Gloria Grahame
- Acting
- November 28, 1923 · Los Angeles, California, USA
- October 5, 1981
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Akai Ito
- 'In a Lonely Place' Revisited · Self
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage · Self
- The Nesting · Florinda Costello
- Mr. Griffin and Me · Mara Emerson
- Melvin and Howard · Mrs. Sisk
- A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square · Ma
- The Merry Wives of Windsor · Mistress Page
- Chilly Scenes of Winter · Clara
- Tales of the Unexpected · Olivia
- The Dancing Princesses · The Witch
- Seventh Avenue · Moll
- Mansion of the Doomed · Katherine
- Rich Man, Poor Man · Sue Prescott
- Mama's Dirty Girls · Mama Love
- The Girl on the Late, Late Show · Carolyn Porter
- Kojak · Helen
- Tarot · Natalie
- The Loners · Annabelle
- Chandler · Selma
- Black Noon · Bethia
- The Todd Killings · Mrs. Roy
- Escape · Evelyn Harrison
- Blood and Lace · Mrs. Deere
- Then Came Bronson · Charlene Braden
- The Name of the Game · Madame Noh
- Mannix · Mae Darling
- Ride Beyond Vengeance · Bonnie Shelley
- Daniel Boone · Molly Hogan
- Burke's Law · Helen Dekker, Doris Landers
- The Fugitive · Dorina Pruitt
- The Outer Limits · Florida Patton
- Sam Benedict · Rita Bain
- The Mike Douglas Show · Self
- The New Breed · Nurse Nora Springer
- Harrigan and Son
- Odds Against Tomorrow · Helen
- Ride Out for Revenge · Amy Porter
- The Man Who Never Was · Lucy Sherwood
- Oklahoma! · Ado Annie Carnes
- Not as a Stranger · Harriet Lang
- The Cobweb · Karen McIver
- Naked Alibi · Marianna
- A Star Is Born World Premiere · Self
- Human Desire · Vicki Buckley
- The Good Die Young · Denise Blaine
- Prisoners of the Casbah · Princess Nadja
- The Big Heat · Debby Marsh
- Man on a Tightrope · Zama Cernik
- The Glass Wall · Maggie Summers
- General Electric Theater · Elena Carlisle
- The Bad and the Beautiful · Rosemary Bartlow
- Sudden Fear · Irene Neves
- Macao · Margie
- The Greatest Show on Earth · Angel
- The Colgate Comedy Hour · Self
- In a Lonely Place · Laurel Gray
- Roughshod · Mary Wells
- A Woman's Secret · Susan Caldwell / Estrellita
- Merton of the Movies · Beulah Baxter
- Song of the Thin Man · Fran Page
- Crossfire · Virginia "Ginny" Tremayne
- It Happened in Brooklyn · Nurse
- It's a Wonderful Life · Violet
- Without Love · Flower Girl
- Blonde Fever · Sally Murfin