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