Gloria Grahame
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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.
Known for
Credits
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
as Violet
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
as Rosemary Bartlow
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
as Angel
The Big Heat (1953)
as Debby Marsh
In a Lonely Place (1950)
as Laurel Gray
Oklahoma! (1955)
as Ado Annie Carnes
Macao (1952)
as Margie
Sudden Fear (1952)
as Irene Neves
Human Desire (1954)
as Vicki Buckley
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
as Lucy Sherwood
Crossfire (1947)
as Virginia "Ginny" Tremayne
Naked Alibi (1954)
as Marianna
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
as Helen
Song of the Thin Man (1947)
as Fran Page
The Cobweb (1955)
as Karen McIver
Mansion of the Doomed (1976)
as Katherine
Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)
as Bonnie Shelley
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1980)
as Ma
Melvin and Howard (1980)
as Mrs. Sisk
Not as a Stranger (1955)
as Harriet Lang
Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)
as Clara
Without Love (1945)
as Flower Girl
Man on a Tightrope (1953)
as Zama Cernik
Mama's Dirty Girls (1974)
as Mama Love
A Woman's Secret (1949)
as Susan Caldwell / Estrellita
The Nesting (1981)
as Florinda Costello
A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954)
as Self
The Todd Killings (1971)
as Mrs. Roy
Escape (1971)
as Evelyn Harrison
Ride Out for Revenge (1957)
as Amy Porter
The Glass Wall (1953)
as Maggie Summers
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Good Die Young (1954)
as Denise Blaine
Chandler (1971)
as Selma
Blood and Lace (1971)
as Mrs. Deere
Prisoners of the Casbah (1953)
as Princess Nadja
It Happened in Brooklyn (1947)
as Nurse
Roughshod (1949)
as Mary Wells
Black Noon (1971)
as Bethia
Merton of the Movies (1947)
as Beulah Baxter
The Loners (1972)
as Annabelle
Blonde Fever (1944)
as Sally Murfin
Tarot (1973)
as Natalie
The Dancing Princesses (1978)
as The Witch
The Girl on the Late, Late Show (1974)
as Carolyn Porter
Mr. Griffin and Me (1981)
as Mara Emerson
Akai Ito (2025)
Actor
'In a Lonely Place' Revisited (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1980)
as Mistress Page