Jean Muir

Jean Muir was an American stage and film actress who later taught drama. Born in Suffern, New York, she moved to New York City to act, making her Broadway debut in 1930 in The Truth Game under the name Jean Fullarton. After other plays, a screen test led to a Warner Bros. contract in 1933. She took steady supporting and co-starring work, appearing in 14 films over three years. After the studio terminated her contract in 1937, she returned to New York theater. She later made a few more Hollywood films, the last being The Constant Nymph (1943) with Joan Fontaine. She returned to television in 1958 with Matinee Theater, then guest-starred on The Witness, Route 66, and Naked City. In 1960 she appeared on Broadway in Semi-Detached. By 1962 her acting career was over, and she became a drama teacher, eventually teaching at Stephens College in Missouri. She died in 1996.