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Janet Gaynor was an American film, stage and television actress and painter.
Birth Name
Laura Augusta Gainor
Born
Saturday, 06 October 1906
Died
Friday, 14 September 1984
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| And the Oscar Goes to... | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2014 |
| A Century of Cinema | Self | 1994 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| Hollywood | Self / Self - Interviewee | 1980 |
| The 50th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 1978 |
| The Love Boat | Violet Hooper | 1977 |
| Brother Can You Spare a Dime | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
| Hollywood My Home Town | Self | 1965 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
| Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Self | 1961 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| And the Oscar Goes to... | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2014 |
| A Century of Cinema | Self | 1994 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| Hollywood | Self / Self - Interviewee | 1980 |
| The 50th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 1978 |
| The Love Boat | Violet Hooper | 1977 |
| Brother Can You Spare a Dime | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
| Hollywood My Home Town | Self | 1965 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
| Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Self | 1961 |
| Bernardine | Mrs. Ruth Wilson | 1957 |
| Person to Person | Self | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Martha Allen | 1953 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Eleanor | 1950 |
| Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | (archive footage) | 1940 |
| Land of Liberty | (archive footage) | 1939 |
| Three Loves Has Nancy | Nancy Briggs | 1938 |
| The Young in Heart | George-Anne Carleton | 1938 |
| A Star Is Born | Esther Victoria Blodgett - aka Vicki Lester / Esther Victoria 'Vicki Lester' Blodgett | 1937 |
| Ladies in Love | Martha Kerenye / Martha Karenye | 1936 |
| Small Town Girl | Katherine 'Kay' Brannan / Kay Brannan | 1936 |
| The Farmer Takes a Wife | Molly Larkins | 1935 |
| One More Spring | Elizabeth Cheney | 1935 |
| Servants' Entrance | Hedda Nilsson aka Helga Brand | 1934 |
| Change of Heart | Catherine Furness | 1934 |
| La ciudad de cartón | Self | 1934 |
| Carolina | Joanna Tate | 1934 |
| Paddy the Next Best Thing | Paddy Adair | 1933 |
| Adorable | Princess Marie Christine, aka Mitzi / Marie Christine "Mitzi" | 1933 |
| State Fair | Margy Frake | 1933 |
| Tess of the Storm Country | Tess Howland | 1932 |
| The First Year | Grace Livingston | 1932 |
| Delicious | Heather Gordon | 1931 |
| Merely Mary Ann | Mary Ann | 1931 |
| Daddy Long Legs | Judy Abbott | 1931 |
| The Man Who Came Back | Angie Randolph | 1931 |
| High Society Blues | Eleanor Divine | 1930 |
| Christina | Christina | 1929 |
| Sunny Side Up | Molly Carr | 1929 |
| Happy Days | Janet Gaynor / Herself | 1929 |
| Lucky Star | Mary Tucker | 1929 |
| 4 Devils | Marion | 1928 |
| Street Angel | Angela | 1928 |
| Sunrise | The Wife / The Wife (Indre) | 1927 |
| Two Girls Wanted | Marianna Wright | 1927 |
| With Love and Hisses | Extra | 1927 |
| 7th Heaven | Diane | 1927 |
| The Stolen Ranch | Extra | 1926 |
| 45 Minutes from Hollywood | Hotel Guest | 1926 |
| The Midnight Kiss | Mildred Hastings | 1926 |
| The Blue Eagle | Rose Kelly | 1926 |
| Don't Shoot | Girl | 1926 |
| The Man in the Saddle | Doubtful | 1926 |
| The Galloping Cowboy | Extra | 1926 |
| The Shamrock Handicap | Lady Sheila O'Hara | 1926 |
| Skinner's Dress Suit | Party Guest | 1926 |
| The Johnstown Flood | Anna Burger | 1926 |
| Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Slave Girl | 1925 |
| The Plastic Age | Co-ed | 1925 |
| All Wet | Extra / Undetermined Secondary Role | 1924 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1938 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1929 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Won |
| 1929 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Won |
| 1929 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Won |
