Janet Gaynor
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 later by AMPAS. Her career continued with the advent of sound film, and she achieved a notable success in the original version of A Star Is Born (1937). She worked only sporadically after the late 1930s. Severely injured in a 1982 vehicle collision, the incident contributed to her death two years later. Description above from the Wikipedia article Janet Gaynor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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A Star Is Born
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
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And the Oscar Goes To...
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7th Heaven
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State Fair
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Small Town Girl
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The Blue Eagle
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Street Angel
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The Young in Heart
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Lucky Star
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Delicious
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The Plastic Age
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45 Minutes from Hollywood
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
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One More Spring
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Change of Heart
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Ladies In Love
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Daddy Long Legs
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With Love and Hisses
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Sunny Side Up
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The Shamrock Handicap
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Happy Days
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Christina
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Servants' Entrance
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Adorable
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Martin of the Mounted
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Two Girls Wanted
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The Man Who Came Back
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
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The First Year
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years
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Paddy the Next Best Thing
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High Society Blues
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The Johnstown Flood
as Anna BurgerA dramatic recreation of the Johnstown Flood of 1889.
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The Midnight Kiss
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4 Devils
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Carolina
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The Stolen Ranch
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Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)Uncensored. Laugh along with Hollywood's brightest stars in this hilarious compilation of...
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Young Ideas
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The Man in the Saddle
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Bernardine
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Oh! What a Nurse!
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The Galloping Cowboy
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The Beautiful Cheat
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Tess of the Storm Country
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The Haunted Honeymoon
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Flaming Flappers
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The Return of Peter Grimm
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A Punch in the Nose
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The Teaser
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Cupid's Rustler
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The Burning Trail
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Merely Mary Ann
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Don't Shoot
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Dangerous Innocence
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The Love Boat
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The Oscars
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General Electric Theater
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