Janet Gaynor
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 wi...
Known For
Filmography
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Yesteryear
1982
as Self
The Love Boat
1977
as Violet Hooper
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
as Self (uncredited)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
as Self
Bernardine
1957
as Mrs. Ruth Wilson
General Electric Theater
1953
as Martha Allen
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Eleanor
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self (archive footage)
The Young in Heart
1938
as George-Anne Carleton
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938
as Nancy Briggs
A Star Is Born
1937
as Esther Blodgett
Small Town Girl
1936
as Katherine 'Kay' Brannan
Ladies in Love
1936
as Martha Karenye
One More Spring
1935
as Elizabeth Cheney
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
as Molly Larkins
Change of Heart
1934
as Catherine Furness
Carolina
1934
as Joanna Tate
Servants' Entrance
1934
as Hedda Nilsson aka Helga Brand
State Fair
1933
as Margy Frake
Paddy the Next Best Thing
1933
as Paddy Adair
Adorable
1933
as Marie Christine "Mitzi"
Tess of the Storm Country
1932
as Tess Howland
The First Year
1932
as Grace Livingston
The Man Who Came Back
1931
as Angie Randolph
Delicious
1931
as Heather Gordon
Daddy Long Legs
1931
as Judy Abbott
Merely Mary Ann
1931
as Mary Ann
High Society Blues
1930
as Eleanor Divine
Sunny Side Up
1929
as Molly Carr
Lucky Star
1929
as Mary Tucker
Happy Days
1929
as Janet Gaynor
Christina
1929
as Christina
Street Angel
1928
as Angela
4 Devils
1928
as Marion
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927
as The Wife (Indre)
7th Heaven
1927
as Diane
With Love and Hisses
1927
as Extra
Two Girls Wanted
1927
as Marianna Wright
The Horse Trader
1927
as (uncredited)
A Punch in the Nose
1926
as Bathing Beauty (uncredited)
The Blue Eagle
1926
as Rose Kelly
The Shamrock Handicap
1926
as Lady Sheila O'Hara
The Johnstown Flood
1926
as Anna Burger
The Return of Peter Grimm
1926
as Catherine
45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Oh! What a Nurse!
1926
as (uncredited)
The Beautiful Cheat
1926
as Extra
The Stolen Ranch
1926
as Extra
The Gunless Bad Man
1926
as Gertrude Dowell
Ridin' for Love
1926
as Girl
Fade Away Foster
1926
as (uncredited)
The Galloping Cowboy
1926
as Extra (uncredited)
The Man in the Saddle
1926
as Doubtful (uncredited)
Don't Shoot
1926
as Girl
The Midnight Kiss
1926
as Mildred Hastings
Martin of the Mounted
1926
as (uncredited)
Lazy Lightning
1926
as (uncredited)
Skinner's Dress Suit
1926
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
The Haunted Honeymoon
1925
as (uncredited)
The Burning Trail
1925
as (uncredited)
Dangerous Innocence
1925
as (uncredited)
The Teaser
1925
as (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Slave Girl (uncredited)
The Plastic Age
1925
as Co-ed (uncredited)
Flaming Flappers
1925
as One of the Co-Eds (uncredited)
The Crook Buster
1925
as (uncredited)
Cupid's Rustler
1924
as (uncredited)
Young Ideas
1924
as (uncredited)
All Wet
1924
as Extra (uncredited)