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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|6|19|1900|10|17|mf=yes}}
| death_place = [[Carmel-by-the-Sea, California]], U.S.
| known_for = {{hlist|[[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]]|[[The More the Merrier]]|[[You Can't Take It with You (film)|You Can't Take It with You]]|[[Mr. Deeds Goes to Town]]}}
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1923–1975
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'''Jean Arthur''' (born '''Gladys Georgianna Greene'''; October 17, 1900 – June 19, 1991)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Arthur|title=Jean Arthur {{!}} American actress|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2017-10-22|language=en|archive-date=2017-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022200126/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Arthur|url-status=live}}</ref> was an American Broadway and film actress whose career began in [[silent film]]s in the early 1920s and lasted until the early 1950s.
Arthur had feature roles in three [[Frank Capra]] films: ''[[Mr. Deeds Goes to Town]]'' (1936) with [[Gary Cooper]], ''[[You Can't Take It with You (film)|You Can't Take It with You]]'' (1938) co-starring [[James Stewart]], and ''[[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]]'' (1939), also starring Stewart. These three films all championed the "everyday heroine", personified by Arthur. She also co-starred with [[Cary Grant]] in the adventure-drama ''[[Only Angels Have Wings]]'' (1939) and in the comedy-drama ''[[The Talk of the Town (1942 film)|The Talk of the Town]]'' (1942). She starred as the lead in the acclaimed and highly successful comedy films ''[[The Devil and Miss Jones]]'' (1941) and ''[[A Foreign Affair]]'' (1948), the latter of which she starred alongside [[Marlene Dietrich]]. Arthur was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] in 1944 for her performance in ''[[The More the Merrier]]'' (1943), a comedy which also starred [[Joel McCrea]].<ref name="oscars1944">{{cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1944 |title=The 16th Academy Awards |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715164124/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1944 |archive-date=15 July 2015 |access-date=15 July 2015 }}</ref>
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James Harvey wrote in his history of the romantic comedy: "No one was more closely identified with the [[screwball comedy]] than Jean Arthur. So much was she part of it, so much was her star personality defined by it, that the screwball style itself seems almost unimaginable without her."<ref>Harvey 1987, p. 351.</ref> She has been called "the quintessential comedic leading lady".<ref>[[Robert Osborne|Osborne, Robert]]. "Dedication at 17-film salute to Jean Arthur". [[Turner Classic Movies]] (broadcast), January 2007.</ref> Her last film performance was non-comedic, playing the homesteader's wife in [[George Stevens]]'s ''[[Shane (film)|Shane]]'' in 1953.
Like [[Greta Garbo]], Arthur was well known in Hollywood for her aversion to publicity; she was very guarded about her privacy and rarely signed autographs or granted interviews. ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' observed in a 1940 article: "Next to Garbo, Jean Arthur is Hollywood's reigning mystery woman."<ref>Oller 1997, p. 1.</ref> As well as recoiling from interviews, after a certain age, she avoided photographers and refused to become a part of any kind of publicity.<ref>Oller 1997, p. 2.</ref>
==Early life==
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Johanna and Hubert were married in [[Billings, Montana]], on July 7, 1890. Gladys's three older brothers—Donald Hubert Greene, Robert Brazier Greene, and Albert Sidney Greene<ref>1900 US Census, Plattsburgh, New York; and 1910 US Census, Cumberland, Maine.</ref>—were born in the West. Around 1897, Hubert moved his wife and three sons from Billings to Plattsburgh, so he could work as a photographer at the Woodward Studios on Clinton Street. Johanna gave birth to stillborn twins on April 1, 1898.
Two and a half years later, Johanna gave birth to Gladys. The product of a nomadic childhood, the future Jean Arthur lived at times in [[Saranac Lake, New York]]; [[Jacksonville, Florida]], where George Woodward, Hubert's Plattsburgh employer, opened a second studio; and [[Schenectady, New York]], where Hubert had grown up and where several members of his family still lived. The Greenes lived on and off in [[Westbrook, Maine]], from 1908 to 1915, while Gladys's father worked at Lamson Studios in [[Portland, Maine|Portland]]. Relocating in 1915 to New York City, the family settled in the [[Washington Heights, Manhattan|Washington Heights]] neighborhood – at 573 West 159th Street – of upper [[Manhattan]], and Hubert worked at Ira L. Hill's photographic studio on Fifth Avenue.
Gladys dropped out of high school in her junior year due to a "change in family circumstances".<ref name="Oller 1997, p. 34">Oller 1997, p. 34.</ref> Presaging many of her later film roles, she worked as a stenographer on Bond Street in lower Manhattan during and after [[World War I]]. Both her father (at age 55, claiming to be 45) and siblings registered for the draft. Her brother Albert died in 1926 as a result of respiratory injuries suffered during a mustard gas attack during World War I.
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{{quote box|bgcolor=#CCDDFF|align=right|width=25%|quote=It would have been better business if I cried in front of the producers. It isn't a bad idea to get angry and chew up the scenery. I've had to learn to be a different person since I've been out here. Anybody that sticks it out in Hollywood for four years is bound to change in self-defense... Oh, I'm hard-boiled now. I don't expect anything. But it took me a long time to get over hoping, and believing, people's promises. That's the worst of this business, everyone is such a good promisor.<ref>Oller 1997, p. 46.</ref>|source=—Arthur commenting on her unsuccessful film career in 1928.}}
Change came when one day she showed up at the lot of Action Pictures, which produced [[B movie|B Westerns]], and impressed its owner, Lester F. Scott, Jr., with her presence. He decided to take a chance on a complete unknown, and she was cast in over 20 Westerns in a two-year period. Only receiving $25 a picture, Arthur suffered from difficult working conditions: "The films were generally shot on location, often in the desert near Los Angeles, under a scorching sun that caused throats to parch and make-up to run. Running water was nowhere to be found, and even outhouses were a luxury not always present. The extras on these films were often real cowboys, tough men who were used to roughing it and who had little use for those who were not."<ref>Oller 1997, p. 43.</ref> The films were moderately successful in second-rate Midwestern theaters, though Arthur received no official attention. Aside from appearing in films for Action Pictures between 1924 and 1926, she worked in some independent Westerns, including ''The Drug Store Cowboy'' (1925), and Westerns for [[Poverty Row]], as well as having an uncredited bit part in [[Buster Keaton]]'s ''[[Seven Chances]]'' (1925) as the receptionist.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/seven-chances/cast/2000278818/ |title=Seven Chances - Full Cast & Crew |magazine=[[TV Guide]] |access-date=2022-11-06 |archive-date=2022-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106100725/https://www.tvguide.com/movies/seven-chances/cast/2000278818/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 1927, Arthur attracted more attention when she appeared opposite [[Mae Busch]] and [[Charles Delaney]] as a gold-digging chorus girl in ''[[Husband Hunters]]''. Subsequently, she was romanced by actor [[Monty Banks]] in ''Horse Shoes'' (1927), both a commercial and critical success. She was cast on Banks's insistence, and received a salary of $700.<ref>Oller 1997, p. 45.</ref> Next, director [[Richard Wallace (director)|Richard Wallace]] ignored Fox's wishes to cast a more experienced actress by assigning Arthur to the female lead in ''[[The Poor Nut]]'' (1927), a college comedy, which gave her wide exposure to audiences. A reviewer for ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' did not spare the actress in his review:
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Through Selznick, Arthur received her "best role to date" opposite famous sex symbol [[Clara Bow]] in the early sound film ''[[The Saturday Night Kid]]'' (1929).<ref>Oller 1997, p. 60.</ref> Of the two female leads, Arthur was thought to have "the better part", and director Edward Sutherland claimed, "Arthur was so good that we had to cut and cut to keep her from stealing the picture" from Bow.<ref name="runninwild">Stenn 1988, p. 178.</ref> While some argued that Bow resented Arthur for having the "better part,"<ref name="sixtyone">Oller 1997, p. 61.</ref> Bow encouraged Arthur to make the most of the production.<ref name="runninwild"/> Arthur later praised her working experience with Bow: "[Bow] was so generous, no snootiness or anything. She was wonderful to me."<ref>Stenn 1988, p. 179.</ref> The film was a moderate success, and ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote that the film would have been "merely commonplace, were it not for Jean Arthur, who plays the catty sister with a great deal of skill."<ref name="sixtyone"/>
Following a role in ''
===Broadway===
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During production of her first Columbia feature, she was offered a long-term contract that promised financial stability for herself and both of her parents.<ref name="seventythree" /> Though hesitant to give up her stage career, Arthur signed the five-year contract on February 14, 1934.<ref name="Oller 1997, p. 34"/>
Jean Arthur's first two features for Columbia starred the studio's number-one boxoffice draw, the action star [[Jack Holt (actor)|Jack Holt]]. Holt had a loyal following among fans and exhibitors, and Columbia's president [[Harry Cohn]] knew that Arthur would benefit from the exposure, and from working with screen veteran Holt. ''[[Whirlpool (1934 film)|Whirlpool]]'' cast tough-guy Holt as a once-convicted gambler reunited with the daughter he has never seen. Arthur played the daughter with sincerity and sympathy, while Holt displayed a tenderness and compassion never before seen in his two-fisted melodramas. ''The Hollywood Reporter'' observed, "Particularly touching and well done are [Holt's] scenes with his daughter. He is given splendid assistance by Jean Arthur, and by the director, [[Roy William
Holt and Arthur were teamed a few months later for a follow-up, ''[[The Defense Rests]]'' (1934); Arthur, fresh out of law school, wants to work for celebrated criminal lawyer Holt, and soon learns the inside story of Holt's success.
Arthur's success in the Holt pictures had a salutary effect on the actress's outlook, according to ''Picture Play'':
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In 1935, at age 34, Arthur starred opposite [[Edward G. Robinson]] in the gangster farce ''[[The Whole Town's Talking]]'', also directed by Ford, and her popularity began to rise. It was the first time Arthur portrayed a hard-boiled working girl with a heart of gold, the type of role with which she would be associated for the rest of her career.<ref>Oller 1997, p. 81.</ref> She enjoyed the acting experience and working opposite Robinson, who remarked in his biography that it was a "delight to work with and know" Arthur.<ref name="eightytwo">Oller 1997, p. 82.</ref> By the time of the film's release, her hair, naturally brunette throughout the silent-film portion of her career, was bleached blonde and mostly stayed that way. She was known for maneuvering to be photographed and filmed almost exclusively from the left; Arthur felt that her left was her better side, and worked hard to keep it in the fore. Director [[Frank Capra]] recalled producer [[Harry Cohn]]'s description of Jean Arthur's imbalanced profile: "half of it's angel, and the other half horse."<ref name="Capra p. 184">Capra 1971, p. 184.</ref>
Her next few films, ''[[Party Wire]]'' (1935), ''[[Public Hero No. 1]]'' (1935), and ''[[If You Could Only Cook]]'' (1935), did not match the success of ''The Whole Town's Talking'', but they all brought the actress positive reviews.<ref name="eightytwo" /> In his review for ''The New York Times'', critic Andre Sennwald praised Arthur's performance in ''Public Hero No. 1'', writing that she "is as refreshing a change from the routine it-girl as [[Joseph Calleia]] is in his own department."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2383/Public-Hero-No-1/articles.html |title=Read TCM's article on Public Hero No. 1 |access-date=2012-11-16 |work=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |archive-date=2013-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526164703/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2383/Public-Hero-No-1/articles.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Another critic wrote of her performance in ''If You Could Only Cook'' that "[she is] outstanding as she effortlessly slips from charming comedienne to beautiful romantic."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/78966/If-You-Could-Only-Cook/articles.html |title=Read TCM's article on If You Could Only Cook |access-date=2012-11-16 |work=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |archive-date=2012-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121204033556/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/78966/If-You-Could-Only-Cook/articles.html |url-status=live }}</ref> With her now apparent rise to fame, Arthur was able to extract several contractual concessions from Harry Cohn, such as script and director approval and the right to make films for other studios.<ref>Oller 1997, p. 83.</ref>
[[File:Gary Cooper in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town trailer.JPG|thumb|With [[Gary Cooper]] in ''[[Mr. Deeds Goes to Town]]'' (1936)]]
The turning point in Arthur's career came when she was chosen by Frank Capra to star in ''[[Mr. Deeds Goes to Town]]'' (1936). Capra had spotted her in a daily rush<ref name="Capra p. 184"/> from the film ''Whirlpool'' in 1934<ref>Oller 1997, p. 84.</ref> and convinced Cohn to have [[Columbia Studios]] sign her for his next film, as a tough newspaperwoman who falls in love with a country bumpkin millionaire. Though several colleagues later recalled that Arthur was troubled by extreme stage fright during production, ''Mr. Deeds'' was critically acclaimed and propelled her to international stardom.<ref>Oller 1997, p. 85-86.</ref> In 1936 alone, she earned $119,000, more than the President of the United States and baseball star [[Lou Gehrig]] ''combined''.<ref>Oller 1997, p. 89.</ref><ref>[https://www.presidentsusa.net/presidentsalaryhistory.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212002847/https://www.presidentsusa.net/presidentsalaryhistory.html |date=2022-02-12 }} Salary History of the United States President, $75,000 in 1936.</ref><ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gehrilo01.shtml] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203165058/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gehrilo01.shtml |date=2010-12-03 }} Lou Gehrig salaries at baseball-reference.com. $36,000 in 1936.</ref>
With fame also came media attention, something Arthur greatly disliked. She did not attend any social gatherings, such as formal parties in Hollywood, and acted difficult when having to work with an interviewer. She was named the American Greta Garbo – who was also known for her reclusive life – and magazine ''Movie Classic'' wrote of her in 1937: "With Garbo talking right out loud in interviews, receiving the press and even welcoming an occasional chance to say her say in the public prints, the palm for elusiveness among screen stars now goes to Jean Arthur."<ref>Oller 1997, p. 92.</ref>
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[[File:Leopold Dilg and Nora Shelley.jpg|thumb|With [[Cary Grant]] in ''[[The Talk of the Town (1942 film)|The Talk of the Town]]'' (1942)]]
[[File:A Lady Takes a Chance (1943) 1.jpg|thumb|right|With [[John Wayne]] in ''[[A Lady Takes a Chance]]'' (1943)]]
Arthur's next film was ''[[The Ex-Mrs. Bradford]]'' (1936), on loan to [[RKO Pictures]], in which she starred opposite William Powell on his insistence,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2551/The-Ex-Mrs-Bradford/notes.html |title=Notes for The Ex-Mrs. Bradford |access-date=2012-11-19 |work=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |archive-date=2013-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526173832/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2551/The-Ex-Mrs-Bradford/notes.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and hoped to take a long vacation afterwards. Cohn, however, rushed her into two more productions, ''[[Adventure in Manhattan]]'' (1936) and ''[[More Than a Secretary]]'' (1936). Neither film attracted much attention.<ref name="ninetythree">Oller 1997, p. 93.</ref>
Next, again without pause, she was reteamed with Cooper, playing [[Calamity Jane]] in [[Cecil B. DeMille]]'s ''[[The Plainsman]]'' (1936) on another loan, this time for Paramount Pictures. Arthur, who was De Mille's second choice after [[Mae West]], described Calamity Jane as her favorite role thus far.<ref name="ninetythree" />
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==Later career and retirements==
[[Image:Jean Arthur in Shane.jpg|right|thumb|With [[Alan Ladd]] in ''[[Shane (film)|Shane]]'' (1953)]]
Arthur
Arthur's postretirement work in theater was intermittent, somewhat curtailed by her unease and discomfort about working in public.<ref>[http://tcmdb.com/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=6045 "TCM Movie Database: Jean Arthur."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930235833/http://tcmdb.com/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=6045 |date=2007-09-30 }} ''Tcmdb.com,'' August 14, 2010.</ref> Capra claimed she vomited in her dressing room between scenes, yet emerged each time to perform a flawless take. According to John Oller's biography, ''Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody Knew'' (1997), Arthur developed a kind of [[stage fright]] punctuated with bouts of [[psychosomatic illness]]es. A prime example was in 1945, when she was cast in the lead of the [[Garson Kanin]] play ''[[Born Yesterday (play)|Born Yesterday]]''. Her nerves and insecurity got the better of her and she left the production before it reached Broadway, opening the door for a then-unknown [[Judy Holliday]] to take the part.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DiI1wIyatvUC&dq=%22original+star,+Jean+Arthur+quit+during+the+tryout%22&pg=PA86 |first1=Gerald Martin |last1=Bordman |
She did score a major triumph on Broadway in 1950, starring in [[Leonard Bernstein]]'s [[Peter Pan (1950 musical)|adaptation of ''Peter Pan'']], playing the title character, when she was almost 50. She tackled the role of her eponym, Joan of Arc, in a 1954 stage production of [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s ''[[Saint Joan (play)|Saint Joan]]'', but she left the play after a [[nervous breakdown]] and battles with director [[Harold Clurman]].{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
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[[File:Jean Arthur Ron Harper Leonard Stone The Jean Arthur Show.JPG|thumb|With [[Ron Harper (actor)|Ron Harper]] and [[Leonard Stone]] in ''[[The Jean Arthur Show]]'' (1966)]]
After ''Shane'' and ''Saint Joan'', Arthur went into retirement for 11 years.
After ''Shane'' and ''Saint Joan'', Arthur went into retirement for 11 years. In 1965, she returned to show business in an episode of ''[[Gunsmoke]]''. In 1966, the extremely reclusive Arthur took on the role of Patricia Marshall, an [[Lawyer|attorney]], on her own television sitcom, ''[[The Jean Arthur Show]]'', which was cancelled midseason by [[CBS]] after only 12 episodes. [[Ron Harper (actor)|Ron Harper]] played her son, attorney Paul Marshall.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}▼
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In 1967, Arthur was coaxed back to Broadway to appear as a Midwestern [[spinster]] who falls in with a group of [[hippie]]s in the play ''[[The Freaking Out of Stephanie Blake]]''. In his book ''The Season, ''[[William Goldman]] reconstructed the disastrous production, which eventually closed during previews when Arthur refused to go on.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}▼
▲In 1967, Arthur was coaxed back to Broadway to appear as a Midwestern "[[spinster]]" who falls in with a group of [[hippie]]s in the play ''[[The Freaking Out of Stephanie Blake]]''.
Arthur next decided to teach drama, first at [[Vassar College]] and then the [[North Carolina School of the Arts]].
While living in North Carolina, in 1973, Arthur made front-page news by being arrested and jailed for [[trespassing]] on a neighbor's property to console a dog she felt was being mistreated.<ref name=gdt>{{cite news|title=Actress Jean Arthur arrested, convicted|newspaper=Greeley Daily Tribune
After 11 performances of ''[[First Monday in October]]'' in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975, Arthur then retired for good, retreating to
Arthur was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] and supported the campaigns of [[Adlai Stevenson II|Adlai Stevenson]] during the [[1952 United States presidential election|1952 presidential election]] and [[John F. Kennedy]] in 1960.<ref>''Motion Picture and Television Magazine'', November 1952, page 33, Ideal Publishers</ref>
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==Personal life==
Arthur's first marriage, to photographer Julian Anker in 1928, was [[annulment|annulled]] after one day.<ref>Oliver, Myrna. [https://
In 1979, [[Patsy Kelly]] told [[Boze Hadleigh]] that Arthur was a lesbian.<ref name=Hadleigh>[https://archive.org/details/hollywoodlesbian0000hadl/page/62/mode/2up ''Hollywood Lesbians''], by [[Boze Hadleigh]]; p. 62; published 1994 by [[Barricade Books]]; "PK: But it figures why certain actresses - the sisterhood? - want to be Peter Pan. Gals like Mary Martin and Jean Arthur. They want to be boys. BH: You mean because Martin and Arthur are lesbians. PK: In a nutshell."</ref>
Arthur lived in [[Carmel-by-the-Sea, California]], for 30 years,<ref name="courant/la-et-mn-feud">{{cite news |last1=King |first1=Susan |title=Here is what really happened to Joan Crawford, Bette Davis and others after 'Feud' |url=https://www.courant.com/la-et-mn-feud-bette-joan-golden-age-actresses-20170421-htmlstory.html |access-date=11 December 2022 |work=[[Hartford Courant]] |date=21 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422003756/https://www.courant.com/la-et-mn-feud-bette-joan-golden-age-actresses-20170421-htmlstory.html |archive-date=22 April 2017}}</ref> and died from [[heart failure]] June 19, 1991,<ref name=tdh>{{cite news|title=Actress Jean Arthur Dies Wednesday|newspaper=Tyrone Daily Herald
===Driftwood Cottage===
Driftwood Cottage, in Carmel, California, was once home of Arthur and her mother Johanna Greene.<ref name="Hale">{{cite book|last=Hale|first=Sharron Lee|url=https://archive.org/details/tributetoyesterd0000hale/page/54/mode/2up?q=%22Florence+Wells%22|title=A Tribute to Yesterday: The History of Carmel, Carmel Valley, Big Sur, Point Lobos, Carmelite Monastery, and Los Burros|publisher=Valley Publishers |place=Santa Cruz, California|date=1980|pages=54, 120|isbn=9780913548738 |access-date=2022-03-18}}</ref><ref name="masters">{{cite web|url=https://archive.architecturaldigest.com/article/1976/5/architectural-digest-visits-jean-arthur|title=Architectural Digest: Jean Arthur|website=archive.architecturaldigest.com|author=Russell Mac Masters |date=1976|access-date=2022-11-08}}</ref> Arthur remodeled the house and created a large outdoor garden, with landscape artist George Hoy, in a [[Japanese architecture]] style, including a Japanese bronze dragon gate latch.<ref name="masters"/>
==Legacy==
Upon her death, film reviewer [[Charles Champlin]] wrote the following in the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'':
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For her contribution to the motion-picture industry, Jean Arthur has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6333 Hollywood Blvd.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jean Arthur|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/jean-arthur|website=Hollywood Walk of Fame|access-date=1 July 2015|archive-date=5 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205162233/http://www.walkoffame.com/jean-arthur|url-status=live}}</ref> The Jean Arthur Atrium was her gift to the [[Monterey Institute of International Studies]] in [[Monterey, California]].{{Citation needed |date=August 2022}}
In 2014, Arthur was inducted into the [[Hall of Great Western Performers]] at the [[National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum]] in [[Oklahoma City]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/performers/1592/|title = Jean Arthur}}</ref>
In 2015, the city of Plattsburgh, New York, celebrated a "Jean Arthur Day" by placing a commemorative historical plaque in front of the house at 94 Oak Street where she was born. A large painted public mural of Arthur on the back of a downtown Plattsburgh bank was unveiled in 2019.
Arthur also has been honored with an “Adirondack Walk of Fame” star at the Adirondacks Welcome Center on I-87 (Northway), off exit 18 in Queensbury, New York.
==Filmography==
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* [[John Oller|Oller, John]]. ''Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody Knew''. New York: Limelight Editions, 1997. {{ISBN|0-87910-278-0}}.
* Parish, James Robert. ''The Hollywood Book of Death: The Bizarre, Often Sordid, Passings of More Than 125 American Movie and TV Idols''. New York: Contemporary Books, 2002. {{ISBN|0-8092-2227-2}}.
* Parish, James Robert. [https://books.google.com/books?id=CJS5RL7eqdsC&pg=PA63 ''The Hollywood Book of Extravagance: The Totally Infamous ...''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816010153/https://books.google.com/books?id=CJS5RL7eqdsC&pg=PA63 |date=2024-08-16 }} Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons, 2007. {{ISBN|978-0-470-05205-1}}.
* Sarvady, Andrea, Molly Haskell and Frank Miller. ''Leading Ladies: The 50 Most Unforgettable Actresses of the Studio Era''. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2006. {{ISBN|0-8118-5248-2}}.
* [[David Stenn|Stenn, David]]. ''Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild''. New York: Doubleday, 1988. {{ISBN|0-385-24125-9}}.
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