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Jean Arthur was an American Broadway actress and a film star of the 1930s, 1940s, and early 1950s.
Birth Name
Gladys Georgianna Greene
Born
Wednesday, 17 October 1900
Died
Wednesday, 19 June 1991
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Movies | Self | 2019 |
| Billy Wilder Speaks | Self | 2006 |
| Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl | Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) | 1999 |
| Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero | Babe Bennett / Calamity Jane | 1998 |
| The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Self / (archive footage) | 1988 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self | 1985 |
| Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984 |
| America at the Movies | Marian Starrett | 1976 |
| The Jean Arthur Show | Patricia Marshall | 1966 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Movies | Self | 2019 |
| Billy Wilder Speaks | Self | 2006 |
| Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl | Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) | 1999 |
| Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero | Babe Bennett / Calamity Jane | 1998 |
| The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Self / (archive footage) | 1988 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self | 1985 |
| Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984 |
| America at the Movies | Marian Starrett | 1976 |
| The Jean Arthur Show | Patricia Marshall | 1966 |
| Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test | 1961 |
| Gunsmoke | Julie Blane | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| Yesterday and Today | (archive footage) | 1953 |
| Shane | Marian Starrett | 1953 |
| A Foreign Affair | Congresswoman Phoebe Frost | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| The Impatient Years | Janie Anderson | 1944 |
| A Lady Takes a Chance | Molly J. Truesdale | 1943 |
| The More the Merrier | Connie Milligan / Constance Milligan | 1943 |
| The Talk of the Town | Nora Shelley / Miss Nora Shelley | 1942 |
| The Devil and Miss Jones | Mary Jones | 1941 |
| Arizona | Phoebe Titus | 1940 |
| Too Many Husbands | Vicky Lowndes | 1940 |
| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Saunders / Clarissa Saunders | 1939 |
| Only Angels Have Wings | Bonnie Lee | 1939 |
| You Can't Take It with You | Alice Sycamore | 1938 |
| Easy Living | Mary Smith | 1937 |
| History Is Made at Night | Irene Vail | 1937 |
| More Than a Secretary | Carol Baldwin | 1936 |
| The Plainsman | Calamity Jane | 1936 |
| Adventure in Manhattan | Claire Peyton | 1936 |
| The Ex-Mrs. Bradford | Paula Bradford | 1936 |
| Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Babe Bennett | 1936 |
| If You Could Only Cook | Joan Hawthorne | 1935 |
| The Public Menace | Cassie Nicholls | 1935 |
| Diamond Jim | Emma / Jane Matthews | 1935 |
| Public Hero Number 1 | Maria Theresa O'Reilly / Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly | 1935 |
| Party Wire | Marge Oliver | 1935 |
| The Whole Town's Talking | Miss Wilhelmina Clark / Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark | 1935 |
| The Defense Rests | Joan Hayes | 1934 |
| Most Precious Thing in Life | Ellen Holmes, aka Biddy, Babe / Ellen Holmes | 1934 |
| Whirlpool | Sandra Rankin Morrison / Sandy | 1934 |
| Get That Venus | Margaret Rendleby | 1933 |
| The Past of Mary Holmes | Joan Hoyt | 1933 |
| Ex-Bad Boy | Ethel Simmons | 1931 |
| The Lawyer's Secret | Beatrice Stevens | 1931 |
| Virtuous Husband | Barbara Olwell | 1931 |
| The Gang Buster | Sylvia Martine | 1931 |
| The Silver Horde | Mildred Wayland | 1930 |
| Danger Lights | Mary Ryan | 1930 |
| The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu | Lia Eltham | 1930 |
| Paramount on Parade | Dream Girl / Sweetheart - Episode 'Dream Girl' | 1930 |
| Young Eagles | Mary Gordon | 1930 |
| Street of Chance | Judith Marsden | 1930 |
| Half Way to Heaven | Greta Nelson | 1929 |
| The Saturday Night Kid | Janie Barry | 1929 |
| The Canary Murder Case | Alice LaFosse | 1929 |
| The Greene Murder Case | Ada Greene | 1929 |
| The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu | Lia Eltham | 1929 |
| Stairs of Sand | Ruth Hutt | 1929 |
| Sins of the Fathers | Mary Spengler | 1928 |
| Brotherly Love | Mary Brown / Mary | 1928 |
| Warming Up | Mary Post | 1928 |
| Wallflowers | Sandra | 1928 |
| Flying Luck | The Girl | 1927 |
| The Poor Nut | Margie Blake | 1927 |
| Winners of the Wilderness | Bit Role | 1927 |
| Husband Hunters | Lettie Crane | 1927 |
| The Block Signal | Grace Ryan | 1926 |
| The College Boob | Angela Boothby | 1926 |
| Twisted Triggers | Ruth Regan | 1926 |
| Ridin' Rivals | Ruth Burroghs | 1926 |
| Under Fire | Margaret Cranston | 1926 |
| Thundering Through | Ruth Burroughs | 1925 |
| A Man of Nerve | Loria Gatlin | 1925 |
| Tearin' Loose | Sally Harris | 1925 |
| The Fighting Smile | Rose Craddock | 1925 |
| The Drug Store Cowboy | Jean | 1925 |
| Seven Chances | Miss Smith - Office Receptionist | 1925 |
| Travelin' Fast | Betty Conway | 1924 |
| Thundering Romance | Mary Watkins | 1924 |
| Bringin' Home the Bacon | Nancy Norton | 1924 |
| Biff Bang Buddy | Bonnie Norton | 1924 |
| The Iron Horse | Reporter / Newspaper Reporter | 1924 |
| Wine of Youth | Flapper | 1924 |
| Cameo Kirby | Ann Playdell | 1923 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1944 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
