Jeanine Basinger

1936 (90) • Acting

Born: 2/3/1936 (90) in Ravenden, Arkansas

Known for: Acting

Jeanine Basinger

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

69%

Self

2003

American Experience

65%

Self

1988

Biography

67%

Self - Film Historian

1987

American Masters

70%

Self

1986

Dean Martin: King of Cool

74%

Self

2021

Cary Grant: A Class Apart

71%

Self

2004

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

78%

Self

2002

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

73%

Co-Producer

2000

William Wyler: Forty Takes Willy

80%

Self

2025

Frank Capra: Mr. America

60%

Self - Film Historian and Founder of the Frank Capra Archive

2023

Dean Martin: King of Cool

74%

Self

2021

An American Named Kazan

60%

Self

2019

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

69%

Self

2018

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

71%

Self

2015

Casting By

69%

Self

2012

Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

54%

Self

2010

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

75%

Self

2009

Murnau, Borzage and Fox

70%

Self

2008

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

Self

2008

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

43%

Self

2007

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

70%

Self

2006

Wanderlust

59%

Herself

2006

Jezebel: Legend of the South

70%

Self

2006

The Man Who Came to Dinner: Inside a Classic Comedy

60%

Self

2006

Old Acquaintance: A Classic Woman's Picture

60%

Self

2006

Cary Grant: A Class Apart

71%

Self

2004

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

69%

Self

2003

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

78%

Self

2002

A Better Way to Die

56%

Sexton's Wife

2001

Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies

50%

Self

2001

On Cukor

70%

Self

2000

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

73%

Co-Producer

2000

Frank Capra's American Dream

63%

Self

1997

American Cinema

83%

Self

1994

American Experience

65%

Self

1988

Biography

67%

Self - Film Historian

1987