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Jean Muir (born Jean Muir Fullarton; February 13, 1911 – July 23, 1996) was an American stage and film actress and educator. She was the first performer to be blacklisted after her name appeared in the anti-Communist 1950 pamphlet Red Channels .
Jean Muir Ltd. was founded in August 1966 by Jean Muir and her husband Harry Leuckert in partnership. The first collection was presented in October. [3] The designs continued the tradition established at Jane & Jane. Muir used the best quality fabrics, working in silk, cashmere, jersey and crepe, with a focus on form and fluidity.
Jean Muir was an attractive blonde-haired U.S. stage, screen and television actress from the 1930s through the mid-1960s. Upon retiring from acting Jean went on to teach drama, first, for eight years beginning in 1968, at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she headed their new drama department, and afterwards at a university in Mexico.
Born in London in 1928, Muir left school at 17 and, after working briefly in office jobs, began her career in fashion as a stockroom assistant at Liberty & Co in 1950. She quickly transferred to the lingerie and Young Liberty sections, where she worked selling and sketching. Muir was a prolific home dressmaker and attended fashion illustration ...
Apr 10, 2024 · When Jean Muir signed her Warner Bros. contract in the spring of 1933, a friend told her she had been hired because Hollywood, in response to ongoing attacks on industry morality, was “signing up all the virgin types they [could] find.”
Jul 25, 1996 · Jean Muir, whose dismissal from the television series "The Aldrich Family" in 1950 brought widespread attention to the television industry's practice of blacklisting suspected Communists, died on ...
Muir is famous for her use of navy and black, but she was also a fantastic colourist, as this bold sweater dress demonstrates. Dress by Jean Muir Dress by Jean Muir (1966 - 1995) by Muir, Jean Elizabeth, 1928 - 1995 National Museums Scotland. Sheer femininity. Muir’s use of prints gave her collections vibrancy.
