A Star Is Born
1937
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Sep 15, 1984 · -eyed star who won the first Academy Award for best actress for her roles in silent films and went on to become a leading performer in talking pictures, died yesterday at Desert Hospital in Palm...
Sep 15, 1984 · Sept. 15, 1984 12 AM PT. Janet Gaynor, whose elegantly demure movie portrayals of forlorn heroines carried her to fame in both the silent and talking film eras — and won her the first Academy...
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- Janet Gaynor, 77, who won the first Academy Award for best actress and ruled as one of Hollywood's leading stars in the 1930s, died of pneumonia yesterday at Desert...
Died Sept. 14, 1984 in Desert Hospital, Calif. J anet Gaynor was the actress whose elegantly demure movie portrayals of forlorn heroines carried her to fame in both the silent and...
In Frank Borzage. …saves a homeless beauty (Janet Gaynor) from despair. It dominated the first Academy Awards with nominations for best picture, actress, screenplay adaptation, and director of a dramatic picture, winning Oscars in all but the first category. Gaynor was awarded not only for her work in 7th Heaven but also….
Women. Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps. Gaynor, Janet (1906–1984) views 2,515,862 updated. Gaynor, Janet (1906–1984) American film and stage actress who won the first Academy Award for Best Actress. Name variations: (pseudonym) Augusta Louise.
October 06, 1906. Died. September 14, 1984. Cause of Death. Pneumonia. Biography. Read More. A petite, wholesome screen star, Janet Gaynor hit it big just as silent films were coming to an end and continued as one of the screen's most popular stars of the 1930s. Gaynor got her start in films through her sister, a secretary for Hal Roach.
