Gloria Grahame
Known for ActingBorn 1923-11-28 — died 1981-10-05Los 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.
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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
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · as Violet
Oklahoma!
1955 · as Ado Annie Carnes
In a Lonely Place
1950 · as Laurel Gray
Naked Alibi
1954 · as Marianna
The Big Heat
1953 · as Debby Marsh
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952 · as Rosemary Bartlow
Crossfire
1947 · as Virginia "Ginny" Tremayne
Escape
1971 · as Evelyn Harrison
Chandler
1971 · as Selma
Mansion of the Doomed
1976 · as Katherine
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952 · as Angel
Human Desire
1954 · as Vicki Buckley
Man on a Tightrope
1953 · as Zama Cernik
Not as a Stranger
1955 · as Harriet Lang
The Cobweb
1955 · as Karen McIver
It Happened in Brooklyn
1947 · as Nurse
Sudden Fear
1952 · as Irene Neves
The Man Who Never Was
1956 · as Lucy Sherwood