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Janet Gaynor

Janet Gaynor

Birthday: 1906-10-06 | Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1938
Three Loves Has Nancy

as    Nancy Briggs

1937
A Star Is Born

as    Esther Blodgett / Vicki Lester

1936
Small Town Girl

as    Katherine 'Kay' Brannan

1936
Ladies In Love

as    Martha Karenye

1935
The Farmer Takes a Wife

as    Molly Larkins

1934
Change of Heart

as    Catherine Furness

1934
Carolina

as    Joanna Tate

1933
State Fair

as    Margy Frake

1933
Adorable

as    Marie Christine "Mitzi"

1933
Paddy the Next Best Thing

as    Paddy Adair

1932
Tess of the Storm Country

as    Tess Howland

1931
Daddy Long Legs

as    Judy Abbott

1929
Lucky Star

as    Mary Tucker

1928
Street Angel

as    Angela

1927
7th Heaven

as    Diane

1927
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

as    The Wife (Indre)

1926
The Return of Peter Grimm

as    Catherine

1926
The Shamrock Handicap

as    Lady Sheila O'Hara

1926
The Blue Eagle

as    Rose Kelly