Janet Gaynor
Birthday
1906/10/06
Day of death
1984/09/14 (77 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also know as
Laura Augusta Gainor, Джанет Гейнор
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 wi...Read more
Acting
(1927) Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as The Wife (Indre)
(1937) A Star Is Born
as Esther Blodgett / Vicki Lester
(1928) Street Angel
as Angela
(1925) The Haunted Honeymoon
as (uncredited)
(1938) The Young in Heart
as George-Anne Carleton
(1924) Cupid's Rustler
as (uncredited)
(1926) A Punch in the Nose
as Bathing Beauty (uncredited)
(1938) Three Loves Has Nancy
as Nancy Briggs
(1933) State Fair
as Margy Frake
(1927) 7th Heaven
as Diane
(1929) Sunny Side Up
as Molly Carr
(1935) One More Spring
as Elizabeth Cheney
(1929) Lucky Star
as Mary Tucker
(1936) Small Town Girl
as Katherine 'Kay' Brannan
(1957) Bernardine
as Mrs. Ruth Wilson
(1931) The Man Who Came Back
as Angie Randolph
(1931) Delicious
as Heather Gordon
(1926) The Blue Eagle
as Rose Kelly
(1928) 4 Devils
as Marion
(1929) Happy Days
as Herself
(1925) The Burning Trail
as (uncredited)
(1936) Ladies In Love
as Martha Karenye
(1935) The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Molly Larkins
(1933) Paddy the Next Best Thing
as Paddy Adair
(1933) Adorable
as Marie Christine "Mitzi"
(1931) Daddy Long Legs
as Judy Abbott
(1934) Change of Heart
as Catherine Furness
(1934) Carolina
as Joanna Tate
(1932) Tess of the Storm Country
as Tess Howland
(1961) Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self (uncredited)
(1926) The Shamrock Handicap
as Lady Sheila O'Hara
(1926) The Johnstown Flood
as Anna Burger
(2013) Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
(1930) High Society Blues
as Eleanor Divine
(1926) The Return of Peter Grimm
as Catherine
(1934) Servants' Entrance
as Hedda Nilsson aka Helga Brand
(1926) 45 Minutes from Hollywood
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
(1927) With Love and Hisses
as Extra
(1960) Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
(1926) Oh! What a Nurse!
as (uncredited)
(1931) Merely Mary Ann
as Mary Ann
(1929) Christina
as Christina
(1925) Dangerous Innocence
as (uncredited)
(1925) The Teaser
as (uncredited)
(1926) The Beautiful Cheat
as Extra
(1932) The First Year
as Grace Livingston
(1926) The Stolen Ranch
as Extra
(1940) Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
(1975) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1925) Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Slave Girl (uncredited)
(1927) Two Girls Wanted
as Marianna Wright
(1925) The Plastic Age
as Co-ed (uncredited)
(2014) And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(1925) Flaming Flappers
as One of the Co-Eds (uncredited)
(1925) The Crook Buster
as (uncredited)
(1926) The Gunless Bad Man
as Gertrude Dowell
(1926) Ridin' for Love
as Girl
(1926) Fade Away Foster
as (uncredited)
(1926) The Galloping Cowboy
as Extra (uncredited)
(1926) The Man in the Saddle
as Doubtful (uncredited)
(1926) Don't Shoot
as Girl
(1926) The Midnight Kiss
as Mildred Hastings
(1926) Martin of the Mounted
as (uncredited)
(1927) The Horse Trader
as (uncredited)
(1924) Young Ideas
as (uncredited)
(1924) All Wet
as Extra (uncredited)
(1976) Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Martha Allen
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Eleanor
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1977) The Love Boat
as Violet Hooper
(1982) Yesteryear
as Self