Jean Arthur

Frank Capra called her his favorite actress; they worked together in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, You Can't Take It With You and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

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Seven Chances 1925 -Receptionist

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Jean Arthur Show -Patricia Marshall

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Shane 1953 -Marion Starrett

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A Foreign Affair 1948 -Phoebe Frost

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939 -Clarissa Saunders

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Only Angels Have Wings 1939 -Bonnie Lee

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You Can't Take It with You 1938 -Alice Sycamore

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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 1936 -Babe Bennett

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Young Eagles -Mary Gordon

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Paramount on Parade -Guest Star

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Party Wire -Marge Oliver

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Poor Nut -Margie

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Public Hero No. 1 -Theresa O'Reilly

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Public Menace -Cassie

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A Lady Takes a Chance -Mollie Truesdale

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A Man of Nerve -Loria Gatlin

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Adventure in Manhattan -Claire Peyton

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Arizona -Phoebe Titus

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Biff Bang Buddy -Bonnie Norton

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Block Signal -Grace Ryan

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Born to Battle -Eunice Morgan

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Brotherly Love -Mary

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Cameo Kirby -Ann Playdell

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Cowboy Cop -Virginia Selby

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Danger Lights -Mary Ryan

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Diamond Jim -Jane Matthews

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Double Daring -Marie Wells

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Drug Store Cowboy -Jean

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Easy Come, Easy Go

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Easy Living -Mary Smith

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Ex-Bad Boy -Ethel Simmons

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Fast and Fearless -Mary Brown

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Flying Luck -The Girl

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Get That Venus

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Half Way to Heaven -Greta Nelson

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History is Made at Night -Irene Vail

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Horse Shoes -Miss Baker

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Husband Hunters -Letty Crane

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If You Could Only Cook -Joan Hawthorne

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Lightning Bill -Marie Denton

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More Than a Secretary -Carol Baldwin

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Sins of the Fathers -Mary Spengler

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Stairs of Sand -Ruth Hutt

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Street of Chance -Judith Marsden

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The Broken Gate -Ruth Hale

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The Canary Murder Case -Alice LaFosse

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The Defense Rests -Joan Hayes

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The Devil and Miss Jones -Mary Jones

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The Ex-Mrs. Bradford -Paula Bradford

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The Fighting Cheat -Ruth Wells

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The Fighting Smile -Rose Craddock

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The Gang Buster -Sylvia Martine

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The Greene Murder Case -Ada Greene

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The Impatient Years -Janie Anderson

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The Lawyer's Secret -Beatrice Stevens

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The Masked Menace

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The More the Merrier -Connie Milligan

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The Most Precious Thing in Life

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The Mysterious Doctor Fu Manchu -Lia Eltham

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The Past of Mary Holmes -Joan Hoyt

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The Plainsman -Calamity Jane

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The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu -Lila Eltham

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The Saturday Night Kid -Janie

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The Silver Horde -Mildred Wayland

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The Talk of the Town -Nora Shelley

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The Virtuous Husband -Barbara Olwell

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The Whole Town's Talking -Wilhelmina "Bill" Clark

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Too Many Husbands -Vicky Lowndes

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Travelin' Fast -Betty Conway

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Under Fire -Margaret Cranston

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Wallflowers

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Warming Up -Mary Post

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Whirlpool -Sandra Morrison

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Highlights

Took her stage name from her two heroes: Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc) and King Arthur.

Her 1928 marriage to photographer Julian Anker was annulled after one day because both families disapproved.

Frank Capra called her his favorite actress; they worked together in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, You Can't Take It With You and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

An animal lover, she was an advocate for animals used on-set and was arrested in 1973 for trespassing on a neighbor's property to come to the aid of a neglected dog.

Starred in the 1966 CBS sitcom The Jean Arthur Show, which lasted only 12 weeks.