Janet Gaynor
Birthday: 1906-10-06
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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 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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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
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A Star Is Born
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Street Angel
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The Haunted Honeymoon
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The Young in Heart
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A Punch in the Nose
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Cupid's Rustler
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Three Loves Has Nancy
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State Fair
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7th Heaven
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Sunny Side Up
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One More Spring
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Lucky Star
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Small Town Girl
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Delicious
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The Man Who Came Back
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The Blue Eagle
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4 Devils
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Happy Days
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The Burning Trail
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Ladies in Love
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The Farmer Takes a Wife
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Paddy the Next Best Thing
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Adorable
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Daddy Long Legs
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Change of Heart
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Carolina
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Tess of the Storm Country
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years
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The Shamrock Handicap
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Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
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High Society Blues
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The Return of Peter Grimm
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Servants' Entrance
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45 Minutes from Hollywood
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
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With Love and Hisses
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Oh! What a Nurse!
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Merely Mary Ann
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Christina
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The Teaser
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Dangerous Innocence
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The Beautiful Cheat
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The First Year
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The Stolen Ranch
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
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Two Girls Wanted
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The Plastic Age
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Flaming Flappers
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The Man in the Saddle
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Ridin' for Love
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The Galloping Cowboy
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Don't Shoot
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The Gunless Bad Man
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The Midnight Kiss
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Martin of the Mounted
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Young Ideas
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Hooray for Hollywood
A celebration of Hollywood in the 1930s, featuring a compilation of clips from features and newsreel...
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Lazy Lightning
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Skinner's Dress Suit
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