Acting · Los Angeles, California, USA · Born November 28, 1923
Gloria Grahame (November 28, 1923 – October 5, 1981) was an American actress. Grahame began her acting career in theatre, and in 1944 she made her first film for MGM. Despite a featured role in It's a Wonderful Life (1946), MGM did not believe she had the potential for major success, and sold her contract to RKO Studios. Often cast in film noir projects, Grahame received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Crossfire (1947), and she won this award for her work in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952). She achieved her highest profile with Sudden Fear (1952), Human Desire (1953),The Big Heat (1953), and Oklahoma! (1955), but her film career began to wane soon afterwards. She returned to work on the stage, but continued to appear in films and television productions, usually in supporting roles. Diagnosed with stomach cancer in 1980, Grahame refused to accept the diagnosis and travelled to England to work in a play. Her health rapidly failed and she returned to New York City, where she died in 1981.
MovieAkai Ito
2025
Movie'In a Lonely Place' Revisited
2003
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Nesting
1981
as Florinda Costello
MovieMr. Griffin and Me
1981
as Mara Emerson
MovieMelvin and Howard
1980
as Mrs. Sisk
MovieA Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
1980
as Ma
MovieThe Merry Wives of Windsor
1980
as Mistress Page
MovieChilly Scenes of Winter
1979
as Clara
TVTales of the Unexpected
1979
as Olivia
MovieThe Dancing Princesses
1978
as The Witch
TVSeventh Avenue
1977
as Moll
MovieMansion of the Doomed
1976
as Katherine
TVRich Man, Poor Man
1976
as Sue Prescott
MovieMama's Dirty Girls
1974
as Mama Love
MovieThe Girl on the Late, Late Show
1974
as Carolyn Porter
TVKojak
1973
as Helen
MovieTarot
1973
as Natalie
MovieThe Loners
1972
as Annabelle
MovieChandler
1971
as Selma
MovieBlack Noon
1971
as Bethia
MovieThe Todd Killings
1971
as Mrs. Roy
MovieEscape
1971
as Evelyn Harrison
MovieBlood and Lace
1971
as Mrs. Deere
TVThen Came Bronson
1969
as Charlene Braden
TVThe Name of the Game
1968
as Madame Noh
TVMannix
1967
as Mae Darling
MovieRide Beyond Vengeance
1966
as Bonnie Shelley
TVDaniel Boone
1964
as Molly Hogan
TVBurke's Law
1963
as Helen Dekker
TVThe Fugitive
1963
as Dorina Pruitt
TVThe Outer Limits
1963
as Florida Patton
TVSam Benedict
1962
as Rita Bain
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVThe New Breed
1961
as Nurse Nora Springer
TVHarrigan and Son
1960
MovieOdds Against Tomorrow
1959
as Helen
MovieRide Out for Revenge
1957
as Amy Porter
MovieThe Man Who Never Was
1956
as Lucy Sherwood
MovieOklahoma!
1955
as Ado Annie Carnes
MovieNot as a Stranger
1955
as Harriet Lang
MovieThe Cobweb
1955
as Karen McIver
MovieNaked Alibi
1954
as Marianna
MovieA Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
as Self
MovieHuman Desire
1954
as Vicki Buckley
MovieThe Good Die Young
1954
as Denise Blaine
MoviePrisoners of the Casbah
1953
as Princess Nadja
MovieThe Big Heat
1953
as Debby Marsh
MovieMan on a Tightrope
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as Zama Cernik
MovieThe Glass Wall
1953
as Maggie Summers
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Elena Carlisle
MovieThe Bad and the Beautiful
1952
as Rosemary Bartlow
MovieSudden Fear
1952
as Irene Neves
MovieMacao
1952
as Margie
MovieThe Greatest Show on Earth
1952
as Angel
TVThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
MovieIn a Lonely Place
1950
as Laurel Gray
MovieRoughshod
1949
as Mary Wells
MovieA Woman's Secret
1949
as Susan Caldwell / Estrellita
MovieMerton of the Movies
1947
as Beulah Baxter
MovieSong of the Thin Man
1947
as Fran Page
MovieCrossfire
1947
as Virginia "Ginny" Tremayne
MovieIt Happened in Brooklyn
1947
as Nurse
MovieIt's a Wonderful Life
1946
as Violet
MovieWithout Love
1945
as Flower Girl
MovieBlonde Fever
1944
as Sally Murfin
