Janet Gaynor

Born: 1906-10-06 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: 1984-09-14

Known For: Acting

Biography

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

Filmography

2013

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored as Self (archive footage)

1982

Yesteryear as Self

1980

Hollywood as Self

1977

The Love Boat as Violet Hooper

1976

Hooray for Hollywood as Self (archive footage)

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)

1970

Brasileiros em Hollywood as Self (archive footage)

1961

Hollywood: The Selznick Years as Self (uncredited)

1960

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood as Self

1957

Bernardine as Mrs. Ruth Wilson

1938

The Young in Heart as George-Anne Carleton
Three Loves Has Nancy as Nancy Briggs

1937

A Star Is Born as Esther Blodgett

1936

Ladies in Love as Martha Karenye
Small Town Girl as Katherine 'Kay' Brannan

1935

The Farmer Takes a Wife as Molly Larkins
One More Spring as Elizabeth Cheney

1934

Carolina as Joanna Tate
Change of Heart as Catherine Furness
Servants' Entrance as Hedda Nilsson aka Helga Brand

1933

Paddy the Next Best Thing as Paddy Adair
State Fair as Margy Frake
Adorable as Marie Christine "Mitzi"

1932

Tess of the Storm Country as Tess Howland
The First Year as Grace Livingston

1931

The Man Who Came Back as Angie Randolph
Merely Mary Ann as Mary Ann
Daddy Long Legs as Judy Abbott
Delicious as Heather Gordon

1930

High Society Blues as Eleanor Divine

1929

Happy Days as Janet Gaynor
Christina as Christina
Lucky Star as Mary Tucker
Sunny Side Up as Molly Carr

1928

4 Devils as Marion
Street Angel as Angela

1927

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans as The Wife (Indre)
7th Heaven as Diane
With Love and Hisses as Extra
Two Girls Wanted as Marianna Wright
The Horse Trader as (uncredited)

1926

45 Minutes from Hollywood as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
The Man in the Saddle as Doubtful (uncredited)
Skinner's Dress Suit as Party Guest (Uncredited)
Oh! What a Nurse! as (uncredited)
Martin of the Mounted as (uncredited)
A Punch in the Nose as Bathing Beauty (uncredited)
The Return of Peter Grimm as Catherine
The Johnstown Flood as Anna Burger
The Gunless Bad Man as Gertrude Dowell
The Stolen Ranch as Extra
The Shamrock Handicap as Lady Sheila O'Hara
The Blue Eagle as Rose Kelly
Lazy Lightning as (uncredited)
The Midnight Kiss as Mildred Hastings
Don't Shoot as Girl
The Beautiful Cheat as Extra
The Galloping Cowboy as Extra (uncredited)
Fade Away Foster as (uncredited)
Ridin' for Love as Girl

1925

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ as Slave Girl (uncredited)
The Plastic Age as Co-ed (uncredited)
The Teaser as (uncredited)
The Burning Trail as (uncredited)
Dangerous Innocence as (uncredited)
Flaming Flappers as One of the Co-Eds (uncredited)
The Crook Buster as (uncredited)
The Haunted Honeymoon as (uncredited)

1924

All Wet as Extra (uncredited)
Young Ideas as (uncredited)
Cupid's Rustler as (uncredited)