Jean Muir

Acting

Jean Muir

Born February 13, 1911 · Suffern, New York, USA

Died July 23, 1996 · aged 85

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'.

Known For

Northwest StampedeNorthwest Stampede · 1948
Northwest Stampede
3.31948
MovieWestern
In this romantic western, the real stars are a mustang and a police dog. The human aspect of the story centers on a rodeo rider whose late father bequeathed him a ranch in Calgary, Canada. The rider really tries to settle down to ranching, but finds himself pining for the rodeo. His forewoman, also a former rodeo performer, thinks her employer is shirking his duties and needs to forget about broncos, and bull-riding and settle down. Meanwhile, the fellow also longs to catch the white stallion running wild. The dog helps out.
A Midsummer Night's DreamA Midsummer Night's Dream · 1935
A Midsummer Night's Dream
6.41935
MovieFantasyRomance
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...
The Constant NymphThe Constant Nymph · 1943
The Constant Nymph
6.31943
MovieDramaRomance
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.
Dance Charlie DanceDance Charlie Dance · 1937
Dance Charlie Dance
8.01937
MovieComedy
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.
Son of a SailorSon of a Sailor · 1933
Son of a Sailor
6.01933
MovieComedyAdventure
A lovesick fool bumbles into espionage and finds a stolen plane.
Bureau of Missing PersonsBureau of Missing Persons · 1933
Bureau of Missing Persons
5.71933
MovieCrimeComedy
Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police work...
Oil for the Lamps of ChinaOil for the Lamps of China · 1935
Oil for the Lamps of China
7.21935
MovieDrama
An American oil company representative risks sacrificing his marriage for his career in the rural lands of China.
White FangWhite Fang · 1936
White Fang
7.01936
MovieAdventureAction
A woman and her weakling brother inherit a mine. When the brother commits suicide the guide is accused of murder.

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Matinee TheaterMatinee Theater · 1955
Matinee Theater
5.31955
SeriesDrama
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.