Gloria Grahame
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 28, 1923
- Died
- October 5, 1981 (aged 57)
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
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Filmography
Akai Ito
Movie
'In a Lonely Place' Revisited
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Nesting
Movie · as Florinda Costello
Mr. Griffin and Me
Movie · as Mara Emerson
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Movie · as Ma
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Movie · as Mistress Page
Melvin and Howard
Movie · as Mrs. Sisk
Chilly Scenes of Winter
Movie · as Clara
Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as Olivia · 2 eps
The Dancing Princesses
Movie · as The Witch
Seventh Avenue
TV · as Moll · 3 eps
Mansion of the Doomed
Movie · as Katherine
Rich Man, Poor Man
TV · as Sue Prescott · 12 eps
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
Movie · as Carolyn Porter
Mama's Dirty Girls
Movie · as Mama Love
Tarot
Movie · as Natalie
Kojak
TV · as Helen · 1 ep
The Loners
Movie · as Annabelle
Blood and Lace
Movie · as Mrs. Deere
Chandler
Movie · as Selma
The Todd Killings
Movie · as Mrs. Roy
Escape
Movie · as Evelyn Harrison
Black Noon
Movie · as Bethia
Then Came Bronson
TV · as Charlene Braden · 1 ep
The Name of the Game
TV · as Madame Noh · 1 ep
Mannix
TV · as Mae Darling · 1 ep
Ride Beyond Vengeance
Movie · as Bonnie Shelley
Daniel Boone
TV · as Molly Hogan · 1 ep
Burke's Law
TV · as Helen Dekker, Doris Landers · 1 ep
The Fugitive
TV · as Dorina Pruitt · 1 ep
The Outer Limits
TV · as Florida Patton · 1 ep
Sam Benedict
TV · as Rita Bain · 1 ep
The New Breed
TV · as Nurse Nora Springer · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Harrigan and Son
TV · 1 ep
Odds Against Tomorrow
Movie · as Helen
Ride Out for Revenge
Movie · as Amy Porter
The Man Who Never Was
Movie · as Lucy Sherwood
Oklahoma!
Movie · as Ado Annie Carnes
Not as a Stranger
Movie · as Harriet Lang
The Cobweb
Movie · as Karen McIver
Human Desire
Movie · as Vicki Buckley
Naked Alibi
Movie · as Marianna
The Good Die Young
Movie · as Denise Blaine
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Movie · as Self
The Glass Wall
Movie · as Maggie Summers
The Big Heat
Movie · as Debby Marsh
Man on a Tightrope
Movie · as Zama Cernik
Prisoners of the Casbah
Movie · as Princess Nadja
General Electric Theater
TV · as Elena Carlisle · 1 ep
Macao
Movie · as Margie
The Bad and the Beautiful
Movie · as Rosemary Bartlow
The Greatest Show on Earth
Movie · as Angel
Sudden Fear
Movie · as Irene Neves
In a Lonely Place
Movie · as Laurel Gray
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Woman's Secret
Movie · as Susan Caldwell / Estrellita
Roughshod
Movie · as Mary Wells
Crossfire
Movie · as Virginia "Ginny" Tremayne
Song of the Thin Man
Movie · as Fran Page
Merton of the Movies
Movie · as Beulah Baxter
It Happened in Brooklyn
Movie · as Nurse
It's a Wonderful Life
Movie · as Violet
Without Love
Movie · as Flower Girl
Blonde Fever
Movie · as Sally Murfin