Acting · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · Born October 6, 1906
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
MovieClassic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013
as Self (archive footage)
TVYesteryear
1982
as Self
TVThe Love Boat
1977
as Violet Hooper
MovieHooray for Hollywood
1976
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBrasileiros em Hollywood
1970
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
as Self (uncredited)
MovieHedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
as Self
MovieBernardine
1957
as Mrs. Ruth Wilson
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Martha Allen
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Eleanor
MovieCavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThree Loves Has Nancy
1938
as Nancy Briggs
MovieThe Young in Heart
1938
as George-Anne Carleton
MovieA Star Is Born
1937
as Esther Blodgett
MovieLadies in Love
1936
as Martha Karenye
MovieSmall Town Girl
1936
as Katherine 'Kay' Brannan
MovieThe Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
as Molly Larkins
MovieOne More Spring
1935
as Elizabeth Cheney
MovieServants' Entrance
1934
as Hedda Nilsson aka Helga Brand
MovieChange of Heart
1934
as Catherine Furness
MovieCarolina
1934
as Joanna Tate
MoviePaddy the Next Best Thing
1933
as Paddy Adair
MovieAdorable
1933
as Marie Christine "Mitzi"
MovieState Fair
1933
as Margy Frake
MovieTess of the Storm Country
1932
as Tess Howland
MovieThe First Year
1932
as Grace Livingston
MovieDelicious
1931
as Heather Gordon
MovieMerely Mary Ann
1931
as Mary Ann
MovieDaddy Long Legs
1931
as Judy Abbott
MovieThe Man Who Came Back
1931
as Angie Randolph
MovieHigh Society Blues
1930
as Eleanor Divine
MovieSunny Side Up
1929
as Molly Carr
MovieChristina
1929
as Christina
MovieHappy Days
1929
as Janet Gaynor
MovieLucky Star
1929
as Mary Tucker
Movie4 Devils
1928
as Marion
MovieStreet Angel
1928
as Angela
MovieSunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927
as The Wife (Indre)
MovieTwo Girls Wanted
1927
as Marianna Wright
Movie7th Heaven
1927
as Diane
MovieWith Love and Hisses
1927
as Extra
The Horse Trader
1927
as (uncredited)
Movie45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
MovieThe Stolen Ranch
1926
as Extra
MovieLazy Lightning
1926
as (uncredited)
MovieMartin of the Mounted
1926
as (uncredited)
MovieThe Return of Peter Grimm
1926
as Catherine
MovieThe Midnight Kiss
1926
as Mildred Hastings
MovieThe Blue Eagle
1926
as Rose Kelly
MovieDon't Shoot
1926
as Girl
MovieThe Man in the Saddle
1926
as Doubtful (uncredited)
MovieThe Galloping Cowboy
1926
as Extra (uncredited)
MovieThe Shamrock Handicap
1926
as Lady Sheila O'Hara
Fade Away Foster
1926
as (uncredited)
MovieSkinner's Dress Suit
1926
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
MovieRidin' for Love
1926
as Girl
The Gunless Bad Man
1926
as Gertrude Dowell
MovieOh! What a Nurse!
1926
as (uncredited)
MovieThe Johnstown Flood
1926
as Anna Burger
MovieThe Beautiful Cheat
1926
as Extra
MovieA Punch in the Nose
1926
as Bathing Beauty (uncredited)
MovieFlaming Flappers
1925
as One of the Co-Eds (uncredited)
MovieThe Crook Buster
1925
as (uncredited)
MovieBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Slave Girl (uncredited)
MovieThe Plastic Age
1925
as Co-ed (uncredited)
MovieThe Teaser
1925
as (uncredited)
MovieThe Burning Trail
1925
as (uncredited)
MovieDangerous Innocence
1925
as (uncredited)
MovieThe Haunted Honeymoon
1925
as (uncredited)
MovieYoung Ideas
1924
as (uncredited)
MovieCupid's Rustler
1924
as (uncredited)
MovieAll Wet
1924
as Extra (uncredited)
