Name
Jean Adair
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1873-06-12
Deathday
1953-05-11 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jean Adair (June 13, 1873, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada — May 11, 1953, New York City) was a Canadian actress.
Born as Violet McNaughton, she worked primarily on stage but also made several film appearances late in her career, most notably as one of Cary Grant's dotty old aunts in Arsenic and Old Lace, a role she originated on Broadway. Like many stage actresses of her era, she also appeared in vaudeville. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Adair, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribe...
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After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Da...
- 1944 Arsenic and Old Lace as Aunt Martha Brewster
- 1947 Something in the Wind as Aunt Mary Collins
- 1947 Living in a Big Way as Abigail Morgan
- 1948 The Naked City as Little Old Lady (Uncredited)
- 1933 Advice to the Lovelorn
