Gloria Grahame
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1923-11-28
Day of Death
1981-10-05 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Gloria Grahame
Biography
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2003)
'In a Lonely Place' Revisited
as Self (archive footage)
(1998)
Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman
as Self (archive footage)
(1983)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1981)
The Nesting
as Florinda Costello
(1981)
Mr. Griffin and Me
as Mara Emerson
(1980)
Melvin and Howard
as Mrs. Sisk
(1980)
(1980)
The Merry Wives of Windsor
as Mistress Page
(1979)
Chilly Scenes of Winter
as Clara
(1978)
The Dancing Princesses
as The Witch
(1976)
Mansion of the Doomed
as Katherine
(1974)
Mama's Dirty Girls
as Mama Love
(1974)
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
as Carolyn Porter
(1973)
Tarot
as Natalie
(1972)
The Loners
as Annabelle
(1971)
Black Noon
as Bethia
(1971)
Chandler
as Selma
(1971)
Escape
as Evelyn Harrison
(1971)
The Todd Killings
as Mrs. Roy
(1971)
Blood and Lace
as Mrs. Deere
(1966)
Ride Beyond Vengeance
as Bonnie Shelley
(1959)
Odds Against Tomorrow
as Helen
(1957)
Ride Out for Revenge
as Amy Porter
(1956)
The Man Who Never Was
as Lucy Sherwood
(1955)
Oklahoma!
as Ado Annie Carnes
(1955)
The Cobweb
as Karen McIver
(1955)
Not as a Stranger
as Harriet Lang
(1954)
Human Desire
as Vicki Buckley
(1954)
The Good Die Young
as Denise Blaine
(1954)
Naked Alibi
as Marianna
(1954)
(1953)
The Big Heat
as Debby Marsh
(1953)
Man on a Tightrope
as Zama Cernik
(1953)
Prisoners of the Casbah
as Princess Nadja
(1953)
The Glass Wall
as Maggie Summers
(1952)
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Angel
(1952)
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Rosemary Bartlow
(1952)
Sudden Fear
as Irene Neves
(1952)
Macao
as Margie
(1950)
In a Lonely Place
as Laurel Gray
(1949)
Roughshod
as Mary Wells
(1949)
A Woman's Secret
as Susan Caldwell / Estrellita
(1947)
Song of the Thin Man
as Fran Page
(1947)
Crossfire
as Virginia "Ginny" Tremayne
(1947)
It Happened in Brooklyn
as Nurse
(1947)
Merton of the Movies
as Beulah Baxter
(1946)
It's a Wonderful Life
as Violet
(1945)
Without Love
as Flower Vendor
(1944)
Blonde Fever
as Sally Murfin