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- Janet Gaynor Academy Awards One Win: Best Actress... 7th Heaven' and 'Sunrise' (1927) and 'Street Angel (1928) One Unsuccessful Nomination: Best Actress... A Star is Born (1933).
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In 1929, she became the first recipient 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 an actress won one Oscar for multiple film roles.
Academy Awards, USA. 1938 Nominee Oscar. Best Actress in a Leading Role. A Star Is Born. 1929 Winner Oscar. Best Actress in a Leading Role. 7th Heaven. Street Angel.
- October 6, 1906
- September 14, 1984
Based on the strength of those two films plus Street Angel (1928), Janet received the very first Academy Award for best actress. This was the first and only time an actress won the Oscar for multiple roles.
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- October 6, 1906
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- September 14, 1984
Based on the strength of those two films plus Street Angel (1928), Janet received the very first Academy Award for best actress. This was the first and only time an actress won the Oscar for multiple roles.
- October 6, 1906
- September 14, 1984
Mar 28, 1982 · Janet Gaynor, the first Academy Award-winner, is still going strong at 75. She provides unexpected continuity in the history of the Oscars. At the moment, she is appearing on stage in ''On...
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.
The actress was Janet Gaynor, who would be awarded the first Best Actress award from the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for her performance in Murnau's film Sunrise, still considered the last great silent film before the movies learned to talk.
