Janet Gaynor

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

74

Gender

Female

Birthday

1906-10-06

Day of death

1984-09-14 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Janet Gaynor

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

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Adorable

    Adorable

  • All Wet

    All Wet

  • Carolina

    Carolina

  • 4 Devils

    4 Devils

  • Delicious

    Delicious

  • Christina

    Christina

  • Daddy Long Legs

    Daddy Long Legs

  • 7th Heaven

    7th Heaven

  • High Society Blues

    High Society Blues

  • Small Town Girl

    Small Town Girl

  • Three Loves Has Nancy

    Three Loves Has Nancy

  • Cupid's Rustler

    Cupid's Rustler

  • Happy Days

    Happy Days

  • The Beautiful Cheat

    The Beautiful Cheat

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • The Blue Eagle

    The Blue Eagle

  • Ladies in Love

    Ladies in Love

  • Lucky Star

    Lucky Star

  • Two Girls Wanted

    Two Girls Wanted

  • One More Spring

    One More Spring

  • Bernardine

    Bernardine

  • Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

    Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

  • A Star Is Born

    A Star Is Born

  • Merely Mary Ann

    Merely Mary Ann

  • Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

  • Skinner's Dress Suit

    Skinner's Dress Suit

  • Martin of the Mounted

    Martin of the Mounted

  • Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • The Crook Buster

    The Crook Buster

  • The Horse Trader

    The Horse Trader

  • The First Year

    The First Year

  • Change of Heart

    Change of Heart

  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

  • State Fair

    State Fair

  • Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

  • The Plastic Age

    The Plastic Age

  • Yesteryear

    Yesteryear

  • The Young in Heart

    The Young in Heart

  • Hollywood: The Selznick Years

    Hollywood: The Selznick Years

  • Street Angel

    Street Angel

  • Sunny Side Up

    Sunny Side Up

  • The Man Who Came Back

    The Man Who Came Back

  • Hooray for Hollywood

    Hooray for Hollywood

  • Servants' Entrance

    Servants' Entrance

  • The Farmer Takes a Wife

    The Farmer Takes a Wife

  • The Burning Trail

    The Burning Trail

  • With Love and Hisses

    With Love and Hisses

  • 45 Minutes from Hollywood

    45 Minutes from Hollywood

  • Lazy Lightning

    Lazy Lightning

  • The Stolen Ranch

    The Stolen Ranch

  • The Teaser

    The Teaser

  • Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

  • A Punch in the Nose

    A Punch in the Nose

  • The Galloping Cowboy

    The Galloping Cowboy

  • Brasileiros em Hollywood

    Brasileiros em Hollywood

  • Oh! What a Nurse!

    Oh! What a Nurse!

  • The Johnstown Flood

    The Johnstown Flood

  • The Shamrock Handicap

    The Shamrock Handicap

  • Young Ideas

    Young Ideas

  • Flaming Flappers

    Flaming Flappers

  • The Man in the Saddle

    The Man in the Saddle

  • Paddy the Next Best Thing

    Paddy the Next Best Thing

  • The Gunless Bad Man

    The Gunless Bad Man

  • Dangerous Innocence

    Dangerous Innocence

  • Tess of the Storm Country

    Tess of the Storm Country

  • Don't Shoot

    Don't Shoot

  • The Haunted Honeymoon

    The Haunted Honeymoon

  • The Return of Peter Grimm

    The Return of Peter Grimm

  • Fade Away Foster

    Fade Away Foster

  • Ridin' for Love

    Ridin' for Love

  • The Midnight Kiss

    The Midnight Kiss