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- Birth nameJean Muir Fullarton
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Jean Muir was an attractive blonde-haired U.S. stage, screen and television actress from the 1930s through the mid-1960s.
Upon retiring from acting Jean went on to teach drama, first, for eight years beginning in 1968, at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she headed their new drama department, and afterwards at a university in Mexico.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bill Takacs <kinephile@aol.com>
- SpouseHenry Jaffe(December 19, 1940 - 1960) (divorced, 3 children)
- ChildrenDavid JaffeMargaret Jaffe Bauer
- Her name appeared in "Red Channels", a right-wing report on Communist influence in radio and television, damaging her acting career. This led to a bout with alcoholism, which she recovered from, and a shift to teaching drama.
- In the 30s as a Warner Bros.' contract player, she was nicknamed "The Studio Pest" because she always had questions about everything from camera angles to publicity practices.
- Was the original choice for Errol Flynn's leading lady in the classic swashbuckler Captain Blood (1935) but the role ultimately went to young 18-year-old Olivia de Havilland, who impressed critics and audiences in the film A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), which also co-starred Ms. Muir.
- Disappointed at never being given a strong movie part, she quit films in 1943 and moved to radio, TV and stage work.
- In 1950 she was blacklisted by the television industry as a suspected Communist.
- I am not a Communist, have never been one, and believe that the Communists represent a vicious and destructive force and I am opposed to them.
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