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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 anti-Communist 1950 pamphlet Red Channels.
Jean Elizabeth Muir CBE FCSD ( / mjʊər / MURE; 17 July 1928 – 28 May 1995) was a British fashion designer. Early life and career. Jean Muir was born in London, the daughter of Cyril Muir, a draper 's floor superintendent, and his wife, Phyllis Coy.
Jean Muir. Actress: Fugitive in the Sky. Jean Muir was an attractive blonde-haired U.S. stage, screen and television actress from the 1930s through the mid-1960s. Upon retiring from acting Jean went on to teach drama, first, for eight years beginning in 1968, at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she headed their new drama department ...
Jul 25, 1996 · Jean Muir, whose dismissal from the television series "The Aldrich Family" in 1950 brought widespread attention to the television industry's practice of blacklisting suspected Communists,...
Apr 10, 2024 · In July 1959, almost a full decade after she was fired, Muir decided that her survival depended on ending her marriage and controlling her addiction. Within the space of a few days, she told her husband she wanted a divorce, boarded a train for Reno, and stopped drinking.
In a fashion career spanning more than 40 years, Jean Muir acquired a reputation for restrained, elegant design and a devoted following. Explore signature styles from the Jean Muir archive and discover what made her designs so innovative and enduring.
Jul 26, 1996 · Jean Muir, one of the first actresses blacklisted as a purported Communist sympathizer during the zealous McCarthy era, has died. She was 85. Muir died Tuesday in a nursing home in Mesa, Ariz.
