Janet Gaynor

Janet Gaynor

  • Birthday: 1906-10-06
  • Deathday: 1984-09-14
  • Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Also know as: Laura Augusta Gainor

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Janet Gaynor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Filmography

A Star Is Born

1937

As Esther Blodgett / Vicki Lester

Street Angel

1928

As Angela

The Young in Heart

1938

As George-Anne Carleton

Three Loves Has Nancy

1938

As Nancy Briggs

State Fair

1933

As Margy Frake

7th Heaven

1927

As Diane

Sunny Side Up

1929

As Molly Carr

One More Spring

1935

As Elizabeth Cheney

Lucky Star

1929

As Mary Tucker

Small Town Girl

1936

As Katherine 'Kay' Brannan

The Man Who Came Back

1931

As Angie Randolph

Delicious

1931

As Heather Gordon

4 Devils

1928

As Marion

Ladies In Love

1936

As Martha Karenye

The Farmer Takes a Wife

1935

As Molly Larkins

Paddy the Next Best Thing

1933

As Paddy Adair

Adorable

1933

As Marie Christine "Mitzi"

Daddy Long Legs

1931

As Judy Abbott

Change of Heart

1934

As Catherine Furness

Carolina

1934

As Joanna Tate

Tess of the Storm Country

1932

As Tess Howland

The Shamrock Handicap

1926

As Lady Sheila O'Hara

High Society Blues

1930

As Eleanor Divine

Servants' Entrance

1934

As Hedda Nilsson aka Helga Brand

Merely Mary Ann

1931

As Mary Ann

The First Year

1932

As Grace Livingston

Christina

1929

As Christina

Two Girls Wanted

1927

As Marianna Wright

The Gunless Bad Man

1926

As Gertrude Dowell

The Midnight Kiss

1926

As Mildred Hastings

The Crook Buster

1925

As (uncredited)

Ridin' for Love

1926

As Girl

Don't Shoot

1926

As Girl

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

1927

As The Wife (Indre)

The Blue Eagle

1926

As Rose Kelly

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940

As Self (archive footage)

The Johnstown Flood

1926

As Anna Burger

The Return of Peter Grimm

1926

As Catherine

The Horse Trader

1927

As (uncredited)

Bernardine

1957

As Mrs. Ruth Wilson

Happy Days

1929

As Herself

Martin of the Mounted

1926

As (uncredited)

With Love and Hisses

1927

As Extra

All Wet

1924

As Extra (uncredited)

Fade Away Foster

1926

As (uncredited)

Cupid's Rustler

1924

As (uncredited)

Flaming Flappers

1925

As One of the Co-Eds (uncredited)

The Galloping Cowboy

1926

As Extra (uncredited)

The Haunted Honeymoon

1925

As (uncredited)

Young Ideas

1924

As (uncredited)

The Burning Trail

1925

As (uncredited)

The Stolen Ranch

1926

As Extra

The Plastic Age

1925

As Co-ed (uncredited)

The Man in the Saddle

1926

As Doubtful (uncredited)

A Punch in the Nose

1926

As Bathing Beauty (uncredited)

45 Minutes from Hollywood

1926

As Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

2013

As Self (archive footage)

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925

As Slave Girl (uncredited)

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

1961

As Self (uncredited)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

As Self (archive footage)

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

As Self (archive footage)

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