Jeanine Basinger

Known for

Acting

Born

February 3, 1936 (age 90)

Birthplace

Ravenden, Arkansas

Biography

American film historian who was the Corwin-Fuller professor of film studies at Wesleyan University and the founder and curator of the university's cinematic archives.

Best known work

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

2018

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

2015

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

2003

American Experience

1988

Casting By

2012

A Better Way to Die

2001

Biography

1987

American Masters

1986

Dean Martin: King of Cool

2021

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009

Filmography

2025
William Wyler: Forty Takes Willy
as Self
2023
Frank Capra: Mr. America
as Self - Film Historian and Founder of the Frank Capra Archive
2021
Dean Martin: King of Cool
as Self
2019
An American Named Kazan
as Self
2018
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
as Self
2015
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
as Self
2012
Casting By
as Self
2010
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of HollywoodTV
as Self (7 episodes)
2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self
2008
Murnau, Borzage and Fox
as Self
2008
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
as Self
2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self
2006
Frank Capra, Jr. Remembers... 'American Madness'
as Self
2006
Wanderlust
as Herself
2006
Jezebel: Legend of the South
as Self
2006
The Man Who Came to Dinner: Inside a Classic Comedy
as Self
2006
Old Acquaintance: A Classic Woman's Picture
as Self
2004
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
as Self
2003
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
as Self
2002
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as Self
2001
A Better Way to Die
as Sexton's Wife
2001
Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies
as Self
2000
On Cukor
as Self
2000
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Co-Producer
1997
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self