1906-10-06 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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Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored | Self (archive footage) | 2013-01-29 |
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Hooray for Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 1976-01-01 |
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Self (uncredited) | 1961-12-31 |
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood | Self | 1960-01-10 |
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Bernardine | Mrs. Ruth Wilson | 1957-07-24 |
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self (archive footage) | 1940-07-31 |
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The Young in Heart | George-Anne Carleton | 1938-07-06 |
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Three Loves Has Nancy | Nancy Briggs | 1938-09-02 |
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A Star Is Born | Esther Blodgett / Vicki Lester | 1937-04-27 |
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Ladies in Love | Martha Karenye | 1936-10-09 |
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Small Town Girl | Katherine 'Kay' Brannan | 1936-04-10 |
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The Farmer Takes a Wife | Molly Larkins | 1935-07-05 |
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One More Spring | Elizabeth Cheney | 1935-02-15 |
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Servants' Entrance | Hedda Nilsson aka Helga Brand | 1934-09-25 |
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Carolina | Joanna Tate | 1934-02-02 |
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Change of Heart | Catherine Furness | 1934-05-18 |
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Adorable | Marie Christine "Mitzi" | 1933-05-18 |
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Paddy the Next Best Thing | Paddy Adair | 1933-09-01 |
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State Fair | Margy Frake | 1933-02-10 |
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Tess of the Storm Country | Tess Howland | 1932-11-20 |
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The First Year | Grace Livingston | 1932-07-30 |
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Daddy Long Legs | Judy Abbott | 1931-06-05 |
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Delicious | Heather Gordon | 1931-12-27 |
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Merely Mary Ann | Mary Ann | 1931-09-06 |
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The Man Who Came Back | Angie Randolph | 1931-01-11 |
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High Society Blues | Eleanor Divine | 1930-03-23 |
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Lucky Star | Mary Tucker | 1929-08-18 |
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Christina | Christina | 1929-12-15 |
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Happy Days | Janet Gaynor | 1929-09-16 |
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Sunny Side Up | Molly Carr | 1929-12-25 |
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Street Angel | Angela | 1928-04-09 |
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4 Devils | Marion | 1928-10-03 |
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The Horse Trader | (uncredited) | 1927-08-20 |
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | The Wife (Indre) | 1927-11-04 |
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Two Girls Wanted | Marianna Wright | 1927-09-11 |
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With Love and Hisses | Extra | 1927-08-28 |
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7th Heaven | Diane | 1927-09-10 |
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The Galloping Cowboy | Extra (uncredited) | 1926-05-16 |
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The Gunless Bad Man | Gertrude Dowell | 1926-03-13 |
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Don't Shoot | Girl | 1926-08-07 |
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Fade Away Foster | (uncredited) | 1926-04-24 |
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The Man in the Saddle | Doubtful (uncredited) | 1926-07-11 |
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Ridin' for Love | Girl | 1926-04-17 |
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Martin of the Mounted | (uncredited) | 1926-12-11 |
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A Punch in the Nose | Bathing Beauty (uncredited) | 1926-01-03 |
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The Midnight Kiss | Mildred Hastings | 1926-10-10 |
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The Stolen Ranch | Extra | 1926-12-26 |
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45 Minutes from Hollywood | Hotel Guest (uncredited) | 1926-12-26 |
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Oh! What a Nurse! | (uncredited) | 1926-03-07 |
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The Beautiful Cheat | Extra | 1926-02-21 |
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The Return of Peter Grimm | Catherine | 1926-12-07 |
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The Blue Eagle | Rose Kelly | 1926-09-12 |
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The Shamrock Handicap | Lady Sheila O'Hara | 1926-05-02 |
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The Johnstown Flood | Anna Burger | 1926-02-28 |
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Dangerous Innocence | (uncredited) | 1925-04-12 |
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The Teaser | (uncredited) | 1925-09-06 |
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The Burning Trail | (uncredited) | 1925-05-10 |
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Slave Girl (uncredited) | 1925-12-25 |
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The Haunted Honeymoon | (uncredited) | 1925-03-29 |
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The Plastic Age | Co-ed (uncredited) | 1925-12-15 |
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Flaming Flappers | One of the Co-Eds (uncredited) | 1925-12-27 |
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The Crook Buster | (uncredited) | 1925-12-26 |
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All Wet | Extra (uncredited) | 1924-01-01 |
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Young Ideas | (uncredited) | 1924-07-07 |
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Cupid's Rustler | (uncredited) | 1924-06-01 |
