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