This is the filmography of Jean Arthur (October 17, 1900 – June 19, 1991), including her television work. __TOC__
Film Year Title Role Notes1923 Cameo Kirby Ann Playdell Somebody Lied Short subject Spring Fever Short subject1924 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 Conway1925 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 Burroughs1926 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 Ryan1927 Winners of the Wilderness Bit Role Uncredited role Husband HuntersLettie 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 Girl1928 Wallflowers Sandra Easy Come, Easy Go Lost film Warming Up Mary PostFirst sound feature for Paramount PicturesLost film Brotherly Love Mary Sins of the Fathers Mary Spengler1929 The Canary Murder Case Alice LaFosse Stairs of Sand Ruth Hutt Lia Eltham The Greene Murder Case Ada Greene Janie Alternative title: Love 'Em and Leave 'Em Half Way to Heaven Greta Nelson1930 Street of Chance Judith Marsden Young Eagles Mary Gordon Paramount on Parade Sweetheart (Dream Girl/In a Hospital) Lia Eltham Danger Lights Mary Ryan Mildred Wayland1931 The Gang Buster Sylvia Martine The Virtuous Husband Barbara Olwell The Lawyer's Secret Beatrice Stevens Ex-Bad Boy Ethel Simmons1933 The Past of Mary Holmes Joan Hoyt Get That Venus Margaret Rendleby1934 Whirlpool Sandra Morrison The Most Precious Thing in Life Ellen Holmes, aka Biddy, Babe The Defense Rests Joan Hayes1935 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 Cassie Nicholls If You Could Only Cook Joan Hawthorne1936 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Louise "Babe" Bennett/Mary Dawson Paula Bradford Adventure in Manhattan Claire Peyton Alternative title: Manhattan Madness Calamity Jane More Than a Secretary Carol Baldwin1937 History Is Made at Night Irene Vail Easy Living Mary Smith 1938 You Can't Take It with You Alice Sycamore1939 Only Angels Have Wings Bonnie Lee Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Clarissa Saunders1940 Too Many Husbands Vicky Lowndes Alternative title: My Two Husbands Arizona Phoebe Titus 1941 Mary Jones 1942 Miss Nora Shelley1943 Constance "Connie" Milligan Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress Molly J. Truesdale Alternative title: The Cowboy and the Girl 1944 Janie Anderson 1948 Congresswoman Phoebe Frost 1953 Shane Marian Starrett
Television Year Title Role Notes 1965 Gunsmoke Julie Blane 1 episode 1966 Patricia Marshall 11 episodes
References
Oller, John. Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody Knew. New York: Limelight Editions, 1997. .
Turner Classic Movies "Star of the Month" Profile