Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | Cameo Kirby | Ann Playdell | |
| 1923 | Somebody Lied | Short subject | |
| 1923 | Spring Fever | Short subject | |
| 1924 | Case Dismissed | Short subject | |
| 1924 | The Powerful Eye | Short subject | |
| 1924 | Wine of Youth | Automobile Reveler | Uncredited role |
| 1924 | The Iron Horse | Reporter | Uncredited role |
| 1924 | Fast and Fearless | Mary Brown | |
| 1924 | Biff Bang Buddy | Bonnie Norton | |
| 1924 | Bringin' Home the Bacon | Nancy Norton | |
| 1924 | Thundering Romance | Mary Watkins | |
| 1924 | Travelin' Fast | Betty Conway | |
| 1925 | Seven Chances | Receptionist at country club | Uncredited role |
| 1925 | The Drug Store Cowboy | Jean | |
| 1925 | The Fighting Smile | Rose Craddock | |
| 1925 | Tearin' Loose | Sally Harris | |
| 1925 | A Man of Nerve | Loria Gatlin | |
| 1925 | The Hurricane Horseman | June Mathews | |
| 1925 | Thundering Through | Ruth Burroughs | |
| 1926 | Under Fire | Margaret Cranston | |
| 1926 | The Roaring Rider | Mary Watkins | as Miss Jean Arthur |
| 1926 | Born to Battle | Eunice Morgan | |
| 1926 | The Fighting Cheat | Ruth Wells | |
| 1926 | Eight-Cylinder Bull | Short subject | |
| 1926 | The Mad Racer | Short subject | |
| 1926 | Double Daring | Marie Wells | |
| 1926 | Lightning Bill | Marie Denton | |
| 1926 | Twisted Triggers | Ruth Regan | |
| 1926 | The Cowboy Cop | Virginia Selby | |
| 1926 | The College Boob | Angela Boothby | |
| 1926 | The Block Signal | Grace Ryan | |
| 1927 | Winners of the Wilderness | Bit Role | Uncredited role |
| 1927 | Husband Hunters | Lettie Crane | |
| 1927 | Hello Lafayette | Short subject | |
| 1927 | The Broken Gate | Ruth Hale | |
| 1927 | Horse Shoes | Miss Baker | |
| 1927 | Bigger and Better Blondes | Short subject | |
| 1927 | The Poor Nut | Margie Blake | |
| 1927 | The Masked Menace | Faith | |
| 1927 | Flying Luck | The Girl | |
| 1928 | Wallflowers | Sandra | |
| 1928 | Easy Come, Easy Go | ||
| 1928 | Warming Up | Mary Post | |
| 1928 | Brotherly Love | Mary | |
| 1928 | Sins of the Fathers | Mary Spengler | |
| 1929 | Canary Murder Case, TheThe Canary Murder Case | Alice LaFosse | |
| 1929 | Stairs of Sand | Ruth Hutt | |
| 1929 | Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu, TheThe Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu | Lia Eltham | |
| 1929 | Greene Murder CaseThe Greene Murder Case | Ada Greene | |
| 1929 | Saturday Night Kid, TheThe Saturday Night Kid | Janie | Alternative title: Love 'Em and Leave 'Em |
| 1929 | Halfway to Heaven | Greta Nelson | |
| 1930 | Street of Chance | Judith Marsden | |
| 1930 | Young Eagles | Mary Gordon | |
| 1930 | Paramount on Parade | Sweetheart (Dream Girl/In a Hospital) | |
| 1930 | Return of Dr. Fu Manchu, TheThe Return of Dr. Fu Manchu | Lia Eltham | |
| 1930 | Danger Lights | Mary Ryan | |
| 1930 | Silver Horde, TheThe Silver Horde | Mildred Wayland | |
| 1931 | The Gang Buster | Sylvia Martine | |
| 1931 | The Virtuous Husband | Barbara Olwell | |
| 1931 | The Lawyer's Secret | Beatrice Stevens | |
| 1931 | Ex-Bad Boy | Ethel Simmons | |
| 1933 | The Past of Mary Holmes | Joan Hoyt | |
| 1933 | Get That Venus | Margaret Rendleby | |
| 1934 | Whirlpool | Sandra Morrison | |
| 1934 | The Most Precious Thing in Life | Ellen Holmes, aka Biddy, Babe | |
| 1934 | The Defense Rests | Joan Hayes | |
| 1935 | Whole Town's Talking, TheThe Whole Town's Talking | Wilhelmina "Bill" Clark | Alternative title: Passport to Fame |
| 1935 | Party Wire | Marge Oliver | |
| 1935 | Public Hero No. 1 | Maria Theresa "Terry" O'Reilly | |
| 1935 | Diamond Jim | Jane Matthews/Emma | |
| 1935 | Public Menace, TheThe Public Menace | Cassie Nicholls | |
| 1935 | If You Could Only Cook | Joan Hawthorne | |
| 1936 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Babe Bennett | |
| 1936 | Ex-Mrs. Bradford, TheThe Ex-Mrs. Bradford | Paula Bradford | |
| 1936 | Adventure in Manhattan | Claire Peyton | Alternative title: Manhattan Madness |
| 1936 | Plainsman, TheThe Plainsman | Calamity Jane | |
| 1936 | More Than a Secretary | Carol Baldwin | |
| 1937 | History Is Made at Night | Irene Vail | |
| 1937 | Easy Living | Mary Smith | |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Alice Sycamore | |
| 1939 | Only Angels Have Wings | Bonnie Lee | |
| 1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Clarissa Saunders | |
| 1940 | Too Many Husbands | Vicky Lowndes | Alternative title: My Two Husbands |
| 1940 | Arizona | Phoebe Titus | |
| 1941 | Devil and Miss Jones, TheThe Devil and Miss Jones | Mary Jones | |
| 1942 | Talk of the Town, TheThe Talk of the Town | Miss Nora Shelley | |
| 1943 | More the Merrier, TheThe More the Merrier | Constance "Connie" Milligan | Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress |
| 1943 | Lady Takes a Chance, AA Lady Takes a Chance | Molly J. Truesdale | Alternative title: The Cowboy and the Girl |
| 1944 | Impatient Years, TheThe Impatient Years | Janie Anderson | |
| 1948 | Foreign Affair, AA Foreign Affair | Congresswoman Phoebe Frost | |
| 1953 | Shane | Marian Starrett |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Gunsmoke | Julie Blane | 1 episode |
| 1966 | Jean Arthur Show, TheThe Jean Arthur Show | Patricia Marshall | 11 episodes |
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