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Jean Arthur
Acting
17 Oct 1900
† 19 Jun 1991
Plattsburgh, New York, USA
Biography
Jean Arthur 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."...
Also Known As
Gladys Georgianna Greene
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Jean Arthur's Movies
78%
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
19 Oct 1939
73%
Shane
23 Apr 1953
75%
You Can't Take It with You
01 Sept 1938
75%
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
09 Apr 1936
75%
Seven Chances
15 Mar 1925
73%
Only Angels Have Wings
15 May 1939
71%
A Foreign Affair
20 Aug 1948
73%
The Talk of the Town
20 Aug 1942
69%
The More the Merrier
13 May 1943
66%
The Iron Horse
04 Oct 1925
71%
Easy Living
16 Jul 1937
77%
The Devil and Miss Jones
11 Apr 1941
68%
The Whole Town's Talking
22 Feb 1935
67%
History Is Made at Night
05 Mar 1937
66%
Becoming Cary Grant
23 May 2017
64%
The Plainsman
16 Nov 1936
62%
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
24 Apr 1936
64%
Arizona
25 Dec 1940
56%
The Canary Murder Case
16 Feb 1929
58%
A Lady Takes a Chance
19 Aug 1943
