Gloria Grahame
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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
Credits
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
as Violet
Oklahoma! (1955)
as Ado Annie Carnes
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
as Angel
In a Lonely Place (1950)
as Laurel Gray
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
as Rosemary Bartlow
Chandler (1971)
as Selma
The Big Heat (1953)
as Debby Marsh
Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)
as Bonnie Shelley
The Cobweb (1955)
as Karen McIver
Sudden Fear (1952)
as Irene Neves
Naked Alibi (1954)
as Marianna
It Happened in Brooklyn (1947)
as Nurse
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
as Lucy Sherwood
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
as Helen
Man on a Tightrope (1953)
as Zama Cernik
Melvin and Howard (1980)
as Mrs. Sisk
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Not as a Stranger (1955)
as Harriet Lang
Escape (1971)
as Evelyn Harrison
Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)
as Clara
Macao (1952)
as Margie
A Woman's Secret (1949)
as Susan Caldwell / Estrellita
Human Desire (1954)
as Vicki Buckley
Mansion of the Doomed (1976)
as Katherine
Crossfire (1947)
as Virginia "Ginny" Tremayne
The Good Die Young (1954)
as Denise Blaine
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1980)
as Ma
The Todd Killings (1971)
as Mrs. Roy
Blood and Lace (1971)
as Mrs. Deere
Without Love (1945)
as Flower Girl
Blonde Fever (1944)
as Sally Murfin
The Glass Wall (1953)
as Maggie Summers
Ride Out for Revenge (1957)
as Amy Porter
Mama's Dirty Girls (1974)
as Mama Love
Song of the Thin Man (1947)
as Fran Page
Roughshod (1949)
as Mary Wells
Black Noon (1971)
as Bethia
The Nesting (1981)
as Florinda Costello
The Girl on the Late, Late Show (1974)
as Carolyn Porter
Mr. Griffin and Me (1981)
as Mara Emerson
Merton of the Movies (1947)
as Beulah Baxter
A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954)
as Self
Prisoners of the Casbah (1953)
as Princess Nadja
The Dancing Princesses (1978)
as The Witch
The Loners (1972)
as Annabelle
Akai Ito (2025)
Actor
'In a Lonely Place' Revisited (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Tarot (1973)
as Natalie
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1980)
as Mistress Page