| Jean Muir | |
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from the trailer for Desirable (1934) |
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| Born | Jean Muir Fullarton February 13, 1911 Suffern, New York, U.S. |
| Died | July 23, 1996 (aged 85) Mesa, Arizona, U.S. |
| Years active | 1930–1968 |
| Spouse | Henry Jaffe (1940–1960; divorced; 3 children) |
Jean Muir (February 13, 1911 – July 23, 1996) was an American stage and film actress.
Born in Suffern, New York as Jean Muir Fullarton, she first appeared on Broadway in 1930, and was signed by Warner Brothers Studios three years later. She played opposite several famous actors - Warren William, Paul Muni, Richard Barthelmess, Franchot Tone, etc. But she returned to Broadway in 1937 because she was unsatisfied with the roles, appearing occasionally in films through 1943.
In 1950 she was named as a Communist sympathizer by the notorious book Red Channels, and immediately removed from the cast of a television sitcomThe Aldrich Family, in which she was supposed to appear as the Mother Aldrich. In the mid 1950s she reportedly suffered from alcoholism and cirrhosis of the liver.
She was back on Broadway and TV by the early 1960s. In 1968 she moved to Columbia, Missouri, where she taught drama at Stephens College.
She died in Mesa, Arizona on July 23, 1996.
She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6280 Hollywood Blvd.
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | The World Changes | Selma Peterson II | |
| Son of a Sailor | Helen Farnsworth | ||
| 1934 | Gentlemen Are Born | Trudy Talbot | |
| Dr. Monica | Mary Hathaway | ||
| Desirable | Lois Johnson | ||
| Bedside | Caroline Grant | ||
| As the Earth Turns | Jen Shaw | ||
| A Modern Hero | Joanna Ryan Croy | ||
| 1935 | The White Cockatoo | Sue Talley | |
| Stars Over Broadway | Nora Wyman | ||
| Orchids to You | Camellia Rand | ||
| Oil for the Lamps of China | Alice Wellman | ||
| A Midsummer Night`s Dream | Helena, In love with Demetrius | ||
| 1936 | White Fang | Sylvia Burgess | |
| Fugitive in the Sky | Rita Moore | ||
| Faithful | Marilyn Koster | ||
| 1937 | White Bondage | Betsy Ann Craig | |
| The Outcasts of Poker Flat | Miss Helen Colby | ||
| Once a Doctor | Paula Nordland | ||
| Her Husband's Secretary | Carol Blane Kingdon | ||
| Draegerman Courage | Ellen `Eleanor` Haslett | ||
| Dance Charlie Dance | Mary Mathews, the Secretary | ||
| 1938 | Jane Steps Out | Beatrice Wilton | |
| 1940 | Lone Wolf Meets a Lady, The | Joan Bradley | |
| And One Was Beautiful | Helen Lattimer | ||
| 1943 | The Constant Nymph | Kate Sanger |