Gaynor died at Desert Hospital in Palm Springs at the age of 77
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Janet Gaynor
Janet Gaynor was an American actress. She began her career as an extra in shorts and silent films. After signing with Fox Film in 1926, she rose to fame and became one of the biggest box office draws of the era. In 1929, she became the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in 7th Heaven, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans and Street Angel (1928), the only occasion a…
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culture · American actress (1906–1984) · stage actor · film actor · television actor · actor · painter · also Janet Gaynor, Laura Gainor, Gaynor
Born 6 October 1906 · Died 14 September 1984 · Q182462
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s separation in late December 1932. She was granted a divorce on April 7, 1933. On August 14, 1939, she married MGM costume designer Adrian in Yuma, Arizona. This relationship has been called a lavender marriage because Adrian was openly gay within the film community, and Gaynor herself was rumored to be bisexual. The couple had one son. Gaynor and Adrian remained married until Adrian
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1984· 3 entries
Died 1984-09-14.
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From health complications caused by injuries sustained in a 1982 automobile accident
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1983· 1 entry
Was found guilty of drunk driving and vehicular homicide and was sentenced to three years in prison
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1980· 2 entries
Gaynor made her Broadway debut in the stage adaptation of the 1971 film Harold and Maude, and appeared in the touring theatrical production of On Golden Pond
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Gaynor made her Broadway debut as Maude in the stage adaptation of the 1971 film Harold and Maude
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1979· 1 entry
Gaynor was awarded the Order of the Southern Cross for her cultural contributions to Brazil
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1964· 1 entry
Gaynor married her longtime friend, stage producer Paul Gregory, to whom she remained married until her death
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1957· 1 entry
Appeared in her final film role as Dick Sargent's mother in the musical comedy Bernardine, starring Pat Boone and Terry Moore
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1939· 2 entries
Married MGM costume designer Adrian in Yuma, Arizona
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Gaynor married film costume designer Adrian, with whom she had a son
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1937· 1 entry
It was an enormous hit, and earned Gaynor her second Academy Award nomination for Best Actress; she lost to Luise Rainer for The Good Earth
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1934· 1 entry
Gaynor held the top spot alone
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1931· 1 entry
And 1932, she and Marie Dressler were tied as the number-one draw at the box office
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1929· 6 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Actress for Seventh Heaven (1929).
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Was re-teamed with Charles Farrell (the pair was known as "America's favorite love birds") for the musical film Sunny Side Up
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When for the first and only time the award was granted for multiple roles, on the basis of total recent work rather than for one particular performance
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At 23 years old, Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress
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“s separation in late December 1932. She was granted a divorce on April 7, 1933. On August 14, 1939, she married MGM costume designer Adrian in Yuma, Arizona. This relationship has been called a lavender marriage because Adrian was openly gay within the film community, and Gaynor herself was rumored to be bisexual. The couple had one son. Gaynor and Adrian remained married until Adrian”
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Became the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in 7th Heaven, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (both 1927) and Street Angel (1928), the only occasion an actress won one Oscar for m
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1926· 1 entry
Rose to fame and became one of the biggest box office draws of the era
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1923· 1 entry
Gaynor spent the winter in Melbourne, Florida, where she did stage work
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1914· 1 entry
Gaynor, her sister, and her mother moved to Chicago
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1906· 1 entry
Born 1906-10-06.
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