
Known for
Acting
Born
October 17, 1900
Birthplace
Plattsburgh, New York, USA
Died
June 19, 1991 (aged 90)
Jean Arthur (born Gladys Georgianna Greene; October 17, 1900 – June 19, 1991) was an American actress celebrated as one of the defining screen personalities of Hollywood’s Golden Age. Known for her quick wit, expressive voice, and understated charm, she became one of the era’s most beloved comedic leading ladies, especially in the screwball comedy genre. Film historian James Harvey noted that “no one was more closely identified with the screwball comedy than Jean Arthur,” and her work remains central to the style’s legacy.
Arthur rose to prominence in the mid‑1930s and became best known for her collaborations with director Frank Capra, starring in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), You Can’t Ta...
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as Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) (archive footage)
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1985
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1966
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as Self - Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
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as Marian Starrett
1948
as Congresswoman Phoebe Frost
1944
as Janie Anderson
1943
as Molly J. Truesdale
1943
as Constance Milligan
1942
as Nora Shelley
1941
as Mary Jones
1940
as Phoebe Titus
1940
as Vicky Lowndes
1939
as Clarissa Saunders
1939
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as Bonnie Lee
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as Alice Sycamore