Janet Gaynor
Birthday: 1906-10-06 | Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAJanet 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Janet Gaynor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Acting
Role
as Nancy Briggs
as Esther Blodgett / Vicki Lester
as Katherine 'Kay' Brannan
as Martha Karenye
as Molly Larkins
as Catherine Furness
as Joanna Tate
as Margy Frake
as Marie Christine "Mitzi"
as Paddy Adair
as Tess Howland
as Judy Abbott
as Mary Tucker
as Angela
as Diane
as The Wife (Indre)
as Catherine
as Lady Sheila O'Hara
as Rose Kelly
