About

Known credits:
51
Birthday:
1923-11-28
Place of birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Gloria Grahame

Overview

Gloria Grahame (November 28, 1923 – October 5, 1981) was an American actress.

Grahame began her acting career in theatre, and in 1944 she made her first film for MGM. Despite a featured role in It's a Wonderful Life (1946), MGM did not believe she had the potential for major success, and sold her contract to RKO Studios. Often cast in film noir projects, Grahame received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Crossfire (1947), and she won this award for her work in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952). She achieved her highest profile with Sudden Fear (1952), Human Desire (1953),The Big Heat (1953), and Oklahoma! (1955), but her film career began to wane soon afterwards.

She returned to work on the stage, but continued to appear in films and television productions, usually in supporting roles. Diagnosed with stomach cancer in 1980, Grahame refused to accept the diagnosis and travelled to England to work in a play. Her health rapidly failed and she returned to New York City, where she died in 1981.

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Known for

Acting
2003 'In a Lonely Place' Revisited Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1998 Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage Actor Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 59
Average
1981 The Nesting Actor Florinda Costello 58
Average
1981 Mr. Griffin and Me Actor Mara Emerson N/A
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1980 Melvin and Howard Actor Mrs. Sisk 59
Average
1980 A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square Actor Ma 59
Average
1980 The Merry Wives of Windsor Actor Mistress Page N/A
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1979 Chilly Scenes of Winter Actor Clara 59
Average
1978 The Dancing Princesses Actor The Witch N/A
N/A
1977 Seventh Avenue Actor Moll 69
Fair
1976 Mansion of the Doomed Actor Katherine 59
Average
1976 Rich Man, Poor Man Actor Sue Prescott 72
Good
1974 Mama's Dirty Girls Actor Mama Love 58
Average
1974 The Girl on the Late, Late Show Actor Carolyn Porter 59
Average
1973 Tarot Actor Natalie 58
Average
1972 The Loners Actor Annabelle 59
Average
1971 Chandler Actor Selma 58
Average
1971 Black Noon Actor Bethia 58
Average
1971 The Todd Killings Actor Mrs. Roy 58
Average
1971 Escape Actor Evelyn Harrison 58
Average
1971 Blood and Lace Actor Mrs. Deere 58
Average
1966 Ride Beyond Vengeance Actor Bonnie Shelley 59
Average
1959 Odds Against Tomorrow Actor Helen 60
Fair
1957 Ride Out for Revenge Actor Amy Porter 58
Average
1956 The Man Who Never Was Actor Lucy Sherwood 60
Fair
1955 Oklahoma! Actor Ado Annie Carnes 60
Fair
1955 Not as a Stranger Actor Harriet Lang 59
Average
1955 The Cobweb Actor Karen McIver 58
Average
1954 Naked Alibi Actor Marianna 59
Average
1954 A Star Is Born World Premiere Actor Self 59
Average
1954 Human Desire Actor Vicki Buckley 60
Fair
1954 The Good Die Young Actor Denise Blaine 59
Average
1953 Prisoners of the Casbah Actor Princess Nadja 58
Average
1953 The Big Heat Actor Debby Marsh 67
Fair
1953 Man on a Tightrope Actor Zama Cernik 59
Average
1953 The Glass Wall Actor Maggie Summers 59
Average
1952 The Bad and the Beautiful Actor Rosemary Bartlow 63
Fair
1952 Sudden Fear Actor Irene Neves 61
Fair
1952 Macao Actor Margie 59
Average
1952 The Greatest Show on Earth Actor Angel 60
Fair
1950 In a Lonely Place Actor Laurel Gray 67
Fair
1949 Roughshod Actor Mary Wells 58
Average
1949 A Woman's Secret Actor Susan Caldwell / Estrellita 58
Average
1947 Merton of the Movies Actor Beulah Baxter 59
Average
1947 Song of the Thin Man Actor Fran Page 60
Fair
1947 Crossfire Actor Virginia "Ginny" Tremayne 60
Fair
1947 It Happened in Brooklyn Actor Nurse 59
Average
1946 It's a Wonderful Life Actor Violet 80
Very good
1945 Without Love Actor Flower Vendor 59
Average
1944 Blonde Fever Actor Sally Murfin 58
Average