Janet Gaynor
Acting
Born: October 6, 1906 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: September 14, 1984 (aged 77)
Highest Rated
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
Photos (6)
Movies (59)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
The Wife (Indre)
A Star Is Born
Esther Blodgett
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Slave Girl (uncredited)
Three Loves Has Nancy
Nancy Briggs
The Young in Heart
George-Anne Carleton
Carolina
Joanna Tate
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Molly Larkins
Ladies in Love
Martha Karenye
45 Minutes from Hollywood
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Happy Days
Janet Gaynor
The Man Who Came Back
Angie Randolph
Change of Heart
Catherine Furness
7th Heaven
Diane
The Plastic Age
Co-ed (uncredited)
Tess of the Storm Country
Tess Howland
Skinner's Dress Suit
Party Guest (Uncredited)
Small Town Girl
Katherine 'Kay' Brannan
Lucky Star
Mary Tucker
The Man in the Saddle
Doubtful (uncredited)
Paddy the Next Best Thing
Paddy Adair
With Love and Hisses
Extra
Oh! What a Nurse!
(uncredited)
The Johnstown Flood
Anna Burger
State Fair
Margy Frake
Bernardine
Mrs. Ruth Wilson
A Punch in the Nose
Bathing Beauty (uncredited)
Martin of the Mounted
(uncredited)
The Stolen Ranch
Extra
Christina
Christina
The Shamrock Handicap
Lady Sheila O'Hara
The Blue Eagle
Rose Kelly
Daddy Long Legs
Judy Abbott
Servants' Entrance
Hedda Nilsson aka Helga Brand
4 Devils
Marion
One More Spring
Elizabeth Cheney
Two Girls Wanted
Marianna Wright
Sunny Side Up
Molly Carr
The Return of Peter Grimm
Catherine
Adorable
Marie Christine "Mitzi"
Street Angel
Angela
Delicious
Heather Gordon
High Society Blues
Eleanor Divine
The First Year
Grace Livingston
Merely Mary Ann
Mary Ann
The Teaser
(uncredited)
Dangerous Innocence
(uncredited)
Lazy Lightning
(uncredited)
Flaming Flappers
One of the Co-Eds (uncredited)
Cupid's Rustler
(uncredited)
All Wet
Extra (uncredited)
Young Ideas
(uncredited)
The Midnight Kiss
Mildred Hastings
The Beautiful Cheat
Extra
Don't Shoot
Girl
The Crook Buster
(uncredited)
The Haunted Honeymoon
(uncredited)
The Galloping Cowboy
Extra (uncredited)
The Burning Trail
(uncredited)
Ridin' for Love
Girl
TV Shows (2)
Self / Appearances (10)
The Oscars
Self · 2 eps
Hollywood
Self · 2 eps
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Self (archive footage)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Self (uncredited)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Self
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Yesteryear
Self · 1 eps