Jean Arthur
Photo: HRT press
Country: United States
Gender: F
Birthday: 1900-10-16
Died: 1991-06-19
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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).
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1. Seven Chances (1925), film...Miss Smith - Office Receptionist
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2. Danger Lights (1930), film...Mary Ryan
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3. The Silver Horde (1930), film...Mildred Wayland
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4. The Whole Town's Talking (1935), film...Miss Wilhelmina Clark
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5. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), film...Babe Bennett
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6. The Plainsman (1936), film...Calamity Jane
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7. Easy Living (1937), film...Mary Smith
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8. History Is Made at Night (1937), film...Irene Vail
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9. You Can't Take It with You (1938), film...Alice Sycamore
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10. Only Angels Have Wings (1939), film...Bonnie Lee
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11. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), film...Saunders
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12. Arizona (1940), film...Phoebe Titus
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13. Previše muževa (1940), film...Vicky Lowndes
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14. The Devil and Miss Jones (1941), film...Mary Jones
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...Nora Shelley
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16. The More the Merrier (1943), film...Connie Milligan
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17. The Cowboy and the Girl (1943), film...Molly J. Truesdale
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18. A Foreign Affair (1948), film...Congresswoman Phoebe Frost
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19. Shane (1953), film...Marian Starrett
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20. Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero (1998), film...Babe Bennett / Calamity Jane (archive footage)
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21. Billy Wilder Speaks (2006), film...Self (archive footage)