Gloria Grahame
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.
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Acted in
'In a Lonely Place' Revisited
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman
1998
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Nesting
1981
as Florinda Costello
Mr. Griffin and Me
1981
as Mara Emerson
Melvin and Howard
1980
as Mrs. Sisk
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
1980
as Ma
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1980
as Mistress Page
Chilly Scenes of Winter
1979
as Clara
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Olivia
The Dancing Princesses
1978
as The Witch
Seventh Avenue
1977
as Moll
Mansion of the Doomed
1976
as Katherine
Mama's Dirty Girls
1974
as Mama Love
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
1974
as Carolyn Porter
Kojak
1973
as Helen
Tarot
1973
as Natalie
The Loners
1972
as Annabelle
Chandler
1971
as Selma
Black Noon
1971
as Bethia
The Todd Killings
1971
as Mrs. Roy
Escape
1971
as Evelyn Harrison
Blood and Lace
1971
as Mrs. Deere
Then Came Bronson
1969
The Name of the Game
1968
as Madame Noh
Mannix
1967
Ride Beyond Vengeance
1966
as Bonnie Shelley
Daniel Boone
1964
as Molly Hogan
Burke's Law
1963
as Helen Dekker
Burke's Law
1963
as Doris Landers
The Fugitive
1963
as Dorina Pruitt
The Outer Limits
1963
as Florida Patton
Sam Benedict
1962
The New Breed
1961
as Nurse Nora Springer
Harrigan and Son
1960
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959
as Helen
Ride Out for Revenge
1957
as Amy Porter
The Man Who Never Was
1956
as Lucy Sherwood
Oklahoma!
1955
as Ado Annie Carnes
Not as a Stranger
1955
as Harriet Lang
The Cobweb
1955
as Karen McIver
Naked Alibi
1954
as Marianna
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
as Self
Human Desire
1954
as Vicki Buckley
The Good Die Young
1954
as Denise Blaine
Prisoners of the Casbah
1953
as Princess Nadja
The Big Heat
1953
as Debby Marsh
Man on a Tightrope
1953
as Zama Cernik
The Glass Wall
1953
as Maggie Summers
General Electric Theater
1953
as Elena Carlisle
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
as Rosemary Bartlow
Sudden Fear
1952
as Irene Neves
Macao
1952
as Margie
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
as Angel
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
In a Lonely Place
1950
as Laurel Gray
Roughshod
1949
as Mary Wells
A Woman's Secret
1949
as Susan Caldwell / Estrellita
Merton of the Movies
1947
as Beulah Baxter
Song of the Thin Man
1947
as Fran Page
Crossfire
1947
as Virginia "Ginny" Tremayne
It Happened in Brooklyn
1947
as Nurse
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
as Violet
Without Love
1945
as Flower Vendor
Blonde Fever
1944
as Sally Murfin