Born Gladys Georgianna Greene in New York City. After a brief time on the New York stage, she made her feature film debut in John Ford's CAMEO KIRBY (1923) and appeared as an ingenue in numerous low-budget silent westerns and comedy shorts. Arthur's smooth transition to sound was aided by her sexy, husky, almost croaking, voice and she won immense popularity in John Ford's THE WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING (1935). A deft comedienne and tomboyish, prickly romantic heroine, she hit her peak playing a string of down-to-earth, independent, often working-woman types, and co-starring in three celebrated Frank Capra films: MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936), YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (1938) and MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939). With her increased prestige, Arthur chose her later roles wisely, her last decade of work including Billy Wilder's superior romantic-comedy A FOREIGN AFFAIR (1948) and the George Stevens classics: THE TALK OF THE TOWN (1942), THE MORE THE MERRIER (1943) and SHANE (1953), her final film.    Nominated for Actress 1943: THE MORE THE MERRIER 1 nomination