Jean Arthur filmography

This is the filmography of Jean Arthur (October 17, 1900 – June 19, 1991), including her television work.

Eric Linden and Jean Arthur in The Past of Mary Holmes (1933)
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1923 Cameo Kirby Ann Playdell
Somebody Lied Short subject
Spring Fever Short subject
1924 Case Dismissed Short subject
The Powerful Eye Short subject
Wine of Youth Automobile Reveler Uncredited role
The Iron Horse Reporter Uncredited role
Fast and Fearless Mary Brown Incomplete
Biff Bang Buddy Bonnie Norton
Bringin' Home the Bacon Nancy Norton
Thundering Romance Mary Watkins
Travelin' Fast Betty Conway
1925 Seven Chances Receptionist "Miss Smith" at country club Uncredited role
The Drug Store Cowboy Jean
The Fighting Smile Rose Craddock
Tearin' Loose Sally Harris
A Man of Nerve Loria Gatlin
The Hurricane Horseman June Mathews
Thundering Through Ruth Burroughs
1926 Under Fire Margaret Cranston
The Roaring Rider Mary Watkins as Miss Jean Arthur
Born to Battle Eunice Morgan
The Fighting Cheat Ruth Wells
Eight-Cylinder Bull Short subject
The Mad Racer Short subject
Double Daring Marie Wells
Lightning Bill Marie Denton
Twisted Triggers Ruth Regan
The Cowboy Cop Virginia Selby
The College Boob Angela Boothby
The Block Signal Grace Ryan
1927 Winners of the Wilderness Bit Role Uncredited role
Husband Hunters Lettie Crane
Hello Lafayette Short subject
The Broken Gate Ruth Hale Lost film
Horse Shoes Miss Baker
Bigger and Better Blondes Short subject
The Poor Nut Margie Blake
The Masked Menace Faith Lost film
Flying Luck The Girl
1928 Wallflowers Sandra
Easy Come, Easy Go Lost film
Warming Up Mary Post First sound feature for Paramount Pictures
Lost film
Brotherly Love Mary
Sins of the Fathers Mary Spengler
1929 The Canary Murder Case Alice LaFosse
Stairs of Sand Ruth Hutt
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu Lia Eltham
The Greene Murder Case Ada Greene
The Saturday Night Kid Janie Alternative title: Love 'Em and Leave 'Em
Half Way to Heaven Greta Nelson
1930 Street of Chance Judith Marsden
Young Eagles Mary Gordon
Paramount on Parade Sweetheart (Dream Girl/In a Hospital)
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu Lia Eltham
Danger Lights Mary Ryan
The Silver Horde Mildred Wayland
1931 The Gang Buster Sylvia Martine
The Virtuous Husband Barbara Olwell
The Lawyer's Secret Beatrice Stevens
Ex-Bad Boy Ethel Simmons
1933 The Past of Mary Holmes Joan Hoyt
Get That Venus Margaret Rendleby
1934 Whirlpool Sandra Morrison
The Most Precious Thing in Life Ellen Holmes, aka Biddy, Babe
The Defense Rests Joan Hayes
1935 The Whole Town's Talking Wilhelmina Clark Alternative title: Passport to Fame
Party Wire Marge Oliver
Public Hero No. 1 Maria Theresa "Terry" O'Reilly
Diamond Jim Jane Matthews/Emma
The Public Menace Cassie Nicholls
If You Could Only Cook Joan Hawthorne
1936 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Louise "Babe" Bennett/Mary Dawson
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford Paula Bradford
Adventure in Manhattan Claire Peyton Alternative title: Manhattan Madness
The Plainsman Calamity Jane
More Than a Secretary Carol Baldwin
1937 History Is Made at Night Irene Vail
Easy Living Mary Smith
1938 You Can't Take It with You Alice Sycamore
1939 Only Angels Have Wings Bonnie Lee
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Clarissa Saunders
1940 Too Many Husbands Vicky Lowndes Alternative title: My Two Husbands
Arizona Phoebe Titus
1941 The Devil and Miss Jones Mary Jones
1942 The Talk of the Town Miss Nora Shelley
1943 The More the Merrier Constance "Connie" Milligan Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress
A Lady Takes a Chance Molly J. Truesdale Alternative title: The Cowboy and the Girl
1944 The Impatient Years Janie Anderson
1948 A Foreign Affair Congresswoman Phoebe Frost
1953 Shane Marian Starrett
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1965 Gunsmoke Julie Blane 1 episode
1966 The Jean Arthur Show Patricia Marshall 11 episodes

References

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  • Oller, John. Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody Knew. New York: Limelight Editions, 1997. ISBN 0-87910-278-0.
  • Jean Arthur filmography at IMDb
  • Jean Arthur filmography at the Internet Broadway Database
  • Jean Arthur filmography at AllMovie
  • Turner Classic Movies "Star of the Month" Profile