Jeanine Basinger

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

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.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Ravenden, Arkansas

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

03 February 1936, 89 years old

Known For

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

Casting By

A Better Way to Die

Dean Martin: King of Cool

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

Cary Grant: A Class Apart

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

William Wyler: Forty Takes Willy

Self

2025

Frank Capra: Mr. America

Self

2023

Dean Martin: King of Cool

Self

2021

An American Named Kazan

Self

2019

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Self

2018

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

Self

2015

Casting By

Self

2012

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

Self

2009

Murnau, Borzage and Fox

Self

2008

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

Self

2008

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

Self

2007

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

Self

2006

Wanderlust

Herself

2006

Jezebel: Legend of the South

Self

2006

The Man Who Came to Dinner: Inside a Classic Comedy

Self

2006

Old Acquaintance: A Classic Woman's Picture

Self

2006

Cary Grant: A Class Apart

Self

2004

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

Self

2003

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

Self

2002

A Better Way to Die

Sexton's Wife

2001

Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies

Self

2001

On Cukor

Self

2000

Frank Capra's American Dream

Self

1997