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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…
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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
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Janet Gaynor's Filmography
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Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self (uncredited)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
Bernardine
as Mrs. Ruth Wilson
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
Three Loves Has Nancy
as Nancy Briggs
The Young in Heart
as George-Anne Carleton
A Star Is Born
as Esther Blodgett
Ladies in Love
as Martha Karenye
Small Town Girl
as Katherine 'Kay' Brannan
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Molly Larkins
One More Spring
as Elizabeth Cheney
Servants' Entrance
as Hedda Nilsson aka Helga Brand
Change of Heart
as Catherine Furness
Carolina
as Joanna Tate
Paddy the Next Best Thing
as Paddy Adair
Adorable
as Marie Christine "Mitzi"
State Fair
as Margy Frake
Tess of the Storm Country
as Tess Howland
The First Year
as Grace Livingston
Delicious
as Heather Gordon
Merely Mary Ann
as Mary Ann
Daddy Long Legs
as Judy Abbott
The Man Who Came Back
as Angie Randolph
High Society Blues
as Eleanor Divine
Sunny Side Up
as Molly Carr
Christina
as Christina
Happy Days
as Janet Gaynor
Lucky Star
as Mary Tucker
4 Devils
as Marion
Street Angel
as Angela
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as The Wife (Indre)
Two Girls Wanted
as Marianna Wright
7th Heaven
as Diane
With Love and Hisses
as Extra
No Poster
The Horse Trader
as (uncredited)
45 Minutes from Hollywood
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
The Stolen Ranch
as Extra
Lazy Lightning
as (uncredited)
Martin of the Mounted
as (uncredited)
The Return of Peter Grimm
as Catherine
The Midnight Kiss
as Mildred Hastings
The Blue Eagle
as Rose Kelly
Don't Shoot
as Girl
The Man in the Saddle
as Doubtful (uncredited)
The Galloping Cowboy
as Extra (uncredited)
The Shamrock Handicap
as Lady Sheila O'Hara
No Poster
Fade Away Foster
as (uncredited)
Skinner's Dress Suit
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
Ridin' for Love
as Girl
No Poster
The Gunless Bad Man
as Gertrude Dowell
Oh! What a Nurse!
as (uncredited)
The Johnstown Flood
as Anna Burger
The Beautiful Cheat
as Extra
A Punch in the Nose
as Bathing Beauty (uncredited)
Flaming Flappers
as One of the Co-Eds (uncredited)
The Crook Buster
as (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Slave Girl (uncredited)
The Plastic Age
as Co-ed (uncredited)
The Teaser
as (uncredited)
The Burning Trail
as (uncredited)
Dangerous Innocence
as (uncredited)
The Haunted Honeymoon
as (uncredited)
Young Ideas
as (uncredited)
Cupid's Rustler
as (uncredited)
All Wet
as Extra (uncredited)