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Janet Gaynor is a Actor American born on 6 october 1906 at Philadelphia (USA)

Janet Gaynor

Janet Gaynor
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Birth name Laura Augusta Gaynor
Nationality USA
Birth 6 october 1906 at Philadelphia (USA)
Death 14 september 1984 (at 77 years) at Palm Springs (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Actress

Janet Gaynor (October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984) was an American film, stage and television actress and painter.

Gaynor began her career as an extra in shorts and silent films. After signing with Fox Film Corporation (later 20th Century Fox) in 1926, she rose to fame and became one of the biggest box office draws of the era. In 1929, she was the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in three films: 7th Heaven (1927), Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), and Street Angel (1928). This was the only occasion on which an actress has won one Oscar for multiple film roles. Gaynor's career success continued into the sound film era, and she achieved a notable success in the original version of A Star Is Born (1937), for which she received a second Best Actress Academy Award nomination.

After retiring from acting in 1939, Gaynor married film costume designer Adrian with whom she had a son. She briefly returned to acting in films and television in the 1950s and later became an accomplished oil painter. In 1980, Gaynor made her Broadway debut in the stage adaptation of the 1971 film Harold and Maude and appeared in the touring production of On Golden Pond in February 1982. In September 1982, she sustained multiple injuries in a serious car accident which contributed to her death in September 1984.

Biography

Marriages
Gaynor was married three times and had one child. Her first marriage was to lawyer Jesse Lydell Peck, whom she married on September 11, 1929. Gaynor's attorney announced the couple's separation in late December 1932. She was granted a divorce on April 7, 1933. On August 14, 1939, she married MGM costume designer Adrian in Yuma, Arizona. This relationship has been called a lavender marriage, since Adrian was openly gay within the film community while Gaynor was rumored to be gay or bisexual. The couple had one son, Robin Gaynor Adrian, born in 1940. They remained married until Adrian's death from a stroke on September 13, 1959.

On December 24, 1964, Gaynor married her longtime friend, stage producer Paul Gregory, to whom she remained married until her death. The two maintained a home in Desert Hot Springs, California and also owned 3,000 acres of land near Brasília.


Sexuality
Gaynor and her husband traveled frequently with her close friend Mary Martin and her husband. Actor Bob Cummings once quipped: "Janet Gaynor's husband was Adrian, but her wife was Mary Martin". A Brazilian press report noted that Gaynor and Martin briefly lived with their respective husbands in the state of Goiás in the 1950s and 1960s.

Best films

7th Heaven (1927)
(Actress)
State Fair (1933)
(Actress)
Street Angel (1928)
(Actress)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
(Actress)
4 Devils (1928)
(Actress)

Usually with

Charles Farrell
Charles Farrell
(12 films)
David Butler
David Butler
(6 films)
Hal Mohr
Hal Mohr
(5 films)
Ernest Palmer
Ernest Palmer
(7 films)
Sonya Levien
Sonya Levien
(7 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Janet Gaynor (46 films)

Display filmography as detailed form
YearNameJobRoles
1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?ActressSelf (archive footage)
1957BernardineActressMrs. Ruth Wilson
1938The Young in HeartActressGeorge-Anne Carleton
1938Three Loves Has NancyActressNancy Briggs
1937A Star Is BornActressEsther Blodgett / Vicki Lester
1936Ladies In LoveActressMartha Karenye
1936Small Town GirlActressKatherine 'Kay' Brannan
1935The Farmer Takes a WifeActressMolly Larkins
1935One More SpringActressElizabeth Cheney
1935The Farmer Takes a WifeActressMolly Larkins
1934Change of HeartActressCatherine Furness
1934CarolinaActressJoanna Tate
1934Servants' EntranceActressHedda Nilsson aka Helga Brand
1933AdorableActressMarie Christine "Mitzi"
1933State FairActressMargy Frake
1933Paddy the Next Best ThingActressPaddy Adair
1932Tess of the Storm CountryActressTess Howland
1931Daddy Long LegsActressJudy Abbott
1931DeliciousActressHeather Gordon
1931The Man Who Came BackActressAngie Randolph
1931Merely Mary AnnActressMary Ann
1930High Society BluesActressEleanor Divine
1929Lucky StarActressMary Tucker
1929ChristinaActressChristina
1929Happy DaysActressHerself
1929Sunny Side UpActressMolly Carr
1928Street AngelActressAngela
19284 DevilsActressMarion
1927Sunrise: A Song of Two HumansActressThe Wife (Indre)
1927With Love and HissesActressExtra
19277th HeavenActressDiane
1926The Blue EagleActressRose Kelly
1926The First YearActressGrace Livingston
1926The Shamrock HandicapActressLady Sheila O'Hara
192645 Minutes from HollywoodActressHotel Guest (uncredited)
1926The Johnstown FloodActressAnna Burger
1926The Man in the SaddleActressDoubtful (uncredited)
1926Skinner's Dress SuitActress
1926Lazy LightningActress
1926The Return of Peter GrimmActressCatherine
1925Ben-Hur: A Tale of the ChristActressSlave Girl (uncredited)
1925The Plastic AgeActressCo-ed (uncredited)
1925Dangerous InnocenceActress
1925The TeaserActress
1925The Haunted HoneymoonActress(uncredited)
1924All WetActressExtra (uncredited)