Personal Info
Known Credits
66
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1906-10-06 (119 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known For
Laura Augusta GainorДжанет Гейнор
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 wi ...
Known For
Acting
2014 --
And the Oscar Goes To...
| Self (archive footage)
2013 --
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
| Self (archive footage)
1975 --
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
| Self (archive footage)
1961 --
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
| Self (uncredited)
1960 --
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
| Self
1957 --
Bernardine
| Mrs. Ruth Wilson
1940 --
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
| Self (archive footage)
1938 --
Three Loves Has Nancy
| Nancy Briggs
1938 --
The Young in Heart
| George-Anne Carleton
1937 --
A Star Is Born
| Esther Blodgett / Vicki Lester
1936 --
Ladies In Love
| Martha Karenye
1936 --
Small Town Girl
| Katherine 'Kay' Brannan
1935 --
The Farmer Takes a Wife
| Molly Larkins
1935 --
One More Spring
| Elizabeth Cheney
1934 --
Servants' Entrance
| Hedda Nilsson aka Helga Brand
1934 --
Change of Heart
| Catherine Furness
1934 --
Carolina
| Joanna Tate
1933 --
Paddy the Next Best Thing
| Paddy Adair
1933 --
Adorable
| Marie Christine "Mitzi"
1933 --
State Fair
| Margy Frake
1932 --
Tess of the Storm Country
| Tess Howland
1932 --
The First Year
| Grace Livingston
1931 --
Delicious
| Heather Gordon
1931 --
Merely Mary Ann
| Mary Ann
1931 --
Daddy Long Legs
| Judy Abbott
1931 --
The Man Who Came Back
| Angie Randolph
1930 --
High Society Blues
| Eleanor Divine
1929 --
Sunny Side Up
| Molly Carr
1929 --
Christina
| Christina
1929 --
Happy Days
| Herself
1929 --
Lucky Star
| Mary Tucker
1928 --
4 Devils
| Marion
1928 --
Street Angel
| Angela
1927 --
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
| The Wife (Indre)
1927 --
Two Girls Wanted
| Marianna Wright
1927 --
7th Heaven
| Diane
1927 --
With Love and Hisses
| Extra
1927 --
The Horse Trader
| (uncredited)
1926 --
The Stolen Ranch
| Extra
1926 --
45 Minutes from Hollywood
| Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1926 --
Martin of the Mounted
| (uncredited)
1926 --
The Return of Peter Grimm
| Catherine
1926 --
The Midnight Kiss
| Mildred Hastings
1926 --
The Blue Eagle
| Rose Kelly
1926 --
Don't Shoot
| Girl
1926 --
The Man in the Saddle
| Doubtful (uncredited)
1926 --
The Galloping Cowboy
| Extra (uncredited)
1926 --
The Shamrock Handicap
| Lady Sheila O'Hara
1926 --
Fade Away Foster
| (uncredited)
1926 --
Ridin' for Love
| Girl
1926 --
The Gunless Bad Man
| Gertrude Dowell
1926 --
Oh! What a Nurse!
| (uncredited)
1926 --
The Johnstown Flood
| Anna Burger
1926 --
The Beautiful Cheat
| Extra
1926 --
A Punch in the Nose
| Bathing Beauty (uncredited)
1925 --
Flaming Flappers
| One of the Co-Eds (uncredited)
1925 --
The Crook Buster
| (uncredited)
1925 --
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
| Slave Girl (uncredited)
1925 --
The Plastic Age
| Co-ed (uncredited)
1925 --
The Teaser
| (uncredited)
1925 --
The Burning Trail
| (uncredited)
1925 --
Dangerous Innocence
| (uncredited)
1925 --
The Haunted Honeymoon
| (uncredited)
1924 --
Young Ideas
| (uncredited)
1924 --
Cupid's Rustler
| (uncredited)
1924 --
All Wet
| Extra (uncredited)