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Gloria Grahame

Gloria Grahame

Birthday: 1923-11-28 | Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gloria Grahame, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1979
Chilly Scenes of Winter

as    Clara

1976
Mansion of the Doomed

as    Katherine

1974
The Girl on the Late, Late Show

as    Carolyn Porter

1974
Mama's Dirty Girls

as    Mama Love

1972
The Loners

as    Annabelle

1971
Black Noon

as    Bethia

1971
Escape

as    Evelyn Harrison

1971
Blood and Lace

as    Mrs. Deere

1971
The Todd Killings

as    Mrs. Roy

1966
Ride Beyond Vengeance

as    Bonnie Shelley

1959
Odds Against Tomorrow

as    Helen

1957
Ride Out for Revenge

as    Amy Porter

1956
The Man Who Never Was

as    Lucy Sherwood

1955
Oklahoma!

as    Ado Annie Carnes

1955
The Good Die Young

as    Denise Blaine

1955
Not as a Stranger

as    Harriet Lang

1955
The Cobweb

as    Karen McIver

1954
Naked Alibi

as    Marianna

1954
Human Desire

as    Vicki Buckley

1953
The Big Heat

as    Debby Marsh

1953
Prisoners of the Casbah

as    Princess Nadja

1953
Man on a Tightrope

as    Zama Cernik

1952
The Greatest Show on Earth

as    Angel

1952
Sudden Fear

as    Irene Neves

1952
Macao

as    Margie

1952
The Bad and the Beautiful

as    Rosemary Bartlow

1950
In a Lonely Place

as    Laurel Gray

1949
Roughshod

as    Mary Wells

1949
A Woman's Secret

as    Susan Caldwell / Estrellita