Janet Gaynor's biography
Laura Augusta Gainor is 78 years old stage actor born at Philadelphia, Pennslyvania USA. Janet was born on Saturday 6th of October 1906. Janet is often nicknamed as Lolly, Laura Augusta Gainor, Janet Gaynor. According to year of birth 1906 she belongs to Greatest Generation. Birthday on 6th of October means Janet is Libra. Libra sign depicts that it is all about “Balance”. It seems that their life is very balanced, however, things are way opposite as they always face unstable situations in order to balance it further.Janet was married 2 times.
Janet is white american. She is citizen of United States of America. Janet is christian. Janet´s primary profession is to be stage actor. You can know her also as film actor. She is recently known as television actor. She received Academy Award for Best Actress Seventh Heaven in 1929
Janet Gaynor's family
Janet Gaynor's ex spouses
Paul Gregory
Janet Gaynor and Paul Gregory have been together since 1964 for 20 years. He is known as film producer. Janet´s ex spouse was born on Friday 27th of August 1920 in Waukee. Janet´s ex spouse died on Friday 25th of December 2015 in Desert Hot Springs. Paul Gregory was 109 years old, when this happened.
Adrian
Janet Gaynor and Adrian have been together since 1939 for 20 years.
Janet Gaynor's schools
We found 1 school She attended. Name of the school: San Francisco Polytechnic High School.
Detailed informations about her schools
She studied high school - San Francisco Polytechnic High School.
Janet Gaynor's career
Her main focus is to be stage actor. She is famous thanks to A Star Is Born (1937), First Best Actress.
Is Janet Gaynor gay ?
She is known to be bisexual.
How did Janet Gaynor die
She died on on Friday 14th of September 1984 when he was 78 years old. Janet Gaynors death was caused by pneumonia. It happend like natural causes.
Awards and competitions
Janet Gaynor's Awards
- Until 1986, she was the youngest leading actress to be awarded an Oscar.
- She was the first actress to win the Academy Award as best actress. In the early years, actors could receive one Oscar for several films. Gaynor won for Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), 7th Heaven (1927) and Street Angel (1928).
- As of 2013 Gaynor is the third-youngest actress to have won the Best Actress Academy Award, winning the Oscar at the age of 22, behind only Jennifer Lawrence (also 22) and Marlee Matlin (21).
- Was the 1st actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for her performances in 7th Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928) and Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) at The 1st Academy Awards on May 16, 1929.
- Was in three Oscar Best Picture nominees: 7th Heaven (1927), State Fair (1933) and A Star Is Born (1937), as well as Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927),which won for Best Unique and Artistic Production at the first Academy Awards.
Janet Gaynor's Nominations
- She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress for work A Star Is Born in 1937
- She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress
What else you don't know about Janet Gaynor ?
Janet´s middle name is Augusta.
What Janet Gaynor has done for a first time
- She was the first actress to win the Academy Award as best actress. In the early years, actors could receive one Oscar for several films. Gaynor won for Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), 7th Heaven (1927) and Street Angel (1928).
- Was in three Oscar Best Picture nominees: 7th Heaven (1927), State Fair (1933) and A Star Is Born (1937), as well as Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927),which won for Best Unique and Artistic Production at the first Academy Awards.
Janet Gaynor's height, weight, body shape, eye color, hair color
Lets describe how Janet Gaynor looks. We will focus on Janet´s height, weight, body shape, eye color, hair color and shoe size. She is tall as 5' 0" (152 cm). She weights 102lbs (46 kg). Body build is slim. Janet´s eyes are tinted brown - light. Her hair is shade of red. If you are really curious, you may find interesting Janet´s shoe size is 4.