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Jean Arthur (October 17, 1900 (although sources
also cite 1905 and 1908) - June 19, 1991) was an
United States|American actress.  Born Gladys
Georgianna Greene in Plattsburgh, New York, she
became one of Hollywood's favorite screen
comediennes.

Arthur debuted in the silent film Cameo Kirby in
1923, and made a few silent movies, although it
was her high-pitched, nasal voice which eventually
made her a star in the talkies.  She was selected
as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1929.  In 1935
she starred opposite Edward G. Robinson in the
gangster farce The Whole Town's Talking, and her
popularity began to rise.  It was her role
opposite Gary Cooper in 1936 in Mr. Deeds Goes to
Town that made her a star.  She continued her fame
by starring in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington in
1939, and again in 1943 in The More the Merrier,
for which she was nominated for the Academy Award
for Best Actress.  She also was considered for the
role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind.

Her career began to falter in the late 1940s, and
eventually, she retired from the screen, her last
role being in the Western classic Shane in 1953.

After retiring, she taught drama at Vassar
College. She also returned to acting, albeit
briefly, in a short-lived comedy on CBS in the
mid-1960s.

She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at
6331 Hollywood Blvd.

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