Janet Gaynor
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1906-10-06
Day of Death
1984-09-14 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Janet Gaynor
Biography
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2013)
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
(1976)
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(1975)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1961)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self (uncredited)
(1960)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
(1957)
Bernardine
as Mrs. Ruth Wilson
(1940)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
(1938)
The Young in Heart
as George-Anne Carleton
(1938)
Three Loves Has Nancy
as Nancy Briggs
(1937)
A Star Is Born
as Esther Blodgett / Vicki Lester
(1936)
Ladies in Love
as Martha Karenye
(1936)
Small Town Girl
as Katherine 'Kay' Brannan
(1935)
One More Spring
as Elizabeth Cheney
(1935)
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Molly Larkins
(1934)
Servants' Entrance
as Hedda Nilsson aka Helga Brand
(1934)
Change of Heart
as Catherine Furness
(1934)
Carolina
as Joanna Tate
(1933)
Paddy the Next Best Thing
as Paddy Adair
(1933)
State Fair
as Margy Frake
(1933)
Adorable
as Marie Christine "Mitzi"
(1932)
The First Year
as Grace Livingston
(1932)
Tess of the Storm Country
as Tess Howland
(1931)
Merely Mary Ann
as Mary Ann
(1931)
Daddy Long Legs
as Judy Abbott
(1931)
Delicious
as Heather Gordon
(1931)
The Man Who Came Back
as Angie Randolph
(1930)
High Society Blues
as Eleanor Divine
(1929)
Lucky Star
as Mary Tucker
(1929)
Sunny Side Up
as Molly Carr
(1929)
Happy Days
as Janet Gaynor
(1929)
Christina
as Christina
(1928)
Street Angel
as Angela
(1928)
4 Devils
as Marion
(1927)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as The Wife (Indre)
(1927)
With Love and Hisses
as Extra
(1927)
7th Heaven
as Diane
(1927)
Two Girls Wanted
as Marianna Wright
(1927)
The Horse Trader
as (uncredited)
(1926)
The Stolen Ranch
as Extra
(1926)
The Return of Peter Grimm
as Catherine
(1926)
Fade Away Foster
as (uncredited)
(1926)
The Galloping Cowboy
as Extra (uncredited)
(1926)
The Blue Eagle
as Rose Kelly
(1926)
45 Minutes from Hollywood
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
(1926)
The Gunless Bad Man
as Gertrude Dowell
(1926)
The Man in the Saddle
as Doubtful (uncredited)
(1926)
The Midnight Kiss
as Mildred Hastings
(1926)
The Johnstown Flood
as Anna Burger
(1926)
The Beautiful Cheat
as Extra
(1926)
Martin of the Mounted
as (uncredited)
(1926)
Don't Shoot
as Girl
(1926)
A Punch in the Nose
as Bathing Beauty (uncredited)
(1926)
Ridin' for Love
as Girl
(1926)
Oh! What a Nurse!
as (uncredited)
(1926)
The Shamrock Handicap
as Lady Sheila O'Hara
(1925)
The Plastic Age
as Co-ed (uncredited)
(1925)
The Crook Buster
as (uncredited)
(1925)
Dangerous Innocence
as (uncredited)
(1925)
The Burning Trail
as (uncredited)
(1925)
The Teaser
as (uncredited)
(1925)
The Haunted Honeymoon
as (uncredited)
(1925)
Flaming Flappers
as One of the Co-Eds (uncredited)
(1925)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Slave Girl (uncredited)
(1924)
Cupid's Rustler
as (uncredited)
(1924)
Young Ideas
as (uncredited)
(1924)
All Wet
as Extra (uncredited)