Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 06, 1906
Died
Sep 14, 1984
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
74 titles
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Janet Gaynor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Filmography
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Self (archive footage)
Yesteryear
Self
The Love Boat
Violet Hooper
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Self (uncredited)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Self
Bernardine
Mrs. Ruth Wilson
The Oscars
Self
General Electric Theater
Martha Allen
Lux Video Theatre
Eleanor
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
Three Loves Has Nancy
Nancy Briggs
The Young in Heart
George-Anne Carleton
A Star Is Born
Esther Blodgett
Ladies in Love
Martha Karenye
Small Town Girl
Katherine 'Kay' Brannan
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Molly Larkins
One More Spring
Elizabeth Cheney
Servants' Entrance
Hedda Nilsson aka Helga Brand
Change of Heart
Catherine Furness
Carolina
Joanna Tate
Paddy the Next Best Thing
Paddy Adair
Adorable
Marie Christine "Mitzi"
State Fair
Margy Frake
Tess of the Storm Country
Tess Howland
The First Year
Grace Livingston
Delicious
Heather Gordon
Merely Mary Ann
Mary Ann
Daddy Long Legs
Judy Abbott
The Man Who Came Back
Angie Randolph
High Society Blues
Eleanor Divine
Sunny Side Up
Molly Carr
Christina
Christina
Happy Days
Janet Gaynor
Lucky Star
Mary Tucker
4 Devils
Marion
Street Angel
Angela
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
The Wife (Indre)
Two Girls Wanted
Marianna Wright
7th Heaven
Diane
With Love and Hisses
Extra
The Horse Trader
(uncredited)
45 Minutes from Hollywood
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
The Stolen Ranch
Extra
Lazy Lightning
(uncredited)
Martin of the Mounted
(uncredited)
The Return of Peter Grimm
Catherine
The Midnight Kiss
Mildred Hastings