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