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.^[1]

Contents 1 Filmography 2 Broadway productions 3 Notes 4 External links

[edit] Filmography

• Advice to the Lovelorn (1933) (uncredited)
• Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) as Aunt Martha Brewster
• Living in a Big Way (1947) as Abigail Morgan
• Something in the Wind (1947) as Aunt Mary Collins
• The Naked City (1948)

[edit] Broadway productions

• It's a Boy! (1922-?)
• The Jay Walker (1926)
• Devils (1926)
• The Good Fellow (1926)
• Machinal (1928)
• That Ferguson Family (1928-9)
• Scarlet Pages (1929)
• Everything's Jake (1930)
• Rock Me, Julie (1931)
• Blessed Event (1932)
• Best Years (1932)
• Black Sheep (1932)
• The Show Off (1932-3)
• For Services Rendered (1933)
• Murder at the Vanities (1933-4)
• Broomsticks, Amen! (1934)
• Picnic (1934-?)
• Mid-West (1936-?)
• Sun Kissed (1937-?)
• On Borrowed Time (1938)
• Morning's at Seven (1939-40)
• Goodbye in the Night (1940)
• Arsenic and Old Lace (1941-4)
• Star-Spangled Family (1945)
• The Next Half Hour (1945)
• Detective Story (1949-50)
• Bell, Book and Candle (1950-1)
• The Crucible (1953)

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Jean Adair at the Internet Movie Database

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