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