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

Filmography

• The Love Boat — Violet Hooper
• 1957Bernardine — Mrs. Ruth Wilson
• General Electric Theater — Martha Allen
• Lux Video Theatre — Eleanor
• 1938The Young in Heart — George-Anne Carleton
• 1938Three Loves Has Nancy — Nancy Briggs
• 1937A Star Is Born — Esther Blodgett
• 1936Ladies in Love — Martha Karenye
• 1936Small Town Girl — Katherine 'Kay' Brannan
• 1935One More Spring — Elizabeth Cheney
• 1935The Farmer Takes a Wife — Molly Larkins
• 1934Carolina — Joanna Tate
• 1934Change of Heart — Catherine Furness
• 1934Servants' Entrance — Hedda Nilsson aka Helga Brand
• 1933Adorable — Marie Christine "Mitzi"
• 1933Paddy the Next Best Thing — Paddy Adair
• 1933State Fair — Margy Frake
• 1932Tess of the Storm Country — Tess Howland
• 1932The First Year — Grace Livingston
• 1931Daddy Long Legs — Judy Abbott
• 1931Delicious — Heather Gordon
• 1931Merely Mary Ann — Mary Ann
• 1931The Man Who Came Back — Angie Randolph
• 1930High Society Blues — Eleanor Divine
• 1929Christina — Christina
• 1929Happy Days — Janet Gaynor
• 1929Lucky Star — Mary Tucker
• 1929Sunny Side Up — Molly Carr
• 19284 Devils — Marion
• 1928Street Angel — Angela
• 19277th Heaven — Diane
• 1927Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans — The Wife (Indre)
• 1927The Horse Trader — (uncredited)
• 1927Two Girls Wanted — Marianna Wright
• 1927With Love and Hisses — Extra
• 192645 Minutes from Hollywood — Hotel Guest (uncredited)
• 1926A Punch in the Nose — Bathing Beauty (uncredited)
• 1926Don't Shoot — Girl
• 1926Fade Away Foster — (uncredited)
• 1926Lazy Lightning — (uncredited)
• 1926Martin of the Mounted — (uncredited)
• 1926Oh! What a Nurse! — (uncredited)
• 1926Ridin' for Love — Girl
• 1926Skinner's Dress Suit — Party Guest (Uncredited)
• 1926The Beautiful Cheat — Extra
• 1926The Blue Eagle — Rose Kelly
• 1926The Galloping Cowboy — Extra (uncredited)
• 1926The Gunless Bad Man — Gertrude Dowell
• 1926The Johnstown Flood — Anna Burger
• 1926The Man in the Saddle — Doubtful (uncredited)
• 1926The Midnight Kiss — Mildred Hastings
• 1926The Return of Peter Grimm — Catherine
• 1926The Shamrock Handicap — Lady Sheila O'Hara
• 1926The Stolen Ranch — Extra
• 1925Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ — Slave Girl (uncredited)
• 1925Dangerous Innocence — (uncredited)
• 1925Flaming Flappers — One of the Co-Eds (uncredited)
• 1925The Burning Trail — (uncredited)
• 1925The Crook Buster — (uncredited)
• 1925The Haunted Honeymoon — (uncredited)
• 1925The Plastic Age — Co-ed (uncredited)
• 1925The Teaser — (uncredited)
• 1924All Wet — Extra (uncredited)
• 1924Cupid's Rustler — (uncredited)
• 1924Young Ideas — (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (10)

• 2013Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored — Self (archive footage)
• Yesteryear — Self
• Hollywood — Self
• 1976Hooray for Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? — Self (archive footage)
• 1970Brasileiros em Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• 1961Hollywood: The Selznick Years — Self (uncredited)
• 1960Hedda Hopper's Hollywood — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• 1940Cavalcade of the Academy Awards — Self (archive footage)