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Janet Gaynor

Born 1906-10-06 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 69 films

Janet Gaynor (October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984) was an American actress and painter. 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. This rule would be changed three years…

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Filmography

69 films

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Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored poster

Uncensored. Laugh along with Hollywood's brightest stars in this hilarious compilation of bloopers…

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Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

★ 5.5 2013

A celebration of Hollywood in the 1930s, featuring a compilation of clips from features and newsree…

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Hooray for Hollywood

★ 8.0 1976

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American en…

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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

★ 6.3 1975

Brazilian documentary film directed by Salvyano Cavalcanti de Paiva that showcases the evolution of…

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Brasileiros em Hollywood

★ 0.0 1970

Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick,…

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Hollywood: The Selznick Years

★ 4.4 1961

A look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist.

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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

★ 6.0 1960

A teenager pines for (and sings about) his dream girl.

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Bernardine

★ 7.6 1957

This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shir…

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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

★ 6.3 1940

A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically inv…

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Three Loves Has Nancy

★ 4.2 1938

A family of confidence tricksters sets their sights on a very rich, very lonely old lady named Miss…

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The Young in Heart

★ 6.6 1938

Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing a…

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A Star Is Born

★ 7.2 1937

Three young women in Budapest share living quarters while searching for romance.

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Ladies in Love

★ 6.5 1936