Jean Arthur
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.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
(Clarissa Saunders)
Shane
(Marian Starrett)
The Talk of the Town
(Nora Shelley)
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You
(Self (archive footage))
History Is Made at Night
(Irene Vail)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
(Babe Bennett)
Public Hero Number 1
(Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly)
You Can't Take It with You
(Alice Sycamore)
Arizona
(Phoebe Titus)
The Devil and Miss Jones
(Mary Jones)
Only Angels Have Wings
(Bonnie Lee)
The Plainsman
(Calamity Jane)
A Foreign Affair
(Congresswoman Phoebe Frost)
Yesterday and Today
((archive footage))
Galas de la Paramount
(Self (from original version))
A Lady Takes a Chance
(Molly J. Truesdale)
Easy Living
(Mary Smith)
The Whole Town's Talking
(Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark)
The Canary Murder Case
(Alice LaFosse)
The More the Merrier
(Constance Milligan)
The Iron Horse
(Reporter)
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
(Paula Bradford)
The Greene Murder Case
(Ada Greene)
Adventure in Manhattan
(Claire Peyton)
Too Many Husbands
(Vicky Lowndes)
Most Precious Thing in Life
(Ellen Holmes, aka Biddy, Babe)
If You Could Only Cook
(Joan Hawthorne)
Party Wire
(Marge Oliver)
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu
(Lia Eltham)
The Silver Horde
(Mildred Wayland)
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
(Jean Arthur)
The Saturday Night Kid
(Janie Barry)
The Impatient Years
(Janie Anderson)
Danger Lights
(Mary Ryan)
Street of Chance
(Judith Marsden)
The Public Menace
(Cassie Nicholls)
Wine of Youth
(Flapper)
More Than a Secretary
(Carol Baldwin)
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
(Lia Eltham)
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
(Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) (archive footage))
The Lawyer's Secret
(Beatrice Stevens)
The Block Signal
(Grace Ryan)
Whirlpool
(Sandra Rankin Morrison)
The Defense Rests
(Joan Hayes)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
((archive footage))
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
('Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited))
Flying Luck
(The Girl)
Cameo Kirby
(Ann Playdell)
Diamond Jim
(Jane Matthews / Emma)
Seven Chances
(Miss Smith the Country Club Receptionist (uncredited))
Ex-Bad Boy
(Ethel Simmons)
Young Eagles
(Mary Gordon)
Brotherly Love
(Mary)
The Poor Nut
(Margie Blake)
Half Way to Heaven
(Greta Nelson)
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
(Self (archive footage))
Winners Of The Wilderness
(Bit Role (uncredited))
Paramount on Parade
(Dream Girl)
Warming Up
(Mary Post)
The Past of Mary Holmes
(Joan Hoyt)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
(Self (archive footage))
The Drug Store Cowboy
(Jean)
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
(Self)
The Gang Buster
(Sylvia Martine)
Horse Shoes
(Miss Baker)
The Cowboy Cop
(Virginia Selby)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
(Self (archive footage))
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
(Self)
Somebody Lied
Spring Fever
Case Dismissed
The Powerful Eye
(Dud's Sweetheart)
Fast and Fearless
(Mary Brown)
Biff Bang Buddy
(Bonnie Norton)
Bringin' Home the Bacon
(Nancy Norton)
Thundering Romance
(Mary Watkins)
Travelin' Fast
(Betty Conway)
The Fighting Smile
(Rose Craddock)
Tearin' Loose
(Sally Harris)
A Man of Nerve
(Loria Gatlin)
The Hurricane Horseman
(June Mathews)
Thundering Through
(Ruth Burroughs)
Under Fire
(Margaret Cranston)
The Roaring Rider
(Mary Watkins)
Born to Battle
(Eunice Morgan)
The Fighting Cheat
(Ruth Wells)
Eight-Cylinder Bull
The Mad Racer
Ridin' Rivals
(Ruth Burroghs)
Double Daring
(Marie Wells)
Lightning Bill
(Marie Denton)
Twisted Triggers
(Ruth Regan)
The College Boob
(Angela Boothby)
Husband Hunters
(Lettie Crane)
Hello Lafayette
The Broken Gate
(Ruth Hale)
Bigger and Better Blondes
The Masked Menace
(Faith Newton)
Wallflowers
(Sandra)
Stairs of Sand
(Ruth Hutt)
Sins of the Fathers
(Mary Spengler)
Virtuous Husband
(Barbara Olwell)
Get That Venus
(Margaret Rendleby)
Gunsmoke
(Julie Blane)
The Jean Arthur Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self (archive footage))