Janet Gaynor
Actor
- Born
- October 6, 1906 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- September 14, 1984 (age 77)
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).
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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
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
November 4, 1927
A Star Is Born
April 20, 1937
7th Heaven
September 10, 1927
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
December 25, 1925
Street Angel
April 9, 1928
Lucky Star
August 18, 1929
The Young in Heart
July 6, 1938
45 Minutes from Hollywood
December 26, 1926
State Fair
February 10, 1933
With Love and Hisses
August 28, 1927
The Plastic Age
December 15, 1925
Sunny Side Up
December 25, 1929
Acting69
- 2013Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored as Self (archive footage)
- 1976Hooray for Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
- 1970Brasileiros em Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 1961Hollywood: The Selznick Years as Self (uncredited)
- 1960Hedda Hopper's Hollywood as Self
- 1957Bernardine as Mrs. Ruth Wilson
- 1940Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self (archive footage)
- 1938Three Loves Has Nancy as Nancy Briggs
- 1938