People
Janet Gaynor
- Name: Janet Gaynor
- Birthday: 1906-10-06
- Also known as: Laura Augusta Gainor,Джанет Гейнор
- Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Popularity: 2.305
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... Read More
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
| Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored as Self (archive footage) | 2013-01-29 |
| Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
| Hollywood: The Selznick Years as Self (uncredited) | 1961-12-31 |
| Hedda Hopper's Hollywood as Self | 1960-01-10 |
| Bernardine as Mrs. Ruth Wilson | 1957-07-24 |
| Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self (archive footage) | 1940-07-31 |
| Three Loves Has Nancy as Nancy Briggs | 1938-09-02 |
| The Young in Heart as George-Anne Carleton | 1938-07-06 |
| A Star Is Born as Esther Blodgett / Vicki Lester | 1937-04-27 |
| Ladies In Love as Martha Karenye | 1936-10-09 |
| Small Town Girl as Katherine 'Kay' Brannan | 1936-04-10 |
| The Farmer Takes a Wife as Molly Larkins | 1935-07-05 |
| One More Spring as Elizabeth Cheney | 1935-02-15 |
| Servants' Entrance as Hedda Nilsson aka Helga Brand | 1934-09-25 |
| Change of Heart as Catherine Furness | 1934-05-18 |
| Carolina as Joanna Tate | 1934-02-02 |
| Paddy the Next Best Thing as Paddy Adair | 1933-09-01 |
| Adorable as Marie Christine "Mitzi" | 1933-05-18 |
| State Fair as Margy Frake | 1933-02-10 |
| Tess of the Storm Country as Tess Howland | 1932-11-20 |
| The First Year as Grace Livingston | 1932-07-30 |
| Delicious as Heather Gordon | 1931-12-27 |
| Merely Mary Ann as Mary Ann | 1931-09-06 |
| Daddy Long Legs as Judy Abbott | 1931-06-05 |
| The Man Who Came Back as Angie Randolph | 1931-01-11 |
| High Society Blues as Eleanor Divine | 1930-03-23 |
| Sunny Side Up as Molly Carr | 1929-12-25 |
| Christina as Christina | 1929-12-15 |
| Happy Days as Herself | 1929-09-16 |
| Lucky Star as Mary Tucker | 1929-08-18 |
| 4 Devils as Marion | 1928-10-03 |
| Street Angel as Angela | 1928-04-09 |
| Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans as The Wife (Indre) | 1927-11-04 |
| Two Girls Wanted as Marianna Wright | 1927-09-11 |
| 7th Heaven as Diane | 1927-09-10 |
| With Love and Hisses as Extra | 1927-08-28 |
| The Horse Trader as (uncredited) | 1927-08-20 |
| 45 Minutes from Hollywood as Hotel Guest (uncredited) | 1926-12-26 |
| The Stolen Ranch as Extra | 1926-12-26 |
| Martin of the Mounted as (uncredited) | 1926-12-11 |
| The Return of Peter Grimm as Catherine | 1926-12-07 |
| The Midnight Kiss as Mildred Hastings | 1926-10-10 |
| The Blue Eagle as Rose Kelly | 1926-09-12 |
| Don't Shoot as Girl | 1926-08-07 |
| The Man in the Saddle as Doubtful (uncredited) | 1926-07-11 |
| The Galloping Cowboy as Extra (uncredited) | 1926-05-16 |
| The Shamrock Handicap as Lady Sheila O'Hara | 1926-05-02 |
| Fade Away Foster as (uncredited) | 1926-04-24 |
| Ridin' for Love as Girl | 1926-04-17 |
| The Gunless Bad Man as Gertrude Dowell | 1926-03-13 |
| Oh! What a Nurse! as (uncredited) | 1926-03-07 |
| The Johnstown Flood as Anna Burger | 1926-02-28 |
| The Beautiful Cheat as Extra | 1926-02-21 |
| A Punch in the Nose as Bathing Beauty (uncredited) | 1926-01-03 |
| Flaming Flappers as One of the Co-Eds (uncredited) | 1925-12-27 |
| The Crook Buster as (uncredited) | 1925-12-26 |
| Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ as Slave Girl (uncredited) | 1925-12-25 |
| The Plastic Age as Co-ed (uncredited) | 1925-12-15 |
| The Teaser as (uncredited) | 1925-09-06 |
| The Burning Trail as (uncredited) | 1925-05-10 |
| Dangerous Innocence as (uncredited) | 1925-04-12 |
| The Haunted Honeymoon as (uncredited) | 1925-03-29 |
| Young Ideas as (uncredited) | 1924-07-07 |
| Cupid's Rustler as (uncredited) | 1924-06-01 |
| All Wet as Extra (uncredited) | 1924-01-01 |
