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Birthdate: October 17, 1900
Death date: June 19, 1991
Jean Arthur
ACTOR RANKINGS:
CAREER SPAN
Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1920s
1.1170
37
1930s
3.5112
32
1940s
3.3294
8
1950s
2.1990
1
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: 
3.0970
3.0970
Jean Arthur Movie Rankings
1
3.4155Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed on a lark by the spineless governor of his state. He is reunited with the state's senior senator--presidential hopeful and childhood hero, Senator Joseph Paine. ...more about Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
DVD from $13.84
(16 sellers)
2
3.2254Ordinary man-in-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a very straightforward life. He's never late for work and nothing interesting ever happens to him. ...more about Whole Town's Talking
- Not Available on DVD
3
3.1609Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life - including playing the tuba in the town band. ...more about Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
DVD from $10.23
(13 sellers)
4
3.0284
Alice Sycamore has to introduce the family of her fiance, Tony Kirby, to her own family. The Kirby's are wealthy, stuffy family of great self- importance, while the Sycamore's are a collection of good-hearted lunatics. ...more about You Can't Take It with You
DVD from $15.34
(14 sellers)
5
3.0063
When the Holmes Woolen Mill burns down, political activist Leopold Dilg is jailed for arson (and murder; one man was lost). Escaping, Leopold hides out in the home of his childhood sweetheart Nora Shelley ... ...more about Talk of the Town
DVD from $15.34
(13 sellers)
6
2.9992
While waiting for her boat, Bonnie Lee stops at a small airport in South America. The pilots there deliver mail over a dangerous and usually foggy mountain pass. Geoff Carter, the lead flyer, seems distant and cold as Bonnie tries to get closer to him. ...more about Only Angels Have Wings
DVD from $10.23
(13 sellers)
7
2.9445
Shane rides into a conflict between cattleman Ryker and a bunch of settlers, like the Starretts, whose land Ryker wants. When Shane beats up Ryker's man Chris, Ryker tries to buy him. Then Shane and Joe take on the whole Ryker crew. ...more about Shane
DVD from $3.66
(12 sellers)
9
2.8483
It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. ...more about More the Merrier
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
DVD from $13.34
(12 sellers)
10
2.8270
Department store owner J.P. Merrick finds that several of his employees are unionizing to get more money and better working conditions. In order to find out who the organizers are, he gets a job at the store as a shoe salesman. ...more about Devil and Miss Jones
- Not Available on DVD
11
2.8108
Relations between Dr. 'Brad' Bradford and ex-wife Paula are surprisingly romantic. They divorced because Brad hated being dragged into murder mysteries, to which mystery writer Paula is addicted. ...more about Ex-Mrs. Bradford
- Not Available on DVD
12
2.6921
J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out the window, it lands on poor hard-working girl Mary Smith. ...more about Easy Living
- Not Available on DVD
13
2.6678
A congressional committee visits occupied Berlin to investigate G.I. morals. ...more about Foreign Affair
- Not Available on DVD
16
2.2419
Boyd Emerson loves the wealthy Mildred Wayland, but so does Boyd's unscrupulous rival in the Yukon salmon fisheries, Frederick Marsh. The two battle for Mildred's hand and for control of the thriving fishing business. ...more about Silver Horde
DVD from $5.14
(9 sellers)
18
1.7716
Wealthy shipowner Bruce Vail is insanely jealous of wife Irene, who divorces him for that reason. Vail schemes to get Irene in trouble with a hired gigolo; but passerby Paul Dumond rescues her, and Paul and Irene fall in love. ...more about History Is Made at Night
- Not Available on DVD
19
Joel McCrea plays a hotshot reporter who thinks he knows everything and Jean Arthur plays an actress who puts one over on him. ...more about Adventure in Manhattan
- Not Available on DVD
20
Phoebe Titus is a tough, swaggering pioneer woman, but her ways become decidedly more feminine when she falls for California bound Peter Muncie. ...more about Arizona
- Not Available on DVD
27
Wrongfully blamed for the death of Col. John Randall, Cameo Kirby (Gilbert) must find the true villain and clear his name before he can declare his love for Adele (Olmstead), the dead man's daughter. ...more about Cameo Kirby
- Not Available on DVD
28
A beautiful showgirl, name "the Canary" is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and with that she ends up dead. But who killed "the Canary". All the suspects knew and were used by her and everyone had a motive to see her dead. ...more about Canary Murder Case
- Not Available on DVD
48
Auto magnate James Buchanan has a fiancée who doesn't love him and a board of directors who won't listen to him. ...more about If You Could Only Cook
- Not Available on DVD
49
Standing before a divorce court judge (Edgar Buchanan) are Sergeant Andy Anderson (Lee Bowman) and Janie Anderson (Jean Arthur) asking him to dissolve their marriage. ...more about Impatient Years
- Not Available on DVD
62
Jayme and sister Janie are salesgirls in Ginsberg's Department Store. Mayme is in love with store clerk Bill, but Janie tries to steal him from her. Hazel, another salesgirl, is Jean Harlow's first credited role. ...more about Saturday Night Kid
- Not Available on DVD
64
A married restaurant owner is persuaded to become a bootlegger by a beautiful young girl. When he starts making money at it, she steals it, then runs off with another man. His wife finds out what happened. Complications ensue. ...more about Sins of the Fathers
- Not Available on DVD
70
It's been a year since Bill Cardew was declared dead by drowning, and his widow Vicky is now married to his old friend and business partner, Henry Lowndes. ...more about Too Many Husbands
- Not Available on DVD
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