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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 6, 1906
Place of Birth:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Janet Gaynor
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) |
| 2013 | Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored | Self (archive footage) |
| 1976 | Hooray for Hollywood | Self (archive footage) |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) |
| 1961 | Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Self (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Hedda Hopper's Hollywood | Self |
| 1957 | Bernardine | Mrs. Ruth Wilson |
| 1940 | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self (archive footage) |
| 1938 | The Young in Heart | George-Anne Carleton |
| 1938 | Three Loves Has Nancy | Nancy Briggs |
| 1937 | A Star Is Born | Esther Blodgett / Vicki Lester |
| 1936 | Small Town Girl | Katherine 'Kay' Brannan |
| 1936 | Ladies In Love | Martha Karenye |
| 1935 | One More Spring | Elizabeth Cheney |
| 1935 | The Farmer Takes a Wife | Molly Larkins |
| 1934 | Change of Heart | Catherine Furness |
| 1934 | Carolina | Joanna Tate |
| 1934 | Servants' Entrance | Hedda Nilsson aka Helga Brand |
| 1933 | State Fair | Margy Frake |
| 1933 | Paddy the Next Best Thing | Paddy Adair |
| 1933 | Adorable | Marie Christine "Mitzi" |
| 1932 | Tess of the Storm Country | Tess Howland |
| 1932 | The First Year | Grace Livingston |
| 1931 | The Man Who Came Back | Angie Randolph |
| 1931 | Delicious | Heather Gordon |
| 1931 | Daddy Long Legs | Judy Abbott |
| 1931 | Merely Mary Ann | Mary Ann |
| 1930 | High Society Blues | Eleanor Divine |
| 1929 | Sunny Side Up | Molly Carr |
| 1929 | Lucky Star | Mary Tucker |
| 1929 | Happy Days | Herself |
| 1929 | Christina | Christina |
| 1928 | Street Angel | Angela |
| 1928 | 4 Devils | Marion |
| 1927 | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | The Wife (Indre) |
| 1927 | 7th Heaven | Diane |
| 1927 | With Love and Hisses | Extra |
| 1927 | Two Girls Wanted | Marianna Wright |
| 1927 | The Horse Trader | (uncredited) |
| 1926 | A Punch in the Nose | Bathing Beauty (uncredited) |
| 1926 | The Blue Eagle | Rose Kelly |
| 1926 | The Shamrock Handicap | Lady Sheila O'Hara |
| 1926 | The Johnstown Flood | Anna Burger |
| 1926 | The Return of Peter Grimm | Catherine |
| 1926 | 45 Minutes from Hollywood | Hotel Guest (uncredited) |
| 1926 | Oh! What a Nurse! | (uncredited) |
| 1926 | The Beautiful Cheat | Extra |
| 1926 | The Stolen Ranch | Extra |
| 1926 | The Gunless Bad Man | Gertrude Dowell |
| 1926 | Ridin' for Love | Girl |
| 1926 | Fade Away Foster | (uncredited) |
| 1926 | The Galloping Cowboy | Extra (uncredited) |
| 1926 | The Man in the Saddle | Doubtful (uncredited) |
| 1926 | Don't Shoot | Girl |
| 1926 | The Midnight Kiss | Mildred Hastings |
| 1926 | Martin of the Mounted | (uncredited) |
| 1925 | The Haunted Honeymoon | (uncredited) |
| 1925 | The Burning Trail | (uncredited) |
| 1925 | Dangerous Innocence | (uncredited) |
| 1925 | The Teaser | (uncredited) |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Slave Girl (uncredited) |
| 1925 | The Plastic Age | Co-ed (uncredited) |
| 1925 | Flaming Flappers | One of the Co-Eds (uncredited) |
| 1925 | The Crook Buster | (uncredited) |
| 1924 | Cupid's Rustler | (uncredited) |
| 1924 | Young Ideas | (uncredited) |
| 1924 | All Wet | Extra (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Yesteryear | Self |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Violet Hooper |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Martha Allen |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Eleanor |