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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 6, 1906
Died
September 14, 1984
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Laura Augusta Gainor
- Джанет Гейнор
Janet Gaynor
0.7 Popularity
Biography
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
5.5
Self (archive footage)
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013
0.0
Self
Yesteryear
1982
6.3
Violet Hooper
The Love Boat
1977
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
6.1
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
3.5
Self (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
6.0
Self
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
7.0
Mrs. Ruth Wilson
Bernardine
1957
7.0
Self
The Oscars
1953
6.4
Martha Allen
General Electric Theater
1953
Credits
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
2013
5.5
Yesteryear
as Self
1982
0.0
The Love Boat
as Violet Hooper
1977
6.3
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1976
0.0
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
6.1
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self (uncredited)
1961
3.5
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
1960
6.0
Bernardine
as Mrs. Ruth Wilson
1957
7.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
General Electric Theater
as Martha Allen
1953
6.4
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Eleanor
1950
6.3
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
1940
6.5
Three Loves Has Nancy
as Nancy Briggs
1938
3.8
The Young in Heart
as George-Anne Carleton
1938
6.5
A Star Is Born
as Esther Blodgett / Vicki Lester
1937
7.2
Ladies in Love
as Martha Karenye
1936
5.8
Small Town Girl
as Katherine 'Kay' Brannan
1936
5.9
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Molly Larkins
1935
6.1
One More Spring
as Elizabeth Cheney
1935
5.8
Servants' Entrance
as Hedda Nilsson aka Helga Brand
1934
0.0
Change of Heart
as Catherine Furness
1934
6.2
Carolina
as Joanna Tate
1934
6.0
Paddy the Next Best Thing
as Paddy Adair
1933
3.0
Adorable
as Marie Christine "Mitzi"
1933
3.2
State Fair
as Margy Frake
1933
6.2
Tess of the Storm Country
as Tess Howland
1932
6.0
The First Year
as Grace Livingston
1932
0.0
Delicious
as Heather Gordon
1931
6.2
Merely Mary Ann
as Mary Ann
1931
0.0
Daddy Long Legs
as Judy Abbott
1931
4.0
The Man Who Came Back
as Angie Randolph
1931
3.4
High Society Blues
as Eleanor Divine
1930
0.0
Sunny Side Up
as Molly Carr
1929
6.8
Christina
as Christina
1929
0.0
Happy Days
as Janet Gaynor
1929
6.0
Lucky Star
as Mary Tucker
1929
7.6
4 Devils
as Marion
1928
7.0
Street Angel
as Angela
1928
7.0
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as The Wife (Indre)
1927
7.8
Two Girls Wanted
as Marianna Wright
1927
0.0
7th Heaven
as Diane
1927
7.3
With Love and Hisses
as Extra
1927
6.1
🎬
The Horse Trader
as (uncredited)
1927
0.0
45 Minutes from Hollywood
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1926
5.2
The Stolen Ranch
as Extra
1926
5.1
Lazy Lightning
as (uncredited)
1926
0.0
Martin of the Mounted
as (uncredited)
1926
0.0
The Return of Peter Grimm
as Catherine
1926
0.0
The Midnight Kiss
as Mildred Hastings
1926
0.0
The Blue Eagle
as Rose Kelly
1926
5.1
Don't Shoot
as Girl
1926
0.0
The Man in the Saddle
as Doubtful (uncredited)
1926
0.0
The Galloping Cowboy
as Extra (uncredited)
1926
0.0
The Shamrock Handicap
as Lady Sheila O'Hara
1926
5.1
🎬
Fade Away Foster
as (uncredited)
1926
0.0
Skinner's Dress Suit
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
1926
6.7
🎬
Ridin' for Love
as Girl
1926
0.0
🎬
The Gunless Bad Man
as Gertrude Dowell
1926
0.0
Oh! What a Nurse!
as (uncredited)
1926
0.0
The Johnstown Flood
as Anna Burger
1926
6.8
The Beautiful Cheat
as Extra
1926
0.0
A Punch in the Nose
as Bathing Beauty (uncredited)
1926
0.0
Flaming Flappers
as One of the Co-Eds (uncredited)
1925
0.0
The Crook Buster
as (uncredited)
1925
0.0
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Slave Girl (uncredited)
1925
7.3
The Plastic Age
as Co-ed (uncredited)
1925
6.0
The Teaser
as (uncredited)
1925
1.0
The Burning Trail
as (uncredited)
1925
0.0
Dangerous Innocence
as (uncredited)
1925
0.0
The Haunted Honeymoon
as (uncredited)
1925
0.0
Young Ideas
as (uncredited)
1924
0.0
Cupid's Rustler
as (uncredited)
1924
0.0
All Wet
as Extra (uncredited)
1924
5.2