Janet Gaynor
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1906-10-06 (78 years old)
Deathday
1984-09-14
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known As
Laura Augusta Gainor
Джанет Гейнор
Janet Gaynor
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 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 ...
Acting
1927
as The Wife (Indre)
1937
as Esther Blodgett / Vicki Lester
1928
as Angela
1925
as (uncredited)
1938
as George-Anne Carleton
1924
as (uncredited)
1926
as Bathing Beauty (uncredited)
1938
as Nancy Briggs
1933
as Margy Frake
1927
as Diane
1929
as Molly Carr
1935
as Elizabeth Cheney
1929
as Mary Tucker
1936
as Katherine 'Kay' Brannan
1957
as Mrs. Ruth Wilson
1931
as Angie Randolph
1931
as Heather Gordon
1926
as Rose Kelly
1928
as Marion
1929
as Janet Gaynor
1925
as (uncredited)
1936
as Martha Karenye
1935
as Molly Larkins
1933
as Paddy Adair
1933
as Marie Christine "Mitzi"
1931
as Judy Abbott
1934
as Catherine Furness
1934
as Joanna Tate
1932
as Tess Howland
1961
as Self (uncredited)
1926
as Lady Sheila O'Hara
1926
as Anna Burger
2013
as Self (archive footage)
1930
as Eleanor Divine
1926
as Catherine
1934
as Hedda Nilsson aka Helga Brand
1926
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1927
as Extra
1960
as Self
1926
as (uncredited)
1931
as Mary Ann
1929
as Christina
1925
as (uncredited)
1925
as (uncredited)
1926
as Extra
1932
as Grace Livingston
1926
as Extra
1940
as Self (archive footage)
1975
as Self (archive footage)
1925
as Slave Girl (uncredited)
1927
as Marianna Wright
1925
as Co-ed (uncredited)
2014
as Self (archive footage)
1925
as One of the Co-Eds (uncredited)
1925
as (uncredited)
1926
as Gertrude Dowell
1926
as Girl
1926
as (uncredited)
1926
as Extra (uncredited)
1926
as Doubtful (uncredited)
1926
as Girl
1926
as Mildred Hastings
1926
as (uncredited)
1927
as (uncredited)
1924
as (uncredited)
1924
as Extra (uncredited)
1976
as Self (archive footage)
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