[20th Century Photographer] — Jean Muir

London: Warner Bros. & Vitaphone Pictures, [Ca. 1930s]. Original B&W sepia-toned photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good. Made in Great Britain. Scarce. Jean Muir (born Jean Muir Fullarton, February 13, 1911 - July 23, 1996) was an American stage and film actress and educator. She was the first performer to be blacklisted after her name appeared in the infamous anti-Communist 1950 pamphlet Red Channels. Muir's Broadway debut came in The Truth Game (1930). She was signed by Warner Bros. in 1933 and made 14 films in her first three years there. She played opposite several famous actors including Warren William, Paul Muni, Richard Barthelmess and Franchot Tone, but she returned to Broadway in 1937 because she was unsatisfied with the roles. She appeared occasionally in films through 1943. She was also one of the candidates for the role of Melanie in Gone with the Wind. Muir incurred the disfavor of studio executives because of her involvement in formation of the Screen Actors Guild, her tendency to question the way the film business operated, and her resistance to posing for publicity photographs. Muir has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6280 Hollywood Blvd. .