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According to John Oller's biography, Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody Knew (1997), Arthur developed a kind of stage fright punctuated with bouts of psychosomatic illnesses. A prime example was in 1945, when she was cast in the lead of the Garson Kanin play Born Yesterday .
Jean Arthur. Actress: You Can't Take It with You. This marvelous screen comedienne's best asset was only muffled during her seven years' stint in silent films. That asset? It was, of course, her squeaky, frog-like voice, which silent-era cinema audiences had simply no way of perceiving, much less appreciating.
Jean Arthur. Actress: You Can't Take It with You. This marvelous screen comedienne's best asset was only muffled during her seven years' stint in silent films. That asset? It was, of course, her squeaky, frog-like voice, which silent-era cinema audiences had simply no way of perceiving, much less appreciating.
This is the filmography of Jean Arthur (October 17, 1900 – June 19, 1991), including her television work.
Jun 14, 2016 · In the 1930s, when so many women in America were still relegated to the kitchen and nursery, one actress in Hollywood became a star playing independent women who worked for a living, competing with men in a man’s world. Her name was Jean Arthur.
Jun 15, 2024 · Jean Arthur was an American film actress known for her cracked, throaty voice, which accentuated her charm and intelligence in a series of successful comedies. After modeling and performing in small parts on the Broadway stage, Arthur made her screen debut in a silent western, Cameo Kirby (1923).
Jun 20, 1991 · Jean Arthur, whose wit and cracked husky child-woman voice made her one of Hollywood’s most popular comedians of the 1930s and 1940s, died Wednesday in Carmel. She was 90.
