1906-10-06 ( 118 years old ) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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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Movies
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014-02-01
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013-01-29
Hooray for Hollywood
1976-01-01
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975-08-06
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961-12-31
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960-01-10
Bernardine
1957-07-24
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940-07-31
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938-09-02
The Young in Heart
1938-07-06
A Star Is Born
1937-04-27
Ladies In Love
1936-10-09
Small Town Girl
1936-04-10
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935-07-05
One More Spring
1935-02-15
Servants' Entrance
1934-09-25
Change of Heart
1934-05-18
Carolina
1934-02-02
Paddy the Next Best Thing
1933-09-01
Adorable
1933-05-18
State Fair
1933-02-10
Tess of the Storm Country
1932-11-20
The First Year
1932-07-30
Delicious
1931-12-27
Merely Mary Ann
1931-09-06
Daddy Long Legs
1931-06-05
The Man Who Came Back
1931-01-11
High Society Blues
1930-03-23
Sunny Side Up
1929-12-25
Christina
1929-12-15
Happy Days
1929-09-16
Lucky Star
1929-08-18
4 Devils
1928-10-03
Street Angel
1928-04-09
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927-11-04
Two Girls Wanted
1927-09-11
7th Heaven
1927-09-10
With Love and Hisses
1927-08-28
The Horse Trader
1927-08-20
45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926-12-26
The Stolen Ranch
1926-12-26
Martin of the Mounted
1926-12-11
The Return of Peter Grimm
1926-12-07
The Midnight Kiss
1926-10-10
The Blue Eagle
1926-09-12
Don't Shoot
1926-08-07
The Man in the Saddle
1926-07-11
The Galloping Cowboy
1926-05-16
The Shamrock Handicap
1926-05-02
Fade Away Foster
1926-04-24
Ridin' for Love
1926-04-17
The Gunless Bad Man
1926-03-13
Oh! What a Nurse!
1926-03-07
The Johnstown Flood
1926-02-28
The Beautiful Cheat
1926-02-21
A Punch in the Nose
1926-01-03
Flaming Flappers
1925-12-27
The Crook Buster
1925-12-26
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925-12-25
The Plastic Age
1925-12-15
The Teaser
1925-09-06
The Burning Trail
1925-05-10
Dangerous Innocence
1925-04-12
The Haunted Honeymoon
1925-03-29
Young Ideas
1924-07-07
Cupid's Rustler
1924-06-01
All Wet
1924-01-01
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