Janet Gaynor
Janet Gaynor ( born October 6, 1906 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, † September 14, 1984 in Palm Springs, California, actually Laura Gainor ) was an American actress.
Life
Janet Gaynor was born Laura Gainor 1906. After graduating from high school in San Francisco, she went to Hollywood. She played mainly supporting roles until she starred in the silent film The Johnstown Flood in 1926 together with George O'Brien, which helped her to a career that would last until the 1930s. Also in 1926 she was voted one of the WAMPAS baby stars of the year. The breakthrough came in 1927 on the side of Charles Farrell in the film Happiness in the attic by Frank Borzage. After the resounding success of their studio built the two actors under the title "America 's Favourite Love Birds" as a romantic couple and as a rival to the established canvas dream pairs John Gilbert / Greta Garbo and Ronald Colman / Vilma Banky. With the musical Sunny Side Up Gaynor / Farrell managed the transition to talkies in 1929. At the beginning of the 30s Janet Gaynor was the biggest star of the Fox Film Corporation, ahead of Will Rogers. The actress was often seen as a young naive in remakes of Mary Pickford classics, as in Daddy Long Legs and Tess of the Storm Country. Excursions in serious roles like in The Man Who Came Back were not accepted by the audience.
The position of Janet Gaynor as the leading naive in Hollywood was established by the well-known columnist Elizabeth Yeaman in her column of April 4, 1932:
In many ways 1934 was the climax and turning point in Janet Gaynor's career. Although she was elected to the year 's hottest female star at the box office, but with Shirley Temple was the star just with their home studio under contract, which should by Janet take over the title of " America's Sweetheart". After the bankruptcy of the old Fox Studios and the merger the new company 20th Century Fox, the star of Janet Gaynor began to decline rapidly. She left the studio in 1936 and made two successful comedies at MGM, small town girl with Robert Taylor and Three Loves Has Nancy with Franchot Tone. In 1937, she was by David O. Selznick for A star rises, the remake of What Price Hollywood? Taken under contract. The actress was nominated for her role in the Oscar. After another role in a Selznick production left the Hollywood actress and married the chief designer of MGM, Gilbert Adrian. You had an accident in 1982 along with her acting colleague Mary Martin in a car accident and died from the after-effects two years later. A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, height 6284 Hollywood Boulevard, recalls the actress.
Filmography (selection)
Movies with Charles Farrell are marked with an asterisk *
Awards
- Oscars 1929: Academy Award for Best Actress for The happiness in the attic, Street Angel and Sunrise - A Song of Two Humans
- Oscars 1938: Oscar nomination for Best Actress for A star rises