Full Name | Janet Gaynor |
Net Worth | $11 Million |
Date Of Birth | October 6, 1906 |
Died | September 14, 1984, Palm Springs, California, United States |
Death Cause | Complications from injuries sustained in car accident |
Place Of Birth | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
Height | 1.52 m |
Occupation | Actress |
Profession | Actor, Painter, Visual Artist |
Education | John H. Francis Polytechnic High School |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Paul Gregory, Adrian Adolph Greenberg, Jesse Lydell Peck |
Children | Robin Gaynor Adrian |
Parents | Frank D. Gainor, Laura Buhl |
Siblings | Helen Gainor |
Nicknames | Janet Gaynor, Gaynor, Janet |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0310980 |
Awards | Academy Award for Best Actress |
Movies | 7th Heaven, Street Angel, A Star Is Born, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, Lucky Star, Sunny Side Up, The Young in Heart, State Fair, The Farmer Takes a Wife, Bernardine, 4 Devils, The Johnstown Flood, Ladies in Love, Three Loves Has Nancy, Change of Heart, The Blue Eagle, The Shamrock Handicap, The R... |
Star Sign | Libra |
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1 | Was the 1st actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for her performances in 7th Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928) and Sunrise (1927) at The 1st Academy Awards on May 16, 1929. |
2 | Was considered for the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939). |
3 | As of 2013 Gaynor is the third-youngest actress to have won the Best Actress Academy Award, winning the Oscar at the age of 22, behind only Jennifer Lawrence (also 22) and Marlee Matlin (21). |
4 | Gave birth to her only child at age 33, a son Robin Gaynor Adrian on July 6, 1940. Child's father was her 2nd husband, Adrian. |
5 | She was the first actress to win the Academy Award as best actress. In the early years, actors could receive one Oscar for several films. Gaynor won for Sunrise (1927), 7th Heaven (1927) and Street Angel (1928). |
6 | Interred at Hollywood Memorial Cemetery (now called Hollywood Forever), Hollywood, California, USA, Section B, east side of lake. |
7 | Until 1986, she was the youngest leading actress to be awarded an Oscar. |
8 | In September 1982, Ms. Gaynor, who was 75, was seriously injured in a San Francisco taxi cab accident which also injured her husband, executive producer Paul Gregory, and actress Mary Martin. The accident proved fatal for Martin's agent, Ben Washer. Gaynor suffered 11 broken ribs, a ruptured bladder, a broken collar bone, a bleeding kidney, and multiple pelvic fractures. She was to endure a number of operations in the next year and grew weaker until her death in 1984. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Love Boat | 1981 | TV Series | Violet Hooper |
General Electric Theater | 1959 | TV Series | Martha Allen |
Bernardine | 1957 | | Mrs. Ruth Wilson |
Lux Video Theatre | 1954 | TV Series | Eleanor |
Medallion Theatre | 1953 | TV Series | |
Three Loves Has Nancy | 1938 | | Nancy Briggs |
The Young in Heart | 1938 | | George-Anne Carleton |
A Star Is Born | 1937 | | Esther Victoria Blodgett - aka Vicki Lester |
Ladies in Love | 1936 | | Martha Kerenye |
Small Town Girl | 1936 | | Katherine 'Kay' Brannan |
The Farmer Takes a Wife | 1935 | | Molly Larkins |
One More Spring | 1935 | | Elizabeth Cheney |
Servants' Entrance | 1934 | | Hedda Nilsson aka Helga Brand |
Change of Heart | 1934 | | Catherine Furness |
Carolina | 1934 | | Joanna Tate |
Paddy the Next Best Thing | 1933 | | Paddy Adair |
Adorable | 1933 | | Princess Marie Christine, aka Mitzi |
State Fair | 1933 | | Margy Frake |
Tess of the Storm Country | 1932 | | Tess Howland |
The First Year | 1932 | | Grace Livingston |
Delicious | 1931 | | Heather Gordon |
Merely Mary Ann | 1931 | | Mary Ann |
Daddy Long Legs | 1931 | | Judy Abbott |
The Man Who Came Back | 1931 | | Angie Randolph |
High Society Blues | 1930 | | Eleanor Divine |
Sunnyside Up | 1929 | | Molly Carr |
Christina | 1929 | | Christina |
Happy Days | 1929 | | Janet Gaynor |
Lucky Star | 1929 | | Mary Tucker |
4 Devils | 1928 | | Marion |
Street Angel | 1928 | | Angela |
Sunrise | 1927 | | The Wife |
Two Girls Wanted | 1927 | | Marianna Wright |
With Love and Hisses | 1927 | Short | Extra |
The Horse Trader | 1927 | Short uncredited | |
7th Heaven | 1927 | | Diane |
45 Minutes from Hollywood | 1926 | Short | Hotel Guest (uncredited) |
The Stolen Ranch | 1926 | | Extra |
Lazy Lightning | 1926 | uncredited | |
Martin of the Mounted | 1926 | Short uncredited | |
The Return of Peter Grimm | 1926 | | Catherine |
The Midnight Kiss | 1926 | | Mildred Hastings |
The Blue Eagle | 1926 | | Rose Kelly |
Pep of the Lazy J | 1926 | Short | June Adams (uncredited) |
Don't Shoot | 1926 | Short | Girl |
The Man in the Saddle | 1926 | uncredited | |
The Fire Barrier | 1926 | Short | Mildred King |
The Galloping Cowboy | 1926 | | Extra |
The Shamrock Handicap | 1926 | | Lady Sheila O'Hara |
Fade Away Foster | 1926 | Short uncredited | |
Skinner's Dress Suit | 1926 | | Party Guest (uncredited) |
Ridin' for Love | 1926 | Short | Girl |
The Gunless Bad Man | 1926 | Short | Gertrude Dowell |
Oh What a Nurse! | 1926 | uncredited | |
The Johnstown Flood | 1926 | | Anna Burger |
The Beautiful Cheat | 1926 | | Undetermined Minor Role (unconfirmed, uncredited) |
A Punch in the Nose | 1926 | Short | Bathing Beauty (uncredited) |
Flaming Flappers | 1925 | Short | One of the Co-Eds (uncredited) |
The Crook Buster | 1925 | Short uncredited | |
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | 1925 | | Slave Girl (uncredited) |
The Plastic Age | 1925 | | Co-ed (uncredited) |
The Teaser | 1925 | uncredited | |
The Burning Trail | 1925 | uncredited | |
Dangerous Innocence | 1925 | uncredited | |
The Haunted Honeymoon | 1925 | Short uncredited | |
All Wet | 1924 | Short | Extra |
Young Ideas | 1924 | uncredited | |
Cupid's Rustler | 1924 | uncredited | |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Hollywood | 1980 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself |
The 50th Annual Academy Awards | 1978 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role |
This Is Your Life | 1972 | TV Series | Herself |
The 43rd Annual Academy Awards | 1971 | TV Special | Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Director |
Hollywood: The Selznick Years | 1969 | TV Movie documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood | 1960 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
The 29th Annual Academy Awards | 1957 | TV Special documentary | Herself - Presenter: Best Picture |
Person to Person | 1954 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
The 25th Annual Academy Awards | 1953 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Best Actor |
Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars | 1941 | Documentary short | Herself |
20th Century Fox Promotional Film | 1936 | Documentary short | Herself (uncredited) |
La ciudad de cartón | 1934 | | Herself |
WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1926 | 1926 | Short | Herself |
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