Arthur had feature roles in three Frank Capra films: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (), You Can&#;t Take It with You (), and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (), films that championed the &#;everyday heroine&#;. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in for her performance in The More the Merrier ().
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.&#; She has been called &#;the quintessential comedic leading lady&#;. Her last film performance was non-comedic, playing the homesteader&#;s wife in George Stevens&#;s Shane in
Arthur was known as a reclusive woman. News magazine Life observed in a article: &#;Next to Garbo, Jean Arthur is Hollywood&#;s reigning mystery woman.&#; As well as recoiling from interviews, she avoided photographers and refused to become a part of any kind of publicity. She died from heart failure in at the age of
Take a look at these gorgeous photos to see the beauty of young Jean Arthur in the s and s.