
Acting
Jeanine Basinger
Born February 3, 1936 · Ravenden, Arkansas
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.
Known for

817.4
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Self

817.4
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
Self

787.9
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Self

808.6
American Experience
Self

757.6
Casting By
Self

5.6
A Better Way to Die
Sexton's Wife

7.7
Biography
Self - Film Historian

8.2
American Masters
Self

7.4 TMDB
Dean Martin: King of Cool
Self

7.5 TMDB
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self

7.1 TMDB
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
Self

6.3 TMDB
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self

7.2
Omnibus
1967 · Series

7.8
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Self

7.2 TMDB
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Co-Producer

6.5
Wanderlust
Herself

7.0 TMDB
Murnau, Borzage and Fox
Self

8.5
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
Self

6.7
Frank Capra: Mr. America
Self - Film Historian and Founder of the Frank Capra Archive

4.3 TMDB
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self
Filmography
- 2025William Wyler: Forty Takes WillySelfMovie
- 2023Frank Capra: Mr. AmericaSelf - Film Historian and Founder of the Frank Capra ArchiveMovie
- 2021Dean Martin: King of CoolSelfMovie
- 2019An American Named KazanSelfMovie
- 2018Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr StorySelfMovie
- 2015Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own WordsSelfMovie
- 2012Casting BySelfMovie
- 2010Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of HollywoodSelfSeries
- 20091939: Hollywood's Greatest YearSelfMovie
- 2008Murnau, Borzage and FoxSelfMovie
- 2008Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with YouSelfMovie
- 2007Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early CinemaSelfMovie
- 2006Frank Capra, Jr. Remembers... 'American Madness'SelfMovie
- 2006WanderlustHerselfMovie
- 2006Jezebel: Legend of the SouthSelfMovie
- 2006The Man Who Came to Dinner: Inside a Classic ComedySelfMovie
- 2006Old Acquaintance: A Classic Woman's PictureSelfMovie
- 2004Cary Grant: A Class ApartSelfMovie
- 2003Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles ChaplinSelfMovie
- 2002Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a DancerSelfMovie
- 2001A Better Way to DieSexton's WifeMovie
- 2001Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion DaviesSelfMovie
- 2000On CukorSelfMovie
- 2000Clint Eastwood: Out of the ShadowsCo-ProducerMovie
- 1997Frank Capra's American DreamSelfMovie
- 1994American CinemaSelfSeries
- 1988American ExperienceSelfSeries
- 1987BiographySelf - Film HistorianSeries
- 1986American MastersSelfSeries
- 1967OmnibusSeries