 8, 1923 Film Daily
The Temple of Venus advertisement from the July 8, 1923 Film Daily
Lobby card featuring Jean Arthur and Richard Dix in Warming Up (1928)
Window poster for The Canary Murder Case (1929)
Promotional photo of Jean Arthur, Clara Bow, Jean Harlow, and Leone Lane for The Saturday Night Kid (1929)
With Gary Cooper in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Gary Cooper as Wild Bill Hickok and Jean Arthur as Calamity Jane in The Plainsman (1936)Awards
About this person
Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1900 to 1991 · aged 90
