Most Recent Role: Herself on The Merv Griffin Show
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Plattsburg, New York
Birthday: 10-17-1900
Birth Name: Gladys Georgianna Greene
Date of Death: 6-19-1991
Cause of Death: heart failure
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Plattsburg, New York
Birthday: 10-17-1900
Birth Name: Gladys Georgianna Greene
Date of Death: 6-19-1991
Cause of Death: heart failure
Jean Arthur's film career started during the silent era, but playing mostly in film shorts and westerns. It was the talkies that made her star when her unique speaking voice gave her a chance to become a comedy star. Making many now classic films through 2 decades in film. Her last film wouldn't even be a comedy, but a western called "Shane." She died on June 19, 1991.
Most Recent Appearance
July 9, 1974
Tuesday 9 July 1974 on Syndicated
Hollywood's glamour days are remembered by Merv's guests director Frank Capra, Jean Arthur, columnist Sidney Skolsky, Richard Arlen and restauranteur Herman Hover.
Jean was personally wanted by Columbia Pictures president Harry Cohn after Rita Hayworth turned down the role of Billy Dawn in Born Yesterday (1950) but Jean was unavailable. The part went to Judy Holliday, who had taken the same role when Jean dropped out of playing it on Broadway, and continued with it for 4 years.
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Jean turned down director Howard Hawks offer to star in His Girl Friday (1940) and the part went to Rosalind Russell.
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Jean was removed from what would have been her first starring role in Temple Of Venus (1923) only a few days after it started shooting.
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Jean tried reviving her stage career by appearing in the play, "The Freaking Out Of Stephanie Blake," on November 2, 1967. The play was a disaster, with many of the stagehands affected by smoking marijuana, malfunctioning stage props including one that almost fell on her head, and Jean suffering a stress attack that led her to get on her hands and knees and beg the audience to let her go home, at which point the curtain was pulled and the play stopped.
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Jean appeared on the cover of the August 1942 issue of Movie Story magazine with Cary Grant.
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Other Appearances
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The Jean Arthur Show
Patricia Marshall |
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Gunsmoke
Thursday's Child Julie Blane |
The Merv Griffin Show
July 9, 1974 Herself |
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The Merv Griffin Show
August 14, 1973 Herself |
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