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The College Boob
1926
as Angela Boothby
Jean Arthur
Acting
Born:October 16, 1900
Died:June 19, 1991(aged 90)
Birthplace:Plattsburgh, New York, USA
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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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Arthur, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (100 movies)
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Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
8.0
8.0
Wine of Youth
1924
as Flapper
8.0
8.0
Party Wire
1935
as Marge Oliver
7.8
7.8
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Clarissa Saunders
7.7
7.7
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
1999
as Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) (archive footage)
7.7
7.7
The Devil and Miss Jones
1941
as Mary Jones
7.5
7.5
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
as Babe Bennett
7.5
7.5
Seven Chances
1925
as Miss Smith the Country Club Receptionist (uncredited)
7.5
7.5
You Can't Take It with You
1938
as Alice Sycamore
7.5
7.5
Winners Of The Wilderness
1927
as Bit Role (uncredited)
7.4
7.4
If You Could Only Cook
1935
as Joan Hawthorne
7.4
7.4
Shane
1953
as Marian Starrett
7.3
7.3
The Talk of the Town
1942
as Nora Shelley
7.3
7.3
Only Angels Have Wings
1939
as Bonnie Lee
7.1
7.1
A Foreign Affair
1948
as Congresswoman Phoebe Frost
7.0
7.0
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998
as Self (archive footage)
7.0
7.0
Easy Living
1937
as Mary Smith
7.0
7.0
The Defense Rests
1934
as Joan Hayes
6.9
6.9
The More the Merrier
1943
as Constance Milligan
6.8
6.8
The Whole Town's Talking
1935
as Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark
6.6
6.6
The Iron Horse
1925
as Reporter (uncredited)
6.6
6.6
Street of Chance
1930
as Judith Marsden
6.6
6.6
History Is Made at Night
1937
as Irene Vail
6.4
6.4
More Than a Secretary
1936
as Carol Baldwin
6.3
6.3
The Plainsman
1936
as Calamity Jane
6.3
6.3
The Impatient Years
1944
as Janie Anderson
6.3
6.3
Too Many Husbands
1940
as Vicky Lowndes
6.3
6.3
Arizona
1940
as Phoebe Titus
6.2
6.2
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936
as Paula Bradford
6.2
6.2
Public Hero Number 1
1935
as Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly
6.1
6.1
Paramount on Parade
1930
as Dream Girl
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6.0
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
1939
as Self
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Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938
as Jean Arthur
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Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
as Self
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6.0
Sins of the Fathers
1928
as Mary Spengler
6.0
6.0
Young Eagles
1930
as Mary Gordon
6.0
6.0
Diamond Jim
1935
as Jane Matthews / Emma
5.9
5.9
Whirlpool
1934
as Sandy
5.9
5.9
Danger Lights
1931
as Mary Ryan
5.8
5.8
The Greene Murder Case
1929
as Ada Greene
5.8
5.8
The Lawyer's Secret
1931
as Beatrice Stevens
5.8
5.8
Cameo Kirby
1923
as Ann Playdell
5.8
5.8
The Gang Buster
1931
as Sylvia Martine
5.8
5.8
Adventure in Manhattan
1936
as Claire Peyton
5.6
5.6
The Canary Murder Case
1929
as Alice LaFosse
5.6
5.6
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943
as Molly J. Truesdale
5.3
5.3
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu
1929
as Lia Eltham
5.3
5.3
The Silver Horde
1930
as Mildred Wayland
5.2
5.2
Most Precious Thing in Life
1934
as Ellen Holmes, aka Biddy, Babe
5.0
5.0
The Public Menace
1935
as Cassie Nicholls
5.0
5.0
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
1930
as Lia Eltham
5.0
5.0
Get That Venus
1933
as Margaret Rendleby
5.0
5.0
Half Way to Heaven
1929
as Greta Nelson
4.4
4.4
The Saturday Night Kid
1929
as Janie Barry
1.0
1.0
Husband Hunters
1927
as Lettie Crane
Biff Bang Buddy
1924
as Bonnie Norton
Bringin' Home the Bacon
1924
as Nancy Norton
Thundering Romance
1924
as Mary Watkins
Travelin' Fast
1924
as Betty Conway
The Fighting Smile
1925
as Rose Craddock
Tearin' Loose
1925
as Sally Harris
A Man of Nerve
1925
as Loria Gatlin
The Hurricane Horseman
1925
as June Mathews
Thundering Through
1925
as Ruth Burroughs
Under Fire
1926
as Margaret Cranston
The Roaring Rider
1926
as Mary Watkins
Born to Battle
1926
as Eunice Morgan
The Fighting Cheat
1926
as Ruth Wells
Eight-Cylinder Bull
1926
The Mad Racer
1926
Ridin' Rivals
1926
as Ruth Burroghs
Double Daring
1926
as Marie Wells
Lightning Bill
1926
as Marie Denton
Twisted Triggers
1926
as Ruth Regan
Hello Lafayette
1927
The Broken Gate
1927
as Ruth Hale
Bigger and Better Blondes
1927
as Ramona
The Masked Menace
1927
as Faith Newton
Wallflowers
1928
as Sandra
Stairs of Sand
1929
as Ruth Hutt
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Yesterday and Today
1953
as (archive footage)
Flying Luck
1927
as The Girl
Virtuous Husband
1931
as Barbara Olwell
The Block Signal
1926
as Grace Ryan
Ex-Bad Boy
1931
as Ethel Simmons
The Poor Nut
1927
as Margie Blake
Brotherly Love
1928
as Mary
The Cowboy Cop
1926
as Virginia Selby
Monks a la Mode
1923
as Madame Maxine
Warming Up
1928
as Mary Post
The Past of Mary Holmes
1933
as Joan Hoyt
The Drug Store Cowboy
1925
as Jean
Horse Shoes
1927
as Miss Baker
Somebody Lied
1923
Spring Fever
1923
Case Dismissed
1924
as Jean
The Powerful Eye
1924
as Dud's Sweetheart
Fast and Fearless
1924
as Mary Brown
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