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 the late 1930s. Severely injured in a 1982 vehicle collision, the incident contributed to her death two years later.
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Filmography
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970
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
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
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