Jean Arthur
- Original name:
- Gladys Georgianna Greene
- Born:
- October 17, 1900, Plattsburgh, New York, U.S.
- Died:
- June 19, 1991, Carmel, California (aged 90)
- Married To:
- Julian Aster Ancker (1928–1928)
- Frank Ross (1932–1949)
- Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In):
- "The Devil and Miss Jones" (1941)
- "Travelin' Fast" (1924)
- "The Jean Arthur Show" (1966)
- "Gunsmoke" (1965)
- "Twisted Triggers" (1926)
- "Get That Venus" (1933)
- "The Poor Nut" (1927)
- "Public Hero Number 1" (1935)
- "The Fighting Smile" (1925)
- "Fast and Fearless" (1924)
- "If You Could Only Cook" (1935)
- "Arizona" (1940)
- "Paramount on Parade" (1930)
- "Born to Battle" (1926)
- "Cameo Kirby" (1923)
- "The Impatient Years" (1944)
- "The College Boob" (1926)
- "Stairs of Sand" (1929)
- "The Past of Mary Holmes" (1933)
- "The Ex-Mrs. Bradford" (1936)
- "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" (1936)
- "The Greene Murder Case" (1929)
- "The Fighting Cheat" (1926)
- "The Silver Horde" (1930)
- "The Saturday Night Kid" (1929)
- "The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu" (1929)
- "The Whole Town's Talking" (1935)
- "Wallflowers" (1928)
- "A Lady Takes a Chance" (1943)
- "Husband Hunters" (1927)
- "Flying Luck" (1927)
- "Whirlpool" (1934)
- "The Broken Gate" (1927)
- "Brotherly Love" (1928)
- "Tearin' Loose" (1925)
- "You Can't Take It with You" (1938)
- "Easy Living" (1937)
- "Lightning Bill" (1926)
- "The Defense Rests" (1934)
- "Adventure in Manhattan" (1936)
- "The Cowboy Cop" (1926)
- "The Plainsman" (1936)
- "Thundering Through" (1925)
- "Ex-Bad Boy" (1931)
- "Too Many Husbands" (1940)
- "The Masked Menace" (1927)
- "The Canary Murder Case" (1929)
- "The More the Merrier" (1943)
- "Only Angels Have Wings" (1939)
- "Street of Chance" (1930)
- "A Foreign Affair" (1948)
- "Double Daring" (1926)
- "Sins of the Fathers" (1928)
- "Easy Come, Easy Go" (1928)
- "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939)
- "The Roaring Rider" (1926)
- "The Gang Buster" (1931)
- "The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu" (1930)
- "Most Precious Thing in Life" (1934)
- "Bringin' Home the Bacon" (1924)
- "The Drug Store Cowboy" (1925)
- "Warming Up" (1928)
- "The Public Menace" (1935)
- "The Lawyer's Secret" (1931)
- "The Talk of the Town" (1942)
- "Danger Lights" (1930)
- "Shane" (1953)
- "The Block Signal" (1926)
- "Diamond Jim" (1935)
- "Party Wire" (1935)
- "Half Way to Heaven" (1929)
- "Under Fire" (1926)
- "Young Eagles" (1930)
- "Biff Bang Buddy" (1924)
- "A Man of Nerve" (1925)
- "Virtuous Husband" (1931)
- "History Is Made at Night" (1937)
- "Horse Shoes" (1927)
- "Thundering Romance" (1924)
- "More Than a Secretary" (1936)
- "The Hurricane Horseman" (1925)
Jean Arthur (born October 17, 1900, Plattsburgh, New York, U.S.—died June 19, 1991, Carmel, California) was an American film actress known for her cracked, throaty voice, which accentuated her charm and intelligence in a series of successful comedies.
After modeling and performing in small parts on the Broadway stage, Arthur made her screen debut in a silent western, Cameo Kirby (1923). She found her niche as a comedienne in the wacky film The Whole Town’s Talking (1935). Her screen persona as a no-nonsense, emotionally honest heroine proved to have wide appeal, and she starred in such Frank Capra social comedies as Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), You Can’t Take It with You (1938), and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), as well as in such hits as Only Angels Have Wings (1939), The Talk of the Town (1942), and The More the Merrier (1943), which earned her an Academy Award nomination for best actress.
When her movie contract expired in 1944, Arthur, who had a chronic case of camera jitters, gladly retired from film. She was lured back to Hollywood to star, with Marlene Dietrich, in a comedy of postwar Berlin, Foreign Affair (1948), and in the western classic Shane (1953). She portrayed a lawyer in her own television series, The Jean Arthur Show, in 1966 and made occasional appearances on Broadway during the 1970s before retiring completely from show business. She later taught drama at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, and other schools.
