Jean Adair

For the Canadian journalist and activist, see Violet McNaughton (activist).

Jean Adair
File:Jean Adair.jpg Jean Adair
Born	Violet McNaughton (1873-06-13)June 13, 1873 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Died	New York, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1932-1953

Jean Adair (June 13, 1873 – May 11, 1953) was a Canadian actress.

Born as Violet McNaughton in Hamilton, Ontario, 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. Her final performance was as the beloved matriarch Rebecca Nurse in the original production of The Crucible. Like many stage actresses of her era, she also appeared in vaudeville.

She was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and died in New York City, New York, at age 79.

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)
• The Naked City (1948)

Broadway productions

• It's a Boy! (1922-?)
• The Jay Walker (1926)
• Devils (1926)
• The Good Fellow (1926)
• Machinal (1928) (*with a young unknown Clark Gable)
• 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)

External links

• Jean Adair at the Internet Movie Database
• Jean Adair at IBDb.com
• Jean Adair, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
• Jean Adair papers 1914-1936 (bulk 1914-1929) , held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts