Janet Gaynor

American actress (1906–1984)

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 an actress won one Oscar for multiple film roles. Her success continued into the sound film era; for A Star Is Born (1937), she received a second Best Actress Academy Award nomination.

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 32 films (1925–1939) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 7 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1939	LAND OF LIBERTY	Cecil B. DeMille			B&W
1939	LAND OF LIBERTY	Teaching Film Custodians, Inc	80min		B&W	Sound
1939	Land of liberty.	Cecil B. DeMille		16mm	B&W
1938	The Young in Heart.	Selznick International Pictures Inc.	10 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1938	THREE LOVES HAS NANCY.	Loew's Inc.	7 reels		B&W
1937	A Star Is Born	William A. Wellman	111 min		Color & B&W
1936	LADIES IN LOVE.	Fox Film Corp	97 min		B&W
1936	Small Town Girl	William A. Wellman	106 min		B&W
1935	ONE MORE SPRING.	Fox Film Corp			B&W
1935	THE FARMER TAKES A WIFE.	Fox Film Corp	91 min		B&W
1934	CAROLINA.	Fox Film Corp	85 min		B&W
1934	Change of Heart	John G. Blystone
1934	SERVANTS' ENTRANCE.	Fox Film Corp	88 min		B&W
1933	ADORABLE.	Fox Film Corp			B&W
1933	PADDY, THE NEXT BEST THING.	Fox Film Corp			B&W
1932	THE FIRST YEAR.	Fox Film Corp	6 reels		B&W
1931	Delicious	Fox Film Corporation	106 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1931	DELICIOUS.	Fox Film Corp	106 min		B&W
1931	MERELY MARY ANN.	Fox Film Corp	5 reels		B&W
1930	HIGH SOCIETY BLUES.	Fox Film Corp	10 reels		B&W
1929	HAPPY DAYS.	Fox Film Corp	1 reel	16mm	B&W
1929	LUCKY STAR.	Fox Film Corp	10 reels		B&W
1929	Sunny Side Up	David Butler	121 min		B&W
1928	4 Devils	F.W. Murnau	100 min		B&W
1928	Street Angel	Fox Film Corp	102 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1928	STREET ANGEL.	Fox Film Corp	10 reels		B&W
1927	Sunrise a song of two humans	F. W. Murnau	91 min		B&W
1927	Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans	F. W. Murnau	91 min		B&W
1926	THE BLUE EAGLE.	Fox Film Corp	7 reels	16mm	B&W
1926	THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD.	Fox Film Corp	6 reels		B&W
1926	THE SHAMROCK HANDICAP.	Fox Film Corp	6 reels		B&W
1925	Seventh Heaven	unknown	110 min	16mm	B&W	sound