Jean Muir

by Sandra Brennan film biography
American actress Jean Muir, born Jean Muir Fullarton, began her career on Broadway in 1930. Following her triumphant appearance in the 1933 play Saint Wench, she signed with Warner Bros. She made her feature-film debut in Son of a Sailor later that year. As more films followed, Muir established herself as an actress able to play her roles with a rare naturalness and sincerity. But despite her talent, she was relegated to providing the bright spot in mediocre second-string films; by the late '30s, Muir had returned to theater and only occasionally returned to Hollywood. She made her last feature-film appearance in The Constant Nymph (1943). In 1950, her career was nearly destroyed when she was accused of being a communist sympathizer in the Red Channels newsletter. As McCarthyism was in full swing, Muir was blacklisted and removed from the cast of the television show on which she was to star. The forcible banishment from acting took a terrible toll on her and Muir suffered from emotional problems and struggled with alcoholism through the decade. However, by the early '60s, Muir had recovered and was again working on Broadway and television. She was honored with a star on the Walk of Fame on February 9, 1960. In 1968, she retired from acting, moved to Columbia, MO, and became a drama teacher at Stephens College. Muir passed away at age 85 in Mesa, AZ, on July 23, 1996.
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Year Title Rating    
1933 Son of a Sailor

Actor

1933 The World Changes

Actor

1934 A Modern Hero

Actor

1934 As the Earth Turns

Actor

1934 Bedside

Actor

1934 Desirable

Actor

1934 Doctor Monica

Actor

1934 Gentlemen Are Born

Actor

1935 A Midsummer Night's Dream

Actor

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1935 Oil for the Lamps of China

Actor

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1935 Orchids to You

Actor

1935 The White Cockatoo

Actor

1936 Faithful

Actor

1936 White Fang

Actor

1937 Dance, Charlie, Dance

Actor

1937 Draegerman Courage

Actor

1937 Fugitive in the Sky

Actor

1937 Her Husband's Secretary

Actor

1937 Once a Doctor

Actor

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1937 The Outcasts of Poker Flat

Actor

1937 White Bondage

Actor

1938 Jane Steps Out

Actor

1940 And One Was Beautiful

Actor

1940 The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady

Actor

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1943 The Constant Nymph

Actor

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1948 Northwest Stampede

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1959 The Ugly Duckling

Actor

1963 Strip Tease Murder

Actor

1972 Point Counterpoint

Actor

1983 Betrayal

Costume Designer

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