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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Three Loves Has Nancy | Nancy Briggs | 1938-09-02 |
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The Young in Heart | George-Anne Carleton | 1938-07-06 |
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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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One More Spring | Elizabeth Cheney | 1935-02-15 |
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The Farmer Takes a Wife | Molly Larkins | 1935-07-05 |
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Carolina | Joanna Tate | 1934-02-02 |
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Servants' Entrance | Hedda Nilsson aka Helga Brand | 1934-09-25 |
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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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The First Year | Grace Livingston | 1932-07-30 |
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Tess of the Storm Country | Tess Howland | 1932-11-20 |
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Daddy Long Legs | Judy Abbott | 1931-06-05 |
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Merely Mary Ann | Mary Ann | 1931-09-06 |
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Delicious | Heather Gordon | 1931-12-27 |
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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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Sunny Side Up | Molly Carr | 1929-12-25 |
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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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Street Angel | Angela | 1928-04-09 |
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4 Devils | Marion | 1928-10-03 |
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Two Girls Wanted | Marianna Wright | 1927-09-11 |
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7th Heaven | Diane | 1927-09-10 |
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With Love and Hisses | Extra | 1927-08-28 |
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | The Wife (Indre) | 1927-11-04 |
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The Horse Trader | (uncredited) | 1927-08-20 |
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The Galloping Cowboy | Extra (uncredited) | 1926-05-16 |
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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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Fade Away Foster | (uncredited) | 1926-04-24 |
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The Gunless Bad Man | Gertrude Dowell | 1926-03-13 |
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Lazy Lightning | (uncredited) | 1926-12-12 |
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Martin of the Mounted | (uncredited) | 1926-12-11 |
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The Midnight Kiss | Mildred Hastings | 1926-10-10 |
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Don't Shoot | Girl | 1926-08-07 |
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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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The Beautiful Cheat | Extra | 1926-02-21 |
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Oh! What a Nurse! | (uncredited) | 1926-03-07 |
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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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A Punch in the Nose | Bathing Beauty (uncredited) | 1926-01-03 |
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The Johnstown Flood | Anna Burger | 1926-02-28 |
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The Teaser | (uncredited) | 1925-09-06 |
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The Crook Buster | (uncredited) | 1925-12-26 |
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The Plastic Age | Co-ed (uncredited) | 1925-12-15 |
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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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Flaming Flappers | One of the Co-Eds (uncredited) | 1925-12-27 |
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The Burning Trail | (uncredited) | 1925-05-10 |
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Dangerous Innocence | (uncredited) | 1925-04-12 |
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Cupid's Rustler | (uncredited) | 1924-06-01 |
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All Wet | Extra (uncredited) | 1924-01-01 |
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Young Ideas | (uncredited) | 1924-07-07 |
