Jean Muir

Jean Muir

Born: February 13, 1911
Died: July 23, 1996
in Suffern, New York, USA
Jean Muir (born Jean Muir Fullarton) was an American stage and film actress and educator. She was the first performer to be blacklisted after her name appeared in the infamous anti-Communist 1950 pamphlet 'Red Channels'.

Movies for Jean Muir...

Title: Route 66
Character: Beatrice Ware
Released: October 7, 1960
Type: TV
Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet Corvette sports car. The show ran weekly on Fridays on CBS from October 7, 1960 to March 20, 1964. It starred Martin Milner as Tod Stiles and, for the first two and a half seasons, George Maharis as Buz Murdock. Maharis was ill for much of the third season, during which time Tod was shown traveling on his own. Tod met Lincoln Case, played by Glenn Corbett, late in the third season, and traveled with him until the end of the fourth and final season. Among the series more notable aspects were the featured Corvette convertible, and the program's instrumental theme song, which became a major pop hit.
bee
Title: Naked City
Character: Mrs. Lund
Released: September 30, 1958
Type: TV
Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the same name, and mimics its dramatic “semi-documentary” format. In 1997, the episode “Sweet Prince of Delancey Street” was ranked #93 on TV Guide’s “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time”.
bee
Title: Naked City
Character: Mrs. Klint
Released: September 30, 1958
Type: TV
Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the same name, and mimics its dramatic “semi-documentary” format. In 1997, the episode “Sweet Prince of Delancey Street” was ranked #93 on TV Guide’s “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time”.
bee
Title: Matinee Theater
Released: October 31, 1955
Type: TV
Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily in the afternoon, was frequently live. It was produced by Albert McCleery, Darrell Ross, George Cahan and Frank Price with executive producer George Lowther. McCleery had previously produced the live series Cameo Theatre which introduced to television the concept of theater-in-the-round, TV plays staged with minimal sets. Jim Buckley of the Pewter Plough Playhouse recalled: When Al McCleery got back to the States, he originated a most ambitious theatrical TV series for NBC called Matinee Theater: to televise five different stage plays per week live, airing around noon in order to promote color TV to the American housewife as she labored over her ironing. Al was the producer. He hired five directors and five art directors. Richard Bennett, one of our first early presidents of the Pewter Plough Corporation, was one of the directors and I was one of the art directors and, as soon as we were through televising one play, we had lunch and then met to plan next week’s show. That was over 50 years ago, and I’m trying to think; I believe the TV art director is his own set decorator —yes, of course! It had to be, since one of McCleery’s chief claims to favor with the producers was his elimination of the setting per se and simply decorating the scene with a minimum of props. It took a bit of ingenuity.
bee
Title: The Philco Television Playhouse
Released: October 3, 1948
Type: TV
The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.
bee
Title: Actors Studio
Character: wife
Released: September 26, 1948
Type: TV
Actors Studio is an American TV show which aired for 65 episodes, from September 26, 1948 to October 26 on the fledgling ABC Television Network; then from November 1, 1949 to June 23, 1950 on CBS Television. It was hosted by Mark Connelly. The series showcased short pieces of adapted, classic and original drama, performed and produced live each week. Among some of the known authors were William Saroyan, James Thurber, Ring Lardner, Edgar Allan Poe, Irwin Shaw and Budd Schulberg. Featured actors included Martin Balsam, Richard Boone, Marlon Brando, Hume Cronyn, Julie Harris, Jean Muir and Jessica Tandy. Recurring performers included Jocelyn Brando, Tom Ewell, Steven Hill, Kim Hunter and Cloris Leachman. In February 1950, the series moved to Friday nights and was expanded to one hour, alternating every other week with broadcasts of Ford Theatre. In March, the name of the show was changed to The Play's the Thing. The series received a Peabody Award in 1948 for pioneering in the field of televised drama.
bee
The Constant Nymph
Title: The Constant Nymph
Character: Kate Sanger
Released: June 23, 1943
Type: Movie
The daughter of a musical mentor adores a promising composer, who is quite fond of the adolescent. When her father dies, an uncle arrives with his own grown daughter, who begins a romance with the composer which culminates in marriage but creates an emotional rivalry that affects the three.
bee
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
Title: The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
Character: Joan Bradley
Released: May 30, 1940
Type: Movie
A hardworking secretary for a rich woman finds herself engaged to the woman's son and accused of a murder she didn't commit.
bee
And One Was Beautiful
Title: And One Was Beautiful
Character: Helen Lattimer
Released: April 5, 1940
Type: Movie
A teenager falls hard for an irresponsible playboy.
bee
Jane Steps Out
Title: Jane Steps Out
Character: Beatrice Wilton
Released: May 16, 1938
Type: Movie
Wallflower Jane Wilton has always lived in the shadow of her beautiful and popular sister Beatrice. Making things worse, Beatrice is spiteful and cruel, directing all manner of nastiness towards the submissive and uncomplaining Jane. But when Beatrice sets her cap for Jane's erstwhile boy friend Basil Gilbert, she goes a shade too far. For once, the worm turns, and Jane fights tooth and nail to win her man back. A retelling of the Cinderella story.
bee
White Bondage
Title: White Bondage
Character: Betsy Ann Craig
Released: August 5, 1937
Type: Movie
A reporter risks lynching to prove that share croppers are being cheated.
bee
Dance Charlie Dance
Title: Dance Charlie Dance
Character: Mary Mathews
Released: July 6, 1937
Type: Movie
A stage-struck small-towner is tricked in backing a bad straight play, but it turns out to be a unintentional comedy hit. Problems arise, when he is sued for plagiarism.
bee
Draegerman Courage
Title: Draegerman Courage
Character: Ellen Haslett
Released: May 15, 1937
Type: Movie
After a mine cave in, the rescue crew risks their lives to search for two trapped miners.
bee
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Title: The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Character: Helen Colby
Released: April 16, 1937
Type: Movie
The 1937 film version of Bret Harte's story, starring Preston Foster.
bee
Her Husband's Secretary
Title: Her Husband's Secretary
Character: Carol Blane Kingdon
Released: February 26, 1937
Type: Movie
A businessman buys trouble when he hires his wife"s best friend as his secretary.
bee
Once a Doctor
Title: Once a Doctor
Character: Paula Nordland
Released: January 23, 1937
Type: Movie
Dr. Frank Brace (Joe King) is an important doctor with son Jerry (Gordon Oliver) as well as foster son Steven (Donald Woods). The sons are both interns at Frank's hospital. Steven is the better doctor who takes blame for Jerry's mistakes.Steven has his license revoked when he is blamed for two deaths. Steven goes through years of hell trying to redeem himself.
bee
Fugitive in the Sky
Title: Fugitive in the Sky
Character: Rita Moore
Released: November 28, 1936
Type: Movie
Reporter Terry Brewer goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to his sweetheart, airline hostess Rita Moore. He notices G-Man Mike Phelan among the passengers and assuming Phelan is on the trail of a criminal, decides to go along to get a story.
bee
White Fang
Title: White Fang
Character: Sylvia Burgess
Released: July 17, 1936
Type: Movie
A woman and her weakling brother inherit a mine. When the brother commits suicide the guide is accused of murder.
bee
Faithful
Title: Faithful
Character: Marilyn Koster
Released: March 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A musical drama about two pupils from a provincial music conservatory who elope, marry, and move to London to try their luck. The husband becomes a singer in a nightclub, and is soon targeted by a predatory socialite. They start an affair, the wife finds out about it and decides to leave her husband, until matters are smoothed over by a third-party who wishes the couple well.
bee
A Dream Comes True
Title: A Dream Comes True
Character: Herself (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1935
Type: Movie
A promotional short to hype the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935).
bee
Stars Over Broadway
Title: Stars Over Broadway
Character: Nora Wyman
Released: November 23, 1935
Type: Movie
An aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.
bee
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Character: Helena
Released: October 9, 1935
Type: Movie
Four young people escape Athens to a forest where the king and queen of the fairies are quarreling, while meanwhile, a troupe of amateur actors rehearses a play. When the fairy Puck uses a magic flower to make people fall in love, the whole thing becomes a little bit confused...
bee
Orchids to You
Title: Orchids to You
Character: Camellia Rand
Released: August 9, 1935
Type: Movie
An unlikely courtroom romance blooms between a flower-shop owner and her unscrupulous landlord's married attorney.
bee
Oil for the Lamps of China
Title: Oil for the Lamps of China
Character: Alice
Released: June 8, 1935
Type: Movie
An American oil company representative almost sacrifices his marriage for his career.
bee
A Trip Through A Hollywood Studio
Title: A Trip Through A Hollywood Studio
Character: Herself (uncredited)
Released: February 2, 1935
Type: Movie
This short shows the entrances of the various Hollywood studios, then specifically visits Warner Bros. / First National Studios. We start at the casting office, then see Busby Berkeley and choreographer Bobby Connolly working with chorus girls on production numbers. Then come some candid shots of several contract stars. Finally we see comedian Hugh Herbert filming a scene for an upcoming release, then the various behind the scenes steps that transition the raw film in the camera into the finished product.
bee
The White Cockatoo
Title: The White Cockatoo
Character: Sue Talley
Released: January 29, 1935
Type: Movie
In a spooky hotel on the coast of France, two bands of crooks are working independently of the other in an attempt to steal the inherited fortune of an American girl, Sue Tally. Along the way the heiress is kidnapped, three murders are committed, a girl appears in two places at once, mysterious persons roam about the old hotel at night and mysteriously disappear, and there is a hidden room without any doors.
bee
Gentlemen Are Born
Title: Gentlemen Are Born
Character: Trudy Talbot
Released: November 17, 1934
Type: Movie
A well-cloistered and protected-against-reality group of college students get their diplomas in the heart of the Great Depression, and quickly learn that the piece of paper the diploma is written on is worth about eighteen-dollars-a-week in the job-market...for the lucky ones. Some of them fare even worse.
bee
Desirable
Title: Desirable
Character: Lois
Released: September 8, 1934
Type: Movie
A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.
bee
Dr. Monica
Title: Dr. Monica
Character: Mary Hathaway
Released: June 23, 1934
Type: Movie
A prominent New York doctor, unable to have a child, discovers her philandering husband has impregnated her best friend.
bee
A Modern Hero
Title: A Modern Hero
Character: Joanna Ryan Croy
Released: April 21, 1934
Type: Movie
A 1920s circus performer uses every means at his disposal to achieve fame and fortune at the expense of others.
bee
Hollywood Newsreel
Title: Hollywood Newsreel
Character: Herself
Released: March 24, 1934
Type: Movie
A potpourri of features involving Hollywood celebrities. The Columbia University football team, winner of the 1934 Rose Bowl game, visits the Warner Bros. Studios and is greeted by several stars; Margaret Lindsay, Guy Kibbee, and Dick Powell work at a gold mine; Joan Blondell, recovered from a recent illness, thanks her fans; songs from the movie Harold Teen (1934) are performed by the songwriters and the film's stars.
bee
As the Earth Turns
Title: As the Earth Turns
Character: Jen
Released: February 14, 1934
Type: Movie
Love happens between the son of Polish immigrants settled in Maine and the daughter of a neighboring farm family.
bee
Bedside
Title: Bedside
Character: Caroline Grant
Released: January 27, 1934
Type: Movie
Bob Brown uses his bedside manner to charm his patients while his partner makes the actual diagnoses.
bee
Son of a Sailor
Title: Son of a Sailor
Character: Helen
Released: November 29, 1933
Type: Movie
A lovesick fool bumbles into espionage and finds a stolen plane.
bee
The World Changes
Title: The World Changes
Character: Selma Peterson / Granddaughter Selma
Released: November 25, 1933
Type: Movie
Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen through the eyes of businessman Orin Nordholm Jr., who ages from a youth to an elderly grandfather.
bee
Female
Title: Female
Character: Miss Joyce, Jim's Secretary (Uncredited)
Released: November 11, 1933
Type: Movie
Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of business until she meets an independent design engineer.
bee
Bureau of Missing Persons
Title: Bureau of Missing Persons
Character: Louise Kane (uncredited)
Released: September 16, 1933
Type: Movie
Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police work...