Gloria Grahame
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
Known For
Credits
- 2003 · 'In a Lonely Place' Revisited as Self (archive footage)
- 1998 · Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman as Self (archive footage)
- 1983 · Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1981 · The Nesting as Florinda Costello
- 1981 · Mr. Griffin and Me as Mara Emerson
- 1980 · Melvin and Howard as Mrs. Sisk
- 1980 · A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square as Ma
- 1980 · The Merry Wives of Windsor as Mistress Page
- 1979 · Chilly Scenes of Winter as Clara
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Olivia
- 1978 · The Dancing Princesses as The Witch
- 1977 · Seventh Avenue as Moll
- 1976 · Mansion of the Doomed as Katherine
- 1976 · Rich Man, Poor Man as Sue Prescott
- 1974 · Mama's Dirty Girls as Mama Love
- 1974 · The Girl on the Late, Late Show as Carolyn Porter
- 1973 · Kojak as Helen
- 1973 · Tarot as Natalie
- 1972 · The Loners as Annabelle
- 1971 · Chandler as Selma
- 1971 · Black Noon as Bethia
- 1971 · The Todd Killings as Mrs. Roy
- 1971 · Escape as Evelyn Harrison
- 1971 · Blood and Lace as Mrs. Deere
- 1969 · Then Came Bronson as
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Madame Noh
- 1967 · Mannix as
- 1966 · Ride Beyond Vengeance as Bonnie Shelley
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Molly Hogan
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Helen Dekker
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Doris Landers
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Dorina Pruitt
- 1963 · The Outer Limits as Florida Patton
- 1962 · Sam Benedict as Rita Bain
- 1961 · The New Breed as Nurse Nora Springer
- 1960 · Harrigan and Son as
- 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 · Not as a Stranger as Harriet Lang
- 1955 · The Cobweb as Karen McIver
- 1954 · Naked Alibi as Marianna
- 1954 · A Star Is Born World Premiere as Self
- 1954 · Human Desire as Vicki Buckley
- 1954 · The Good Die Young as Denise Blaine
- 1953 · Prisoners of the Casbah as Princess Nadja
- 1953 · The Big Heat as Debby Marsh
- 1953 · Man on a Tightrope as Zama Cernik
- 1953 · The Glass Wall as Maggie Summers
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Elena Carlisle
- 1952 · The Bad and the Beautiful as Rosemary Bartlow
- 1952 · Sudden Fear as Irene Neves
- 1952 · Macao as Margie
- 1952 · The Greatest Show on Earth as Angel
- 1950 · The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- 1950 · In a Lonely Place as Laurel Gray
- 1949 · Roughshod as Mary Wells
- 1949 · A Woman's Secret as Susan Caldwell / Estrellita
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self (archive footage)
- 1947 · Merton of the Movies as Beulah Baxter
- 1947 · Song of the Thin Man as Fran Page
- 1947 · Crossfire as Virginia "Ginny" Tremayne
- 1947 · It Happened in Brooklyn as Nurse
- 1946 · It's a Wonderful Life as Violet
- 1945 · Without Love as Flower Vendor
- 1944 · Blonde Fever as Sally Murfin