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Jean Muir

American actress and educator (1911-1996) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 85

Jean Muir was an American stage and film actress. She was the first performer to be blacklisted after her name appeared in the anti-Communist pamphlet Red Channels, published in 1950. In her later years, she was a college drama teacher.

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1996Died23 July 19961960Route 66Series, Beatrice Ware1958Naked CitySeries, Mrs. Klint1955Matinee TheaterSeries1948Actors StudioSeries, wifeThe Philco Television PlayhouseSeries, 1948Northwest StampedeFilm, 1948Writer1943The Constant NymphFilm, Kate Sanger1940And One Was BeautifulFilm, Helen LattimerThe Lone Wolf Meets a LadyFilm, 1940Joan Bradley1938Jane Steps OutFilm, Beatrice Wilton1937Dance Charlie DanceFilm, Mary MathewsDraegerman CourageFilm, 1937Ellen Haslett1936FaithfulFilm, Marilyn Koster1935A Dream Comes TrueFilm, Herself (uncredited)Oil for the Lamps of ChinaFilm, 1935Alice Wellman1934A Modern HeroFilm, Joanna Ryan CroyDr. MonicaFilm, 1934Mary Hathaway1933Bureau of Missing PersonsFilm, Louise Kane (uncredited)FemaleFilm, 1933Miss Joyce, Jim's Secretary (Uncredited)1911Born13 February 1911

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Filmography 32

38 credits on file

Television 5

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Awards

Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1911 to 1996 · aged 85