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Voice Very Reminiscent of Jean Arthur

posted 9 years ago by johandav
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Not that this will mean anything to anybody, but I saw Mr. Smith Goes To Washington again for the first time in years the other day, and all through the film I was wondering why Jean Arthur's voice sounded so familiar, since I knew I hadn't seen her in anything recently.

Then I realized - her voice (to me, anyway) sounds very much like Mary Steenburgen's. (I had immediately developed a little crush on Mary ever since I saw her in Time After Time and then Melvin and Howard the next year. I still love her.)

If anyone compares their voices, let me know if they agree with me, or if they think I'm crazy.

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[–] babbielm 8 years ago

I just watched it this afternoon and I was thinking the very same thing. So much that I told my son how much she sounds like Mary Steenburgen, even slightly looks like her too. So I totally agree. Obviously I looked on line to see if anything had been written about it.