Jean Arthur [30210] Gender: Female Popularity: 0.4726 Birthplace: Plattsburgh, New York, USA Birthday: 1900-10-16 Deathday: 1991-06-19 Age: 90 years Movies: 103 Links: Homepage, IMDB Biography: 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. Frank Capra Jr. 2008-12-09 Clara Bow: Disco1999-06-14 Gary Cooper: The1998-03-17 The Making of a 1988-10-01 George Stevens: 1985-03-03 Going Hollywood:1984-01-01 Hollywood: The S1961-12-31 Yesterday and To1953-12-02 Shane1953-04-23 A Foreign Affair1948-08-20 The Impatient Ye1944-09-10 A Lady Takes a C1943-08-19 The More the Mer1943-05-13 The Talk of the 1942-08-20 The Devil and Mi1941-04-11 Arizona1940-12-25 Too Many Husband1940-04-03 Mr. Smith Goes t1939-10-19 Screen Snapshots1939-09-22 Only Angels Have1939-05-15 You Can't Take I1938-09-01 Screen Snapshots1938-07-29 Easy Living1937-07-16 History Is Made 1937-03-05 More Than a Secr1936-12-10 The Plainsman1936-11-16 Adventure in Man1936-10-08 Screen Snapshots1936-09-11 The Ex-Mrs. Brad1936-04-24 Mr. Deeds Goes t1936-04-09 If You Could Onl1935-12-30 The Public Menac1935-09-30 Diamond Jim1935-09-01 Public Hero Numb1935-05-31 Party Wire1935-04-27 The Whole Town's1935-02-22 The Defense Rest1934-07-15 Most Precious Th1934-06-15 Whirlpool1934-04-10 Get That Venus1933-09-01 The Past of Mary1933-01-20 Ex-Bad Boy1931-07-15 The Lawyer's Sec1931-06-06 Virtuous Husband1931-04-12 The Gang Buster1931-01-17 Danger Lights1931-01-09 The Silver Horde1930-10-24 The Return of Dr1930-05-02 Paramount on Par1930-04-22 Young Eagles1930-03-20 Street of Chance1930-02-08 Half Way to Heav1929-12-14 The Saturday Nig1929-10-25 The Greene Murde1929-08-11 The Mysterious D1929-08-10 Stairs of Sand1929-06-08 The Canary Murde1929-02-16 Sins of the Fath1928-12-28 Brotherly Love1928-12-23 Warming Up1928-08-04 Wallflowers1928-02-16 Flying Luck1927-12-04 The Masked Menac1927-10-12 The Poor Nut1927-08-06 Bigger and Bette1927-05-15 Horse Shoes1927-04-17 The Broken Gate1927-02-15 Hello Lafayette1927-01-23 Husband Hunters1927-01-15 Winners Of The W1927-01-15 The Block Signal1926-09-15 The College Boob1926-08-15 Twisted Triggers1926-07-11 The Cowboy Cop1926-07-10 Lightning Bill1926-06-29 Double Daring1926-06-11 Ridin' Rivals1926-05-02 The Mad Racer1926-04-26 Eight-Cylinder B1926-04-18 The Fighting Che1926-02-11 Born to Battle1926-01-24 The Roaring Ride1926-01-02 Under Fire1926-01-01 Thundering Throu1925-12-13 The Hurricane Ho1925-10-14 A Man of Nerve1925-09-20 Tearin' Loose1925-09-04 The Fighting Smi1925-08-04 The Drug Store C1925-06-01 Seven Chances1925-03-15 Travelin' Fast1924-12-30 Thundering Roman1924-12-15 Bringin' Home th1924-11-15 Biff Bang Buddy1924-09-15 Fast and Fearles1924-09-15 Wine of Youth1924-09-15 The Iron Horse1925-10-04 The Powerful Eye1924-06-07 Case Dismissed1924-05-26 Spring Fever1923-12-30 Monks a la Mode1923-12-23 Somebody Lied1923-11-04 Cameo Kirby1923-10-20