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Janet Gaynor. Janet Gaynor (born Laura Augusta Gainor; October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984) was an American film, stage and television actress as well as an accomplished oil painter [1] [2] . Gaynor began her career as an extra in shorts and silent films. After signing with Fox Film Corporation (later 20th Century-Fox) in 1926, she rose to ...
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...
Mar 23, 2023 · When the reviews came out, it wasn’t great news for Janet Gaynor. The Chicago Daily Tribune said that co-stars Loretta Young and Simone Simon rang true in their characters. About Gaynor, the reviewer noted that she rang true “at times”. This hurt Gaynor’s reputation, and so did the next announcement.
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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...
Janet Gaynor was born Laura Gainor on October 6, 1906, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a child, she & her parents moved to San Francisco, California, where she graduated from high school in 1923. She then moved to Los Angeles where she enrolled in a secretarial school. She got a job at a shoe store for the princely sum of $18 per week.
- Actress, Soundtrack
- October 6, 1906
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- September 14, 1984
Sep 15, 1984 · 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 ...
May 15, 2024. Janet Gaynor. “Naturally, I was thrilled, but being the first year, the Academy Awards had no background or tradition, and it naturally didn’t mean what it does now. Had I known then what it would come to mean in the next few years, I’m sure I’d have been overwhelmed.
