RECENT CREDITS
Shane (FILM)  Apr. 1, 1953
A Foreign Affair (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1948
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1939
Only Angels Have Wings (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1939
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HIGHLIGHTS
1985 Appeared as herself in the feature documentary, "George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey"
1966 Starred as a lawyer on short-lived TV series, "The Jean Arthur Show"
1953 Again returned to films to star in her last, George Stevens' western "Shane", opposite Van Heflin and Alan Ladd
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey  1985 -Herself
Actor
Film


The Jean Arthur Show  1966 -Patricia Marshall;
Actor
TV


Shane  1953 -Marian Starrett
Actor
Film


A Foreign Affair  1948 -Phoebe Frost
Actor
Film


Mr. Smith Goes to Washington  1939
Actor
Film


Only Angels Have Wings  1939 -Bonnie Lee
Actor
Film


You Can't Take It With You  1938 -Alice Sycamore
Actor
Film


Mr. Deeds Goes to Town  1936
Actor
Film


A Lady Takes a Chance  
Actor
Film


Easy Living   -Mary Smith
Actor
Film


The Devil and Miss Jones  
Actor
Film


The Plainsman   -Calamity Jane
Actor
Film




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Highlights

1985 Appeared as herself in the feature documentary, "George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey"
1966 Starred as a lawyer on short-lived TV series, "The Jean Arthur Show"
1953 Again returned to films to star in her last, George Stevens' western "Shane", opposite Van Heflin and Alan Ladd
1950 Returned to Broadway in Leonard Bernstein's "Peter Pan"
1948 Returned to films to play a starring role opposite Marlene Dietrich and John Lund in Billy Wilder's "A Foreign Affair"
1944 Last film for four years, "The Impatient Years"
1942 First film with director George Stevens, "The Talk of the Town"
1939 Last film with Capra, "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"
1934 Signed with Columbia Pictures and re-launched career
1932 - 1934 Dissatisfied with Hollywood career, returned to NY stage
1928 First leading film role in "Warming Up"
1923 Screen debut in short, "Somebody Lied"
1923 Feature film debut in John Ford's "Cameo Kirby"
Quit school to become a model which led to minor roles in the New York theater
Achieved full-fledged star status with roles in "The Whole Town's Talking" (1935), "If You Could Only Cook" (1935), "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" (1936), the latter her first of three films with director F
Taught drama at Vassar and North Carolina School of the Arts from the late 1960s to 1973


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