Janet Gaynor (Actor)

Reviews of Janet Gaynor Movies

Looking for reviews of Janet Gaynor movies? Cinafilm has a total of 553 reviews across 10 movies.

Movies starring Janet Gaynor have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 64%.

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans - released in 1927 - is Janet Gaynor's highest rated movie, with a score of 83% based on 475 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Janet Gaynor is Delicious - released in 1931 - with a score of 46% based on 2 reviews.

Actor Biography

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.

Janet Gaynor has acted in films with Bill Elliott, Clark Gable, Carole Lombard and George Chandler.

Janet Gaynor has worked with these film directors: John Ford, Richard Thorpe, William A. Wellman and Frank Borzage.