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Jean Arthur (born Gladys Georgianna Greene; October 17, 1900 – June 19, 1991) was an American Broadway and film actress whose career began in silent films in the early 1920s and lasted until the early 1950s. Arthur had feature roles in three Frank Capra films: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) with Gary Cooper, You Can't Take It with You (1938) co-starring James Stewart, and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), also starring Stewart. These three films all championed the "everyday heroine ...
Jean Arthur, born Gladys Georgianna Greene in upstate New York, 20 miles south of the Canadian border, has had her year of birth cited variously as 1900, 1905 and 1908. Her place of birth has often been cited as New York City! (Herein we shall rely for those particulars on Miss Arthur's obituary as given in the authoritative and reliable New York Times. The date and place indicated above shall be deemed correct.)
Jean Arthur, born Gladys Georgianna Greene in upstate New York, 20 miles south of the Canadian border, has had her year of birth cited variously as 1900, 1905 and 1908. Her place of birth has often been cited as New York City! (Herein we shall rely for those particulars on Miss Arthur's obituary as given in the authoritative and reliable New York Times. The date and place indicated above shall be deemed correct.)
Eric Linden and Jean Arthur in The Past of Mary Holmes (1933) This is the filmography of Jean Arthur (October 17, 1900 – June 19, 1991), including her television work. Film Year Title Role Notes 1923 Cameo Kirby: Ann Playdell Somebody Lied: Short subject Spring Fever: Short subject 1924 Case Dismissed: Short subject The Powerful Eye: Short subject Wine of Youth: Automobile Reveler Uncredited role The Iron Horse: Reporter Uncredited role Fast and Fearless: Mary Brown
Jun 14, 2016 · Her name was Jean Arthur. Just 5’3”, and endowed with a uniquely husky, smoky voice, Jean never could bring off the role of pliant wife or decorative beauty. There was a hard-earned wisdom, a certain admirable stubbornness about her. Here was a lady who’d lived. Even with this dark, complex undercurrent in her character, through sheer talent, charisma and hard work she became one of the finest screen comediennes of Hollywood’s Golden Age.
Mar 25, 2024 · The Whole Town’s Talking” is a 1935 comedy film that takes a humorous twist on crime and mistaken identity. Starring Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur, and Arthur Hohl, the film follows the tale of a timid clerk who finds himself mistaken for a public enemy, leading to a series of chaotic and hilarious events. 📺 Watch now free with Prime
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 19, 1991 · 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 ...
Jun 20, 1991 · Jean Arthur, the buoyant actress whose piquant charm and infectious laughter enriched some of the finest comedy dramas of the 1930's and 40's, died yesterday at the Carmel Convalescent Hospital in ...
Jun 7, 2012 · Jean Arthur died of heart failure on June 19, 1991 one day after Joan Caulfield, her former husband’s second wife, died of cancer at 69. Both actresses had their ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean. Ross had died the previous year at 85. ESSENTIAL FILMS MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936), directed by Frank Capra.
