Janet Gaynor
Actor
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
A Star Is Born
as Esther Blodgett / Vicki Lester 1937
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Slave Girl (uncredited) 1925
7th Heaven
as Diane 1927
Street Angel
as Angela 1928
Lucky Star
as Mary Tucker 1929
The Young in Heart
as George-Anne Carleton 1938
45 Minutes from Hollywood
as Hotel Guest (uncredited) 1926
With Love and Hisses
as Extra 1927
State Fair
as Margy Frake 1933
The Plastic Age
as Co-ed (uncredited) 1925
Sunny Side Up
as Molly Carr 1929
Small Town Girl
as Katherine 'Kay' Brannan 1936
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Molly Larkins 1935
The Johnstown Flood
as Anna Burger 1926
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage) 1975
Three Loves Has Nancy
as Nancy Briggs 1938