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