
Jean Arthur
Known for: Acting
Born: October 17, 1900
Died: June 19, 1991
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 ce…
Known for

You Can't Take It with You
1938

Arizona
1940

A Foreign Affair
1948

A Lady Takes a Chance
1943

Easy Living
1937

The More the Merrier
1943

Adventure in Manhattan
1936

Party Wire
1935

Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938

The Impatient Years
1944

The Public Menace
1935

More Than a Secretary
1936
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
1939
Ridin' Rivals
1926

Wallflowers
1928
Somebody Lied
1923

Tearin' Loose
1925
Eight-Cylinder Bull
1926

Born to Battle
1926

The Fighting Smile
1925
Lightning Bill
1926

Hello Lafayette
1927
The Powerful Eye
1924
Case Dismissed
1924
Thundering Through
1925

The Masked Menace
1927

Thundering Romance
1924

Biff Bang Buddy
1924
Under Fire
1926
The Mad Racer
1926

Spring Fever
1923

Bigger and Better Blondes
1927
The Hurricane Horseman
1925

A Man of Nerve
1925

The College Boob
1926

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939

Shane
1953

The Talk of the Town
1942

History Is Made at Night
1937

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936

Public Hero Number 1
1935

The Devil and Miss Jones
1941

Only Angels Have Wings
1939

The Plainsman
1936

Yesterday and Today
1953

The Whole Town's Talking
1935

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936

Too Many Husbands
1940

Most Precious Thing in Life
1934

If You Could Only Cook
1935

The Saturday Night Kid
1929

Street of Chance
1930

The Block Signal
1926

The Defense Rests
1934

Whirlpool
1934

Flying Luck
1927

Diamond Jim
1935

Ex-Bad Boy
1931

Young Eagles
1930

Half Way to Heaven
1929

Warming Up
1928

The Drug Store Cowboy
1925

The Gang Buster
1931

The Cowboy Cop
1926

Bringin' Home the Bacon
1924

Fast and Fearless
1924
Travelin' Fast
1924
The Fighting Cheat
1926
Twisted Triggers
1926
The Roaring Rider
1926

Stairs of Sand
1929

Get That Venus
1933
Monks a la mode
1923

The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu
1929

The Silver Horde
1930

Danger Lights
1931

The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
1930

Brotherly Love
1928
The Poor Nut
1927

The Past of Mary Holmes
1933

The Broken Gate
1927

Husband Hunters
1927

Double Daring
1926

Virtuous Husband
1931
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001

The Canary Murder Case
1929

The Greene Murder Case
1929

Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984

Sins of the Fathers
1928

Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
2008

The Lawyer's Secret
1931

Paramount on Parade
1930

Horse Shoes
1927

Cameo Kirby
1923

Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999

Winners Of The Wilderness
1927

The Iron Horse
1925

Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936

Seven Chances
1925

Wine of Youth
1924

Becoming Cary Grant
2017

Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988

Gunsmoke
1955

The Jean Arthur Show
1966