Spoiler : Janet Gaynor (October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984) Gaynor began her career as an extra in shorts and silent films. After signing with Fox Film Corporation (later 20th Century Fox) in 1926, she rose to fame and became one of the biggest box office draws of the era. In 1929, she was the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in three films: 7th Heaven (1927), Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), and Street Angel (1928). This was the only occasion on which an actress has won one Oscar for multiple film roles. Gaynor's career success continued into the sound film era, and she achieved a notable success in the original version of A Star Is Born (1937), for which she received a second Best Actress Academy Award nomination. After retiring from acting in 1939, Gaynor married film costume designer Adrian with whom she had a son. She briefly returned to acting in films and television in the 1950s and later became an accomplished oil painter. In 1980, Gaynor made her Broadway debut in the stage adaptation of the 1971 film Harold and Maude and appeared in the touring production of On Golden Pond in February 1982. In September 1982, she sustained multiple injuries in a serious car accident which contributed to her death in September 1984. Her doctor, Bart Apfelbaum, attributed her death to the 1982 car accident and stated that Gaynor "...never recovered" from those injuries. Janet Gaynor is buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Spoiler : What sweet beauty

Spoiler : Janet Gaynor, who in 1929 won the very first Best Actress Oscar, was born Laura Gainor 109 years today in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Spoiler : JANET GAYNOR (1906 ~ 1984) Gaynor was the first actress to win the Best Actress Academy Award - (for three films in a single year): "Seventh Heaven" (1927), "Sunrise" (27) and "Street Angel" (28). She was popular during the second half of the 1920s and throughout the 1930s, in films like: "Sunny Side Up" (29), "Daddy Long Legs" (31), "Tess Of The Storm Country" (32), "State Fair" (33), "The Farmer Takes A Wife" (35), "Small Town Girl" (36) "Ladies In Love" (37), "A Star Is Born" (37) and "Young At Heart" (38).

Spoiler : Gaynor, Janet (Laura Agusta Gainor) Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania 10/6/1906; died 9/14/1984 of pneumonia in Palm Springs, California. Married and divorced to Lydel Peck (1929-1935); designer Gilbert Adrian ((1939-1959 his death); Paul Gregory (1964-?). Teamed with Charles Farrell during the 1930's, and they became movies most famous "screen lovers." Received the first Academy Award presented for roles in Sunrise (1927); Seventh Heaven (1927); and Street Angel (1928). Guest star on radio programs including (with Charles Farrell) in Seventh Heaven presented on Lux Radio Theatre for CBS (1951). Guest star on many television programs including her first major dramatic role in Dear Cynthia presented on Medallion Theatre for CBS (1953).

Spoiler : Love Janet Gaynor in Sunrise and in State Fair. great and beautiful actress

Spoiler : I love Janet and Charles Farrell in Seventh Heaven, Street Angel, Lucky Star, and Sunny side Up!

Spoiler : She was just so cute! Idk about her personal life, I've never read much about her, but on screen she comes across so sweet!

Spoiler : She was married to Adrian the designer of MGM til his death in 50s. He designed for Harlow, Crawford and Shearer. He made the ruby slippers.

Spoiler : Janet Gaynor, the first ever recipient of the Best Actress Oscar in 1929, posing with her statuette. While she was honored (although she later stated that the award didn't quite have the same meaning as it did in subsequent years) this moment of recognition and celebration came at a personal cost. Her older sister, Hilary (Helen), who had always wanted to be an actress and couldn't help but be jealous of Janet's success, showed up at the ceremony drunk, making a spectacle of herself. The deepest emotional would was that her co-star and lover Chares Farrell, upset over not having been nominated, declined to attend the ceremony, and she felt his absence deeply. Nearly fifty years later, she stated wistfully, "All I remember is that I was very disappointed that Charlie Farrell didn't come to the dinner, too.

Spoiler : At the very first Academy Awards ceremony Gaynor won the "Best Actress" Oscar for her work in several films in 1927-28 (the early Oscars were often given for cumulative work). She was the first actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for her performances in 7th Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928) and Sunrise (1927) on May 16, 1929.

Spoiler : Her charming, gentle voice was ideally suited to talkies, and she made the transition to the sound era with great success. Often co-starring with romantic idol Charles Farrell, their popularity as a team was at its peak in the early '30s when they were known as "America's favorite lovebirds." Gaynor was Hollywood's top box-office attraction in 1934.

Spoiler : She retired from the screen in 1939, around the time of her marriage to Hollywood's most renowned costume designer, Gilbert Adrian, and much of her later years were spent on a Brazilian ranch.