Janet Gaynor
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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
Credits
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
as The Wife
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
as Slave Girl (uncredited)
A Star Is Born (1937)
as Esther Blodgett
Martin of the Mounted (1926)
as (uncredited)
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
as Nancy Briggs
Brasileiros em Hollywood (1970)
as Self (archive footage)
Carolina (1934)
as Joanna Tate
Ladies in Love (1936)
as Martha Karenye
Happy Days (1929)
as Janet Gaynor
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)
as Self (archive footage)
7th Heaven (1927)
as Diane
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935)
as Molly Larkins
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)
as Self (uncredited)
45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926)
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
With Love and Hisses (1927)
as Extra
The Teaser (1925)
as (uncredited)
The Horse Trader (1927)
as (uncredited)
Two Girls Wanted (1927)
as Marianna Wright
The Young in Heart (1938)
as George-Anne Carleton
The Man Who Came Back (1931)
as Angie Randolph
Street Angel (1928)
as Angela
Christina (1929)
as Christina
Skinner's Dress Suit (1926)
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
The Plastic Age (1925)
as Co-ed (uncredited)
Paddy the Next Best Thing (1933)
as Paddy Adair
Tess of the Storm Country (1932)
as Tess Howland
The Haunted Honeymoon (1925)
as (uncredited)
Hooray for Hollywood (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
Lazy Lightning (1926)
as (uncredited)
Cupid's Rustler (1924)
as (uncredited)
One More Spring (1935)
as Elizabeth Cheney
The Stolen Ranch (1926)
as Extra
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood (1960)
as Self
The Shamrock Handicap (1926)
as Lady Sheila O'Hara
State Fair (1933)
as Margy Frake
The Man in the Saddle (1926)
as Doubtful (uncredited)
Dangerous Innocence (1925)
as (uncredited)
The Midnight Kiss (1926)
as Mildred Hastings
The Return of Peter Grimm (1926)
as Catherine
Oh! What a Nurse! (1926)
as (uncredited)
4 Devils (1928)
as Marion
The Johnstown Flood (1926)
as Anna Burger
Small Town Girl (1936)
as Katherine 'Kay' Brannan
Lucky Star (1929)
as Mary Tucker
Change of Heart (1934)
as Catherine Furness
A Punch in the Nose (1926)
as Bathing Beauty (uncredited)
Bernardine (1957)
as Mrs. Ruth Wilson
Sunny Side Up (1929)
as Molly Carr
The Blue Eagle (1926)
as Rose Kelly
Delicious (1931)
as Heather Gordon
All Wet (1924)
as Extra (uncredited)
Merely Mary Ann (1931)
as Mary Ann
Daddy Long Legs (1931)
as Judy Abbott
Servants' Entrance (1934)
as Hedda Nilsson aka Helga Brand
Don't Shoot (1926)
as Girl
The Gunless Bad Man (1926)
as Gertrude Dowell
The First Year (1932)
as Grace Livingston
Flaming Flappers (1925)
as One of the Co-Eds (uncredited)
Adorable (1933)
as Marie Christine "Mitzi"
Young Ideas (1924)
as (uncredited)
High Society Blues (1930)
as Eleanor Divine
The Beautiful Cheat (1926)
as Extra
The Burning Trail (1925)
as (uncredited)
Fade Away Foster (1926)
as (uncredited)
The Galloping Cowboy (1926)
as Extra (uncredited)
Ridin' for Love (1926)
as Girl
The Crook Buster (1925)
as (uncredited)