Cast & creator
Jeanine Basinger
Best known for American Experience, Omnibus, American Masters
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.
Movies
24
film credits
Series
6
television credits
Career
29
1967–2025 · acting roles
Credit score
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (30)
Showing 30 of 30 credits
Series
★ 6.5
American Experience
Self
1988
Series
★ 7.2
Omnibus
1967
Series
★ 7.0
American Masters
Self
1986
Series
★ 6.7
Biography
Self - Film Historian
1987
Series
★ 5.4
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
Self
2010
Series
★ 8.3
American Cinema
Self
1994
Movie
★ 6.9
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Self
2018
Movie
★ 7.4
Dean Martin: King of Cool
Self
2021
Movie
★ 6.0
Frank Capra: Mr. America
Self - Film Historian and Founder of the Frank Capra Archive
2023
Movie
★ 7.0
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Self
2003
Movie
★ 7.1
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
Self
2015
Movie
★ 6.9
Casting By
Self
2012
Movie
★ 7.5
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self
2009
Movie
★ 6.3
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self
1997
Movie
★ 5.6
A Better Way to Die
Sexton's Wife
2001
Movie
★ 7.0
Murnau, Borzage and Fox
Self
2008
Movie
★ 7.2
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Co-Producer
2000
Movie
★ 4.3
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self
2007
Movie
★ 7.0
On Cukor
Self
2000
Movie
★ 7.8
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Self
2002
Movie
★ 7.1
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
Self
2004
Movie
★ 5.0
Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies
Self
2001
Movie
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
Self
2008
Movie
★ 5.9
Wanderlust
Herself
2006
Movie
★ 7.0
Jezebel: Legend of the South
Self
2006
Movie
★ 8.0
William Wyler: Forty Takes Willy
Self
2025
Movie
★ 6.0
An American Named Kazan
Self
2019O
Movie
★ 6.0
Old Acquaintance: A Classic Woman's Picture
Self
2006T
Movie
★ 6.0
The Man Who Came to Dinner: Inside a Classic Comedy
Self
2006F
Movie
★ 7.0
Frank Capra, Jr. Remembers... 'American Madness'
Self
2006