Jean Arthur

🎂 Data nașterii: 1900-10-17 (Plattsburgh, New York, USA)

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 Take It with You (1938), and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939). These films cemented her image as the relatable, spirited heroine of Depression‑era American cinema. She earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her performance in The More the Merrier (1943). Although she famously disliked the pressures of Hollywood and often retreated from public life, Arthur continued to work selectively after the 1940s. She delivered a memorable dramatic turn as Marian Starrett in George Stevens’ classic Western Shane (1953). She later returned to acting on television, appearing in a 1965 episode of Gunsmoke and starring in the 1966 sitcom The Jean Arthur Show. After leaving acting, Arthur taught drama at Vassar College and the North Carolina School of the Arts, where students remembered her as a passionate and generous instructor. She lived a largely private life in her later years and died in 1991 at the age of 90.

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Jean Arthur

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Dl. Smith merge la Washington

Shane

Vorbeşte tot oraşul

Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You

History Is Made at Night

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Public Hero Number 1

You Can't Take It with You

Arizona

The Devil and Miss Jones

Doar îngerii au aripi

The Plainsman

A Foreign Affair

Yesterday and Today

A Lady Takes a Chance

Easy Living

The Whole Town's Talking

The Canary Murder Case

Cu cât mai mulți, cu atât mai bine

Calul de fier

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

The Greene Murder Case

Adventure in Manhattan

Too Many Husbands

Most Precious Thing in Life

If You Could Only Cook

Party Wire

The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu

The Silver Horde

Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12

The Saturday Night Kid

The Impatient Years

Danger Lights

Street of Chance

The Public Menace

Wine of Youth

More Than a Secretary

The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu

Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl

The Lawyer's Secret

The Block Signal

Whirlpool

The Defense Rests

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Flying Luck

Cameo Kirby

Diamond Jim

Șapte șanse

Ex-Bad Boy

Young Eagles

Brotherly Love

The Poor Nut

Half Way to Heaven

Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero

Winners of the Wilderness

Paramount on Parade

Warming Up

The Past of Mary Holmes

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

The Drug Store Cowboy

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

The Gang Buster

Horse Shoes

The Cowboy Cop

Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1

Somebody Lied

Spring Fever

Case Dismissed

The Powerful Eye

Fast and Fearless

Biff Bang Buddy

Bringin' Home the Bacon

Thundering Romance

Travelin' Fast

The Fighting Smile

Tearin' Loose

A Man of Nerve

The Hurricane Horseman