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