Editing Jean Arthur (section)

==Personal life==

Arthur's first marriage, to photographer Julian Anker in 1928, was [[annulment|annulled]] after one day.<ref>Oliver, Myrna. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-06-20-mn-1267-story.html "Jean Arthur Dies; Comedy Film Star of the '30s and '40s."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014113725/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-06-20-mn-1267-story.html |date=October 14, 2023 }} ''Articles.latimes.com,'' July 20, 1991. Retrieved: August 14, 2010.</ref> She married producer [[Frank Ross (producer)|Frank Ross, Jr.]] in 1932. They divorced in 1949.<ref name="leadingladies">Sarvady et al. 2006, p. 17.</ref>

In 1979, [[Patsy Kelly]] told [[Boze Hadleigh]] that Arthur was a lesbian.<ref name=Hadleigh>[https://archive.org/details/hollywoodlesbian0000hadl/page/62/mode/2up ''Hollywood Lesbians''], by [[Boze Hadleigh]]; p. 62; published 1994 by [[Barricade Books]]; "PK: But it figures why certain actresses – the sisterhood? – want to be Peter Pan. Gals like Mary Martin and Jean Arthur. They want to be boys. BH: You mean because Martin and Arthur are lesbians. PK: In a nutshell."</ref>

Arthur lived in [[Carmel-by-the-Sea, California]], for 30 years,<ref name="courant/la-et-mn-feud">{{cite news |last1=King |first1=Susan |title=Here is what really happened to Joan Crawford, Bette Davis and others after 'Feud' |url=https://www.courant.com/la-et-mn-feud-bette-joan-golden-age-actresses-20170421-htmlstory.html |access-date=December 11, 2022 |work=[[Hartford Courant]] |date=April 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422003756/https://www.courant.com/la-et-mn-feud-bette-joan-golden-age-actresses-20170421-htmlstory.html |archive-date=April 22, 2017}}</ref> and died from [[heart failure]] on June 19, 1991,<ref name=tdh>{{cite news|title=Actress Jean Arthur Dies Wednesday|newspaper=Tyrone Daily Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2722640/tyrone_daily_herald/|agency=Tyrone Daily Herald|date=June 20, 1991|page=3|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=June 30, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090930/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2722640/tyrone_daily_herald/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> at the age of 90.<ref name="leadingladies"/> No funeral service was held.<ref name=tdh/> She was cremated, and her remains were scattered off the coast of [[Point Lobos]], California.<ref>{{cite book|last=Brooks|first=Patricia|title=Laid to Rest in California: A Guide to the Cemeteries and Grave Sites of the Rich and Famous|year=2006|publisher=Globe Pequot|isbn=0-762-74101-5|pages=313–314|author2=Brooks, Jonathan}}</ref>

===Driftwood Cottage===
Driftwood Cottage, in Carmel, California, was once the home of Arthur and her mother Johanna Greene.<ref name="Hale">{{cite book|last=Hale|first=Sharron Lee|url=https://archive.org/details/tributetoyesterd0000hale/page/54/mode/2up?q=%22Florence+Wells%22|title=A Tribute to Yesterday: The History of Carmel, Carmel Valley, Big Sur, Point Lobos, Carmelite Monastery, and Los Burros|publisher=Valley Publishers |place=Santa Cruz, California|date=1980|pages=54, 120|isbn=9780913548738 |access-date=March 18, 2022}}</ref><ref name="masters">{{cite web|url=https://archive.architecturaldigest.com/article/1976/5/architectural-digest-visits-jean-arthur|title=Architectural Digest: Jean Arthur|website=archive.architecturaldigest.com|author=Russell Mac Masters |date=1976|access-date=November 8, 2022}}</ref> Arthur remodeled the house and created a large outdoor garden, with landscape artist George Hoy, in a [[Japanese architecture]] style, including a Japanese bronze dragon gate latch.<ref name="masters"/>