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Jeanine Basinger

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Jeanine Basinger

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Born: February 3, 1936
From: 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

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

Murnau, Borzage and Fox

Dean Martin: King of Cool

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

Cary Grant: A Class Apart

Filmography

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2025

William Wyler: Forty Takes Willy

Acting (Self)

2023

Frank Capra: Mr. America

Acting (Self - Film Historian and Founder of the Frank Capra Archive)

2021

Dean Martin: King of Cool

Acting (Self)

2019

An American Named Kazan

Acting (Self)

2018

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Acting (Self)

2015

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

Acting (Self)

2012

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2010

Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

Acting (Self) 7 EP

2009

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

Acting (Self)

2008

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

Acting (Self)

Murnau, Borzage and Fox

Acting (Self)

2007

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

Acting (Self)

2006

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

Acting (Self)

Acting (Herself)

Jezebel: Legend of the South

Acting (Self)

Old Acquaintance: A Classic Woman's Picture

Acting (Self)

The Man Who Came to Dinner: Inside a Classic Comedy

Acting (Self)

2004

Cary Grant: A Class Apart

Acting (Self)

2003

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

Acting (Self)

2002

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

Acting (Self)

2001

A Better Way to Die

Acting (Sexton's Wife)

Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies

Acting (Self)

2000

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Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

Production (Co-Producer)

1997

Frank Capra's American Dream

Acting (Self)

1994

American Cinema

Acting (Self) 1 EP

1988

American Experience

Acting (Self) 1 EP

1987

Acting (Self - Film Historian) 1 EP

1986

American Masters

Acting (Self) 1 EP

1967

Acting 1 EP