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Janet Gaynor

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Janet Gaynor (October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984) was an American actress and painter. One of the most popular actresses of the silent film era, in 1928 Gaynor became the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in three films: Seventh Heaven (1927), Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) and Street Angel (1928). This was the only occasion on which an actress has won for multiple roles. This rule would be changed three years later by AMPAS. Her career continued with the advent of sound film, and she achieved a notable success in the original version of A Star Is Born (1937). She worked only sporadically after the late 1930s. Severely injured in a 1982 vehicle collision, the incident contributed to her death two years later. Description above from the Wikipedia article Janet Gaynor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


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Born:
Oct 6, 1906 In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
55
First Appeared:
In the movie All Wet 1924-01-01
Latest Project:
Movie And the Oscar Goes To... 2014-02-01
Known For
Poster of Delicious
Poster of Christina
Poster of Street Angel
Filmography
Movie And the Oscar Goes To... Self (archive footage) 2014-02-01
Movie Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored Self (archive footage) 2013-01-29
Movie Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Self (archive footage) 1975-08-06
Movie Hollywood My Home Town Self (archive footage) 1965-12-31
Movie Hollywood: The Selznick Years Self (uncredited) 1961-12-31
Movie Hedda Hopper's Hollywood Self 1960-01-10
Movie Bernardine Mrs. Ruth Wilson 1957-07-24
Series General Electric Theater Unknown 1953-02-01
Series The Oscars Unknown 1953-03-19
Movie Cavalcade of the Academy Awards Self (archive footage) 1940-07-31
Movie The Young in Heart George-Anne Carleton 1938-07-06
Movie Three Loves Has Nancy Nancy Briggs 1938-09-02
Movie A Star Is Born Esther Blodgett / Vicki Lester 1937-04-27
Movie Ladies In Love Martha Karenye 1936-10-09
Movie Small Town Girl Katherine 'Kay' Brannan 1936-04-10
Movie One More Spring Elizabeth Cheney 1935-02-15
Movie The Farmer Takes a Wife Molly Larkins 1935-07-05
Movie Change of Heart Catherine Furness 1934-05-18
Movie Carolina Joanna Tate 1934-02-02
Movie Servants' Entrance Hedda Nilsson aka Helga Brand 1934-09-25
Movie Adorable Marie Christine "Mitzi" 1933-05-18
Movie State Fair Margy Frake 1933-02-10
Movie Paddy the Next Best Thing Paddy Adair 1933-09-01
Movie The First Year Grace Livingston 1932-07-30
Movie Tess of the Storm Country Tess Howland 1932-11-20
Movie The Man Who Came Back Angie Randolph 1931-01-11
Movie Daddy Long Legs Judy Abbott 1931-06-05
Movie Delicious Heather Gordon 1931-12-27
Movie Merely Mary Ann Mary Ann 1931-09-06
Movie High Society Blues Eleanor Divine 1930-03-23
Movie Lucky Star Mary Tucker 1929-08-18
Movie Happy Days Herself 1929-09-16
Movie Sunny Side Up Molly Carr 1929-12-25
Movie Christina Christina 1929-12-15
Movie Street Angel Angela 1928-04-09
Movie 4 Devils Marion 1928-10-03
Movie With Love and Hisses Extra 1927-08-28
Movie 7th Heaven Diane 1927-09-10
Movie Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans The Wife (Indre) 1927-11-04
Movie The Shamrock Handicap Lady Sheila O'Hara 1926-05-02
Movie Skinner's Dress Suit 1926-04-18
Movie A Punch in the Nose Bathing Beauty (uncredited) 1926-01-03
Movie The Galloping Cowboy Extra (uncredited) 1926-05-16
Movie The Johnstown Flood Anna Burger 1926-02-28
Movie The Stolen Ranch Extra 1926-12-26
Movie The Man in the Saddle Doubtful (uncredited) 1926-07-11
Movie Martin of the Mounted (uncredited) 1926-12-11
Movie 45 Minutes from Hollywood Hotel Guest (uncredited) 1926-12-26
Movie The Return of Peter Grimm Catherine 1926-12-07
Movie The Blue Eagle Rose Kelly 1926-09-12
Movie The Plastic Age Co-ed (uncredited) 1925-12-15
Movie Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Slave Girl (uncredited) 1925-12-25
Movie Flaming Flappers One of the Co-Eds (uncredited) 1925-12-27
Movie All Wet Extra (uncredited) 1924-01-01
Movie Young Ideas (uncredited) 1924-07-07