Jeanine Basinger

Acting•Born February 3, 1936 (age 90)•Ravenden, Arkansas

Biography

American film historian who was the Corwin-Fuller professor of film studies at Wesleyan University and the founder and curator of the university's cinematic archives.

Known For

Filmography

2025

William Wyler: Forty Takes Willy

as Self

Movie

2023

Frank Capra: Mr. America

as Self - Film Historian and Founder of the Frank Capra Archive

Movie

2021

Dean Martin: King of Cool

as Self

Movie

2019

An American Named Kazan

as Self

Movie

2018

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

as Self

Movie

2015

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

as Self

Movie

2012

Casting By

as Self

Movie

2010

Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

as Self

2009

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

as Self

Movie

2008

Murnau, Borzage and Fox

as Self

Movie

2008

Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You

as Self

Movie

2007

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

as Self

Movie

2006

Frank Capra, Jr. Remembers... 'American Madness'

as Self

Movie

2006

Wanderlust

as Herself

Movie

2006

Jezebel: Legend of the South

as Self

Movie

2006

The Man Who Came to Dinner: Inside a Classic Comedy

as Self

Movie

2006

Old Acquaintance: A Classic Woman's Picture

as Self

Movie

2004

Cary Grant: A Class Apart

as Self

Movie

2003

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

as Self

Movie

2002

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

as Self

Movie

2001

A Better Way to Die

as Sexton's Wife

Movie

2001

Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies

as Self

Movie

2000

On Cukor

as Self

Movie

1997

Frank Capra's American Dream

as Self

Movie

1994

American Cinema

as Self

1988

American Experience

as Self

1987

Biography

as Self - Film Historian

1986

American Masters

as Self

1967

Omnibus

Personal Info

DepartmentActing

BirthdayFebruary 3, 1936

Place of BirthRavenden, Arkansas

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