A Star Is Born
1937
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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. Gaynor began her career as an extra in shorts and silent films.
Actress: A Star Is Born. 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.
Actress: A Star Is Born. 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.
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...
Janet Gaynor was an American film, stage and television actress who won the first ever Academy Award for Best Actress. Beginning her career as an extra in shorts and silent films, she soon rose to fame to become one of the most popular female stars of her era.
Sep 15, 1984 · 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 Award for best actress...
Janet Gaynor – The Girl Next Door. The first winner of the Best Actress statuette in 1927, Janet Gaynor had already been established as one of Hollywood’s most wholesome leading ladies when sound arrived. A contract player at Fox, she was one of the biggest box office draws of the early 1930s, often appearing in life-affirming comedies.
