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Gender

Female

Birthday

1906-10-06 (118 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

2014

And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)

2013

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored as Self (archive footage)

1982

Yesteryear as Self

1977

The Love Boat as Violet Hooper

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

1957

Bernardine as Mrs. Ruth Wilson

1953

General Electric Theater as Martha Allen
The Oscars as Self

1950

1940

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self (archive footage)

1938

The Young in Heart as George-Anne Carleton
Three Loves Has Nancy as Nancy Briggs

1937

A Star Is Born as Esther Blodgett / Vicki Lester

1936

Small Town Girl as Katherine 'Kay' Brannan
Ladies In Love as Martha Karenye

1935

One More Spring as Elizabeth Cheney
The Farmer Takes a Wife as Molly Larkins

1934

Change of Heart as Catherine Furness
Carolina as Joanna Tate
Servants' Entrance as Hedda Nilsson aka Helga Brand

1933

State Fair as Margy Frake
Adorable as Marie Christine "Mitzi"

1932

The First Year as Grace Livingston

1931

The Man Who Came Back as Angie Randolph
Delicious as Heather Gordon
Daddy Long Legs as Judy Abbott
Merely Mary Ann as Mary Ann

1930

High Society Blues as Eleanor Divine

1929

Sunny Side Up as Molly Carr
Lucky Star as Mary Tucker
Happy Days as Herself
Christina as Christina

1928

Street Angel as Angela
4 Devils as Marion

1927

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans as The Wife (Indre)
7th Heaven as Diane
Two Girls Wanted as Marianna Wright
The Horse Trader as (uncredited)

1926

A Punch in the Nose as Bathing Beauty (uncredited)
The Blue Eagle as Rose Kelly
The Shamrock Handicap as Lady Sheila O'Hara
The Johnstown Flood as Anna Burger
45 Minutes from Hollywood as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Oh! What a Nurse! as (uncredited)
The Gunless Bad Man as Gertrude Dowell
Fade Away Foster as (uncredited)
The Galloping Cowboy as Extra (uncredited)
The Man in the Saddle as Doubtful (uncredited)
Don't Shoot as Girl
The Midnight Kiss as Mildred Hastings
Martin of the Mounted as (uncredited)

1925

The Haunted Honeymoon as (uncredited)
The Burning Trail as (uncredited)
Dangerous Innocence as (uncredited)
The Teaser as (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ as Slave Girl (uncredited)
The Plastic Age as Co-ed (uncredited)
Flaming Flappers as One of the Co-Eds (uncredited)
The Crook Buster as (uncredited)

1924

Cupid's Rustler as (uncredited)
Young Ideas as (uncredited)
All Wet as Extra (uncredited)