Gloria Grahame
Acting
Born: November 28, 1923 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: October 5, 1981 (aged 57)
Highest Rated
Biography
Gloria Grahame (November 28, 1923 – October 5, 1981) was an American actress. Grahame began her acting career in theatre, and in 1944 she made her first film for MGM. Despite a featured role in It's a Wonderful Life (1946), MGM did not believe she had the potential for major success, and sold her contract to RKO Studios. Often cast in film noir projects, Grahame received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Crossfire (1947), and she won this award for her work in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952). She achieved her highest profile with Sudden Fear (1952), Human Desire (1953),The Big Heat (1953), and Oklahoma! (1955), but her film career began to wane soon afterwards. She returned to work on the stage, but continued to appear in films and television productions, usually in supporting roles. Diagnosed with stomach cancer in 1980, Grahame refused to accept the diagnosis and travelled to England to work in a play. Her health rapidly failed and she returned to New York City, where she died in 1981.
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
In a Lonely Place
1950
The Big Heat
1953
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
Oklahoma!
1955
Crossfire
1947
The Outer Limits
1963
Human Desire
1954
Kojak
1973
Sudden Fear
1952
Song of the Thin Man
1947
Photos (11)
Movies (46)
It's a Wonderful Life
Violet
The Bad and the Beautiful
Rosemary Bartlow
The Big Heat
Debby Marsh
The Greatest Show on Earth
Angel
Human Desire
Vicki Buckley
In a Lonely Place
Laurel Gray
The Cobweb
Karen McIver
Song of the Thin Man
Fran Page
A Woman's Secret
Susan Caldwell / Estrellita
Odds Against Tomorrow
Helen
Naked Alibi
Marianna
Not as a Stranger
Harriet Lang
Sudden Fear
Irene Neves
The Man Who Never Was
Lucy Sherwood
Oklahoma!
Ado Annie Carnes
Mansion of the Doomed
Katherine
Melvin and Howard
Mrs. Sisk
Macao
Margie
Ride Beyond Vengeance
Bonnie Shelley
The Good Die Young
Denise Blaine
Chandler
Selma
The Todd Killings
Mrs. Roy
Escape
Evelyn Harrison
Roughshod
Mary Wells
Man on a Tightrope
Zama Cernik
Crossfire
Virginia "Ginny" Tremayne
Chilly Scenes of Winter
Clara
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Ma
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
Carolyn Porter
Ride Out for Revenge
Amy Porter
Mama's Dirty Girls
Mama Love
Without Love
Flower Girl
It Happened in Brooklyn
Nurse
The Nesting
Florinda Costello
The Glass Wall
Maggie Summers
Prisoners of the Casbah
Princess Nadja
Blood and Lace
Mrs. Deere
The Loners
Annabelle
Black Noon
Bethia
Blonde Fever
Sally Murfin
Merton of the Movies
Beulah Baxter
The Dancing Princesses
The Witch
Mr. Griffin and Me
Mara Emerson
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Mistress Page
Tarot
Natalie
Akai Ito
2025
TV Shows (16)
Mannix
Mae Darling · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Dorina Pruitt · 1 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
Olivia · 2 eps
Daniel Boone
Molly Hogan · 1 eps
Kojak
Helen · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Helen Dekker · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Doris Landers · 1 eps
The Name of the Game
Madame Noh · 1 eps
The Outer Limits
Florida Patton · 1 eps
Sam Benedict
Rita Bain · 1 eps
The New Breed
Nurse Nora Springer · 1 eps
Rich Man, Poor Man
Sue Prescott · 12 eps
Then Came Bronson
Charlene Braden · 1 eps
Harrigan and Son
1 eps
Seventh Avenue
Moll · 3 eps
General Electric Theater
Elena Carlisle · 1 eps
