Jean Muir

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Actress

Birth Date: February 13, 1911

Death Date: July 23, 1996

Birth Place: Suffern, New York

Jean Muir's acting talents were showcased on the big screen many times throughout the course of his Hollywood career. In 1930, he began her career as an understudy with an English company performing "Bird In the Hand" on Broadway. He had success as one of the stars in the Broadway play "Saint Wench."

In 1937, he left Hollywood and moved to London. In 1933, he moved to Hollywood after being signed to a studio contract by a Warner Bros scout that spotted her in "Saint Wench"; changed name to Jean Muir. He appeared in J B Priestley's "People at Sea" and British film "Jane Steps Out."

He appeared in over 2 dozen B movies. In 1937, he had a role in "White Bondage" and "Dance Charlie Dance." Muir began his acting career appearing in various films, such as the drama "The World Changes" (1933) with Paul Muni, "A Modern Hero" (1934) and "As the Earth Turns" (1934).

He also appeared in "Bedside" (1934) and "Dr. Monica" (1934). He continued to act in productions like the comedic fantasy "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1935) with Ian Hunter, the Pat O'Brien drama "Oil For the Lamps of China" (1935) and "The White Cockatoo" (1935). He also appeared in "Draegerman Courage" (1936) and "Fugitive in the Sky" (1936).

Nearing the end of his career, he tackled roles in "White Fang" (1936), the Warren William mystery "The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady" (1940) and the Charles Boyer adaptation "The Constant Nymph" (1943). Muir more recently worked on the Jeremy Irons dramatic adaptation "Betrayal" (1983).

Muir was married to Henry Jaffee and had three children. Muir passed away in July 1996 at the age of 85.

Credits

Striptease Murder

Actor
Diana
Movie
1961

Route 66Stream

Guest Star
Series
1960

The Constant Nymph

Actor
Kate Sanger
Movie
1943

And One Was Beautiful

Actor
Helen Lattimer
Movie
1940

The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady

Actor
Joan Bradley
Movie
1940

Draegerman Courage

Actor
Ellen `'Eleanor'` Haslett
Movie
1937

Once a Doctor

Actor
Paula Nordland
Movie
1937

Her Husband's Secretary

Actor
Carol Blane Kingdon
Movie
1937

Outcasts of Poker Flat

Actor
Miss Helen Colby
Movie
1937

White Bondage

Actor
Betsy Ann Craig
Movie
1937

Dance, Charlie, Dance

Actor
Mary Mathews
Movie
1937

Fugitive in the Sky

Actor
Rita Moore
Movie
1936

White Fang

Actor
Sylvia Burgess
Movie
1936

A Midsummer Night's DreamStream

Actor
Helena, in Love with Demetrius
Movie
1935
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Oil for the Lamps of China

Actor
Alice Wellman
Movie
1935

The White CockatooStream

Actor
Sue Talley
Movie
1935

Orchids to You

Actor
Camellia Rand
Movie
1935

Doctor Monica

Actor
Mary Hathaway
Movie
1934

Bedside

Actor
Caroline Grant
Movie
1934

Gentlemen Are Born

Actor
Trudy Talbot
Movie
1934

Desirable

Actor
Lois Johnson
Movie
1934

A Modern Hero

Actor
Joanna Ryan Croy
Movie
1934

As the Earth Turns

Actor
Jen
Movie
1934

Son of a Sailor

Actor
Helen
Movie
1933

The World Changes

Actor
Selma Peterson II/Her Grandaughter Selma II
Movie
1933