This is the filmography of Jean Arthur (October 17, 1900 – June 19, 1991), including her television work.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | Cameo Kirby | Ann Playdell | ||
| Somebody Lied | Short subject | |||
| Spring Fever | Short subject | |||
| 1924 | Case Dismissed | Short subject | ||
| The Powerful Eye | Short subject | |||
| Wine of Youth | Automobile Reveler | Uncredited role | ||
| The Iron Horse | Reporter | Uncredited role | ||
| Fast and Fearless | Mary Brown | Incomplete | ||
| Biff Bang Buddy | Bonnie Norton | |||
| Bringin' Home the Bacon | Nancy Norton | |||
| Thundering Romance | Mary Watkins | |||
| Travelin' Fast | Betty Conway | |||
| 1925 | Seven Chances | Receptionist "Miss Smith" at country club | Uncredited role | |
| The Drug Store Cowboy | Jean | |||
| The Fighting Smile | Rose Craddock | |||
| Tearin' Loose | Sally Harris | |||
| A Man of Nerve | Loria Gatlin | |||
| The Hurricane Horseman | June Mathews | |||
| Thundering Through | Ruth Burroughs | |||
| 1926 | Under Fire | Margaret Cranston | ||
| The Roaring Rider | Mary Watkins | as Miss Jean Arthur | ||
| Born to Battle | Eunice Morgan | |||
| The Fighting Cheat | Ruth Wells | |||
| Eight-Cylinder Bull | Short subject | |||
| The Mad Racer | Short subject | |||
| Double Daring | Marie Wells | |||
| Lightning Bill | Marie Denton | |||
| Twisted Triggers | Ruth Regan | |||
| The Cowboy Cop | Virginia Selby | |||
| The College Boob | Angela Boothby | |||
| The Block Signal | Grace Ryan | |||
| 1927 | Winners of the Wilderness | Bit Role | Uncredited role | |
| Husband Hunters | Lettie Crane | |||
| Hello Lafayette | Short subject | |||
| The Broken Gate | Ruth Hale | Lost film | ||
| Horse Shoes | Miss Baker | |||
| Bigger and Better Blondes | Short subject | |||
| The Poor Nut | Margie Blake | |||
| The Masked Menace | Faith | Lost film | ||
| Flying Luck | The Girl | |||
| 1928 | Wallflowers | Sandra | ||
| Easy Come, Easy Go | Lost film | |||
| Warming Up | Mary Post | First sound feature for Paramount Pictures Lost film | ||
| Brotherly Love | Mary | |||
| Sins of the Fathers | Mary Spengler | |||
| 1929 | The Canary Murder Case | Alice LaFosse | ||
| Stairs of Sand | Ruth Hutt | |||
| Lia Eltham | ||||
| The Greene Murder Case | Ada Greene | |||
| Janie | Alternative title: Love 'Em and Leave 'Em | |||
| Half Way to Heaven | Greta Nelson | |||
| 1930 | Street of Chance | Judith Marsden | ||
| Young Eagles | Mary Gordon | |||
| Paramount on Parade | Sweetheart (Dream Girl/In a Hospital) | |||
| Lia Eltham | ||||
| Danger Lights | Mary Ryan | |||
| Mildred Wayland | ||||
| 1931 | The Gang Buster | Sylvia Martine | ||
| The Virtuous Husband | Barbara Olwell | |||
| The Lawyer's Secret | Beatrice Stevens | |||
| Ex-Bad Boy | Ethel Simmons | |||
| 1933 | The Past of Mary Holmes | Joan Hoyt | ||
| Get That Venus | Margaret Rendleby | |||
| 1934 | Whirlpool | Sandra Morrison | ||
| The Most Precious Thing in Life | Ellen Holmes, aka Biddy, Babe | |||
| The Defense Rests | Joan Hayes | |||
| 1935 | Wilhelmina Clark | Alternative title: Passport to Fame | ||
| Party Wire | Marge Oliver | |||
| Public Hero No. 1 | Maria Theresa "Terry" O'Reilly | |||
| Diamond Jim | Jane Matthews/Emma | |||
| Cassie Nicholls | ||||
| If You Could Only Cook | Joan Hawthorne | |||
| 1936 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Louise "Babe" Bennett/Mary Dawson | ||
| Paula Bradford | ||||
| Adventure in Manhattan | Claire Peyton | Alternative title: Manhattan Madness | ||
| Calamity Jane | ||||
| More Than a Secretary | Carol Baldwin | |||
| 1937 | History Is Made at Night | Irene Vail | ||
| Easy Living | Mary Smith | |||
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Alice Sycamore | ||
| 1939 | Only Angels Have Wings | Bonnie Lee | ||
| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Clarissa Saunders | |||
| 1940 | Too Many Husbands | Vicky Lowndes | Alternative title: My Two Husbands | |
| Arizona | Phoebe Titus | |||
| 1941 | Mary Jones | |||
| 1942 | Miss Nora Shelley | |||
| 1943 | Constance "Connie" Milligan | Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress | ||
| Molly J. Truesdale | Alternative title: The Cowboy and the Girl | |||
| 1944 | Janie Anderson | |||
| 1948 | Congresswoman Phoebe Frost | |||
| 1953 | Shane | Marian Starrett |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Gunsmoke | Julie Blane | 1 episode | |
| 1966 | Patricia Marshall | 11 episodes |