Janet Gaynor
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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
Known for
Credits
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
as The Wife (Indre)
Carolina (1934)
as Joanna Tate
A Star Is Born (1937)
as Esther Blodgett
Brasileiros em Hollywood (1970)
as Self (archive footage)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
as Slave Girl (uncredited)
Lucky Star (1929)
as Mary Tucker
7th Heaven (1927)
as Diane
Small Town Girl (1936)
as Katherine 'Kay' Brannan
Hooray for Hollywood (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
as Nancy Briggs
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
Christina (1929)
as Christina
Martin of the Mounted (1926)
as (uncredited)
Ladies in Love (1936)
as Martha Karenye
Cupid's Rustler (1924)
as (uncredited)
Happy Days (1929)
as Janet Gaynor
Change of Heart (1934)
as Catherine Furness
State Fair (1933)
as Margy Frake
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935)
as Molly Larkins
One More Spring (1935)
as Elizabeth Cheney
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)
as Self (archive footage)
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
The Crook Buster (1925)
as (uncredited)
Sunny Side Up (1929)
as Molly Carr
With Love and Hisses (1927)
as Extra
The Johnstown Flood (1926)
as Anna Burger
The Plastic Age (1925)
as Co-ed (uncredited)
Two Girls Wanted (1927)
as Marianna Wright
The Man in the Saddle (1926)
as Doubtful (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)
as Self (uncredited)
Bernardine (1957)
as Mrs. Ruth Wilson
45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926)
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Delicious (1931)
as Heather Gordon
The Gunless Bad Man (1926)
as Gertrude Dowell
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood (1960)
as Self
Daddy Long Legs (1931)
as Judy Abbott
The Man Who Came Back (1931)
as Angie Randolph
The Horse Trader (1927)
as (uncredited)
Street Angel (1928)
as Angela
Dangerous Innocence (1925)
as (uncredited)
Lazy Lightning (1926)
as (uncredited)
The Shamrock Handicap (1926)
as Lady Sheila O'Hara
The Stolen Ranch (1926)
as Extra
The First Year (1932)
as Grace Livingston
Don't Shoot (1926)
as Girl
4 Devils (1928)
as Marion
Ridin' for Love (1926)
as Girl
The Return of Peter Grimm (1926)
as Catherine
Servants' Entrance (1934)
as Hedda Nilsson aka Helga Brand
Tess of the Storm Country (1932)
as Tess Howland
Merely Mary Ann (1931)
as Mary Ann
Oh! What a Nurse! (1926)
as (uncredited)
The Blue Eagle (1926)
as Rose Kelly
Adorable (1933)
as Marie Christine "Mitzi"
The Young in Heart (1938)
as George-Anne Carleton
All Wet (1924)
as Extra (uncredited)
The Burning Trail (1925)
as (uncredited)
The Beautiful Cheat (1926)
as Extra
Young Ideas (1924)
as (uncredited)
Paddy the Next Best Thing (1933)
as Paddy Adair
A Punch in the Nose (1926)
as Bathing Beauty (uncredited)
Skinner's Dress Suit (1926)
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
The Haunted Honeymoon (1925)
as (uncredited)
The Teaser (1925)
as (uncredited)
High Society Blues (1930)
as Eleanor Divine
The Galloping Cowboy (1926)
as Extra (uncredited)
Flaming Flappers (1925)
as One of the Co-Eds (uncredited)
Fade Away Foster (1926)
as (uncredited)
The Midnight Kiss (1926)
as Mildred Hastings