Jean Arthur: movies and TV shows
Jean Arthur has 106 credits in the archive: 104 films and 2 TV series, from 1923 to 2017. Highest rated: The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1923 – 2017 · busiest year: 1926 (13 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Becoming Cary Grant | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.7 | 116 |
| 2008 | Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 107 |
| 2001 | Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 100 |
| 1999 | Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl | Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) (archive footage) | Film | 8.3 | 98 |
| 1998 | Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 97 |
| 1988 | The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.2 | 87 |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 83 |
| 1966 | The Jean Arthur Show | TV | 7.5 | 65 | |
| 1961 | Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Self - Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 4.4 | 60 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Julie Blane | TV | 6.7 | 54 |
| 1953 | Shane | Marian Starrett | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1953 | Yesterday and Today | (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1948 | A Foreign Affair | Congresswoman Phoebe Frost | Film | 7.1 | 47 |
| 1944 | The Impatient Years | Janie Anderson | Film | 6.4 | 43 |
| 1943 | The More the Merrier | Constance Milligan | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1943 | A Lady Takes a Chance | Molly J. Truesdale | Film | 5.8 | 42 |
| 1942 | The Talk of the Town | Nora Shelley | Film | 7.3 | 41 |
| 1941 | The Devil and Miss Jones | Mary Jones | Film | 7.7 | 40 |
| 1940 | Arizona | Phoebe Titus | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1940 | Too Many Husbands | Vicky Lowndes | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Clarissa Saunders | Film | 7.8 | 38 |
| 1939 | Only Angels Have Wings | Bonnie Lee | Film | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1939 | Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 | Self | Film | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Alice Sycamore | Film | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1938 | Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12 | Jean Arthur | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1937 | History Is Made at Night | Irene Vail | Film | 6.6 | 36 |
| 1937 | Easy Living | Mary Smith | Film | 7.2 | 36 |
| 1936 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Babe Bennett | Film | 7.5 | 35 |
| 1936 | The Plainsman | Calamity Jane | Film | 6.5 | 35 |
| 1936 | The Ex-Mrs. Bradford | Paula Bradford | Film | 6.3 | 35 |
| 1936 | More Than a Secretary | Carol Baldwin | Film | 6.5 | 35 |
| 1936 | Adventure in Manhattan | Claire Peyton | Film | 6.1 | 35 |
| 1936 | Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) | Self | Film | 6.0 | 35 |
| 1935 | If You Could Only Cook | Joan Hawthorne | Film | 7.5 | 34 |
| 1935 | The Whole Town's Talking | Wilhelmina 'Bill' Clark | Film | 6.9 | 34 |
| 1935 | Public Hero Number 1 | Maria Theresa 'Terry' O'Reilly | Film | 6.3 | 34 |
| 1935 | Diamond Jim | Jane Matthews / Emma | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1935 | Party Wire | Marge Oliver | Film | 8.3 | 34 |
| 1935 | The Public Menace | Cassie Nicholls | Film | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1934 | Whirlpool | Sandy | Film | 6.4 | 33 |
| 1934 | Most Precious Thing in Life | Ellen Holmes, aka Biddy, Babe | Film | 5.8 | 33 |
| 1934 | The Defense Rests | Joan Hayes | Film | 7.1 | 33 |
| 1933 | Get That Venus | Margaret Rendleby | Film | 7.5 | 32 |
| 1933 | The Past of Mary Holmes | Joan Hoyt | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1931 | Virtuous Husband | Barbara Olwell | Film | 8.0 | 30 |
| 1931 | Ex-Bad Boy | Ethel Simmons | Film | 8.0 | 30 |
| 1931 | The Lawyer's Secret | Beatrice Stevens | Film | 6.2 | 30 |
| 1931 | Danger Lights | Mary Ryan | Film | 6.1 | 30 |
| 1931 | The Gang Buster | Sylvia Martine | Film | 6.2 | 30 |
| 1930 | Paramount on Parade | Dream Girl | Film | 6.1 | 29 |
| 1930 | Street of Chance | Judith Marsden | Film | 6.8 | 29 |
| 1930 | The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu | Lia Eltham | Film | 5.3 | 29 |
| 1930 | The Silver Horde | Mildred Wayland | Film | 5.5 | 29 |
| 1930 | Young Eagles | Mary Gordon | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1929 | The Greene Murder Case | Ada Greene | Film | 6.0 | 28 |
| 1929 | The Canary Murder Case | Alice LaFosse | Film | 5.7 | 28 |
| 1929 | The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu | Lia Eltham | Film | 6.0 | 28 |
| 1929 | The Saturday Night Kid | Janie Barry | Film | 4.7 | 28 |
| 1929 | Stairs of Sand | Ruth Hutt | Film | — | 28 |
| 1929 | Half Way to Heaven | Greta Nelson | Film | 6.0 | 28 |
| 1928 | Brotherly Love | Mary | Film | 8.0 | 27 |
| 1928 | Warming Up | Mary Post | Film | 9.0 | 27 |
| 1928 | Sins of the Fathers | Mary Spengler | Film | 8.0 | 27 |
| 1928 | Wallflowers | Sandra | Film | 10.0 | 27 |
| 1927 | Hello Lafayette | Film | 7.0 | 26 | |
| 1927 | Horse Shoes | Miss Baker | Film | 9.0 | 26 |
| 1927 | Bigger and Better Blondes | Ramona | Film | 8.0 | 26 |
| 1927 | The Masked Menace | Faith Newton | Film | 10.0 | 26 |
| 1927 | Husband Hunters | Lettie Crane | Film | 4.0 | 26 |
| 1927 | Winners Of The Wilderness | Bit Role (uncredited) | Film | 7.7 | 26 |
| 1927 | Flying Luck | The Girl | Film | 9.0 | 26 |
| 1927 | The Poor Nut | Margie Blake | Film | 10.0 | 26 |
| 1927 | The Broken Gate | Ruth Hale | Film | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1926 | Double Daring | Marie Wells | Film | 10.0 | 25 |
| 1926 | Twisted Triggers | Ruth Regan | Film | 8.0 | 25 |
| 1926 | Ridin' Rivals | Ruth Burroghs | Film | 10.0 | 25 |
| 1926 | The Cowboy Cop | Virginia Selby | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1926 | The Mad Racer | Film | 8.0 | 25 | |
| 1926 | The College Boob | Angela Boothby | Film | 9.5 | 25 |
| 1926 | The Block Signal | Grace Ryan | Film | 9.0 | 25 |
| 1926 | The Fighting Cheat | Ruth Wells | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1926 | The Roaring Rider | Mary Watkins | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1926 | Born to Battle | Eunice Morgan | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1926 | Lightning Bill | Marie Denton | Film | 9.0 | 25 |
| 1926 | Under Fire | Margaret Cranston | Film | 10.0 | 25 |
| 1926 | Eight-Cylinder Bull | Film | 9.0 | 25 | |
| 1925 | Seven Chances | Miss Smith the Country Club Receptionist (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 24 |
| 1925 | Thundering Through | Ruth Burroughs | Film | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1925 | The Iron Horse | Reporter (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 24 |
| 1925 | The Drug Store Cowboy | Jean | Film | 10.0 | 24 |
| 1925 | The Fighting Smile | Rose Craddock | Film | 8.0 | 24 |
| 1925 | The Hurricane Horseman | June Mathews | Film | 8.0 | 24 |
| 1925 | Tearin' Loose | Sally Harris | Film | 9.0 | 24 |
| 1925 | A Man of Nerve | Loria Gatlin | Film | 8.0 | 24 |
| 1924 | Thundering Romance | Mary Watkins | Film | 7.0 | 23 |
| 1924 | Case Dismissed | Jean | Film | 7.0 | 23 |
| 1924 | Travelin' Fast | Betty Conway | Film | 10.0 | 23 |
| 1924 | Wine of Youth | Flapper | Film | 8.3 | 23 |
| 1924 | Bringin' Home the Bacon | Nancy Norton | Film | 8.0 | 23 |
| 1924 | Fast and Fearless | Mary Brown | Film | 7.0 | 23 |
| 1924 | The Powerful Eye | Dud's Sweetheart | Film | 10.0 | 23 |
| 1924 | Biff Bang Buddy | Bonnie Norton | Film | 10.0 | 23 |
| 1923 | Somebody Lied | Film | 10.0 | 22 | |
| 1923 | Cameo Kirby | Ann Playdell | Film | 6.0 | 22 |
| 1923 | Monks a la mode | Madame Maxine | Film | — | 22 |
| 1923 | Spring Fever | Film | 9.0 | 22 |