Akai Ito
2025 · Movie
Gloria Grahame
1923-11-28
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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.
Filmography
'In a Lonely Place' Revisited
2003 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Movie
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Nesting
1981 · Movie
as Florinda Costello
Mr. Griffin and Me
1981 · Movie
as Mara Emerson
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
1980 · Movie
as Ma
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1980 · Movie
as Mistress Page
Melvin and Howard
1980 · Movie
as Mrs. Sisk
Chilly Scenes of Winter
1979 · Movie
as Clara
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · TV Show
as Olivia
The Dancing Princesses
1978 · Movie
as The Witch
Seventh Avenue
1977 · TV Show
as Moll
Mansion of the Doomed
1976 · Movie
as Katherine
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976 · TV Show
as Sue Prescott
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
1974 · Movie
as Carolyn Porter
Mama's Dirty Girls
1974 · Movie
as Mama Love
Tarot
1973 · Movie
as Natalie
Kojak
1973 · TV Show
as Helen
The Loners
1972 · Movie
as Annabelle
Blood and Lace
1971 · Movie
as Mrs. Deere
Chandler
1971 · Movie
as Selma
The Todd Killings
1971 · Movie
as Mrs. Roy
Escape
1971 · Movie
as Evelyn Harrison
Black Noon
1971 · Movie
as Bethia
Then Came Bronson
1969 · TV Show
as Charlene Braden
The Name of the Game
1968 · TV Show
as Madame Noh
Mannix
1967 · TV Show
as Mae Darling
Ride Beyond Vengeance
1966 · Movie
as Bonnie Shelley
Daniel Boone
1964 · TV Show
as Molly Hogan
Burke's Law
1963 · TV Show
as Helen Dekker, Doris Landers
The Fugitive
1963 · TV Show
as Dorina Pruitt
The Outer Limits
1963 · TV Show
as Florida Patton
Sam Benedict
1962 · TV Show
as Rita Bain
The New Breed
1961 · TV Show
as Nurse Nora Springer
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · TV Show
as Self
Harrigan and Son
1960 · TV Show
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959 · Movie
as Helen
Ride Out for Revenge
1957 · Movie
as Amy Porter
The Man Who Never Was
1956 · Movie
as Lucy Sherwood
Oklahoma!
1955 · Movie
as Ado Annie Carnes
Not as a Stranger
1955 · Movie
as Harriet Lang
The Cobweb
1955 · Movie
as Karen McIver
Human Desire
1954 · Movie
as Vicki Buckley
Naked Alibi
1954 · Movie
as Marianna
The Good Die Young
1954 · Movie
as Denise Blaine
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954 · Movie
as Self
The Glass Wall
1953 · Movie
as Maggie Summers
The Big Heat
1953 · Movie
as Debby Marsh
Man on a Tightrope
1953 · Movie
as Zama Cernik
Prisoners of the Casbah
1953 · Movie
as Princess Nadja
General Electric Theater
1953 · TV Show
as Elena Carlisle
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952 · Movie
as Rosemary Bartlow
Macao
1952 · Movie
as Margie
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952 · Movie
as Angel
Sudden Fear
1952 · Movie
as Irene Neves
In a Lonely Place
1950 · Movie
as Laurel Gray
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · TV Show
as Self
A Woman's Secret
1949 · Movie
as Susan Caldwell / Estrellita
Roughshod
1949 · Movie
as Mary Wells
Crossfire
1947 · Movie
as Virginia "Ginny" Tremayne
Song of the Thin Man
1947 · Movie
as Fran Page
Merton of the Movies
1947 · Movie
as Beulah Baxter
It Happened in Brooklyn
1947 · Movie
as Nurse
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Movie
as Violet
Without Love
1945 · Movie
as Flower Girl
Blonde Fever
1944 · Movie
as Sally Murfin
