Jean Adair Biography

Canadian actress Jean Adair primarily appeared on stage and only occasionally played in films. In movies she was frequently cast as an elderly lady, and is most famous for playing one of the killer aunts in Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

• 1. Martha Brewster: For a gallon of elderberry wine, I take one teaspoon full of arsenic, then add half a teaspoon full of strychnine, and then just a pinch of cyanide.
  2. Mortimer Brewster: Hmm. Should have quite a kick.
  From Arsenic and Old Lace. Submitted by Francis L (2 months ago)