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.
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Movies (49)
Akai Ito
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'In a Lonely Place' Revisited
2003 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Nesting
1981 · Florinda Costello
Mr. Griffin and Me
1981 · Mara Emerson
Melvin and Howard
1980 · Mrs. Sisk
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
1980 · Ma
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1980 · Mistress Page
Chilly Scenes of Winter
1979 · Clara
The Dancing Princesses
1978 · The Witch
Mansion of the Doomed
1976 · Katherine
Mama's Dirty Girls
1974 · Mama Love
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
1974 · Carolyn Porter
Tarot
1973 · Natalie
The Loners
1972 · Annabelle
Chandler
1971 · Selma
Black Noon
1971 · Bethia
The Todd Killings
1971 · Mrs. Roy
Escape
1971 · Evelyn Harrison
Blood and Lace
1971 · Mrs. Deere
Ride Beyond Vengeance
1966 · Bonnie Shelley
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959 · Helen
Ride Out for Revenge
1957 · Amy Porter
The Man Who Never Was
1956 · Lucy Sherwood
Oklahoma!
1955 · Ado Annie Carnes
Not as a Stranger
1955 · Harriet Lang
The Cobweb
1955 · Karen McIver
Naked Alibi
1954 · Marianna
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954 · Self
Human Desire
1954 · Vicki Buckley
The Good Die Young
1954 · Denise Blaine
Prisoners of the Casbah
1953 · Princess Nadja
The Big Heat
1953 · Debby Marsh
Man on a Tightrope
1953 · Zama Cernik
The Glass Wall
1953 · Maggie Summers
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952 · Rosemary Bartlow
Sudden Fear
1952 · Irene Neves
Macao
1952 · Margie
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952 · Angel
In a Lonely Place
1950 · Laurel Gray
Roughshod
1949 · Mary Wells
A Woman's Secret
1949 · Susan Caldwell / Estrellita
Merton of the Movies
1947 · Beulah Baxter
Song of the Thin Man
1947 · Fran Page
Crossfire
1947 · Virginia "Ginny" Tremayne
It Happened in Brooklyn
1947 · Nurse
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Violet
Without Love
1945 · Flower Girl
Blonde Fever
1944 · Sally Murfin
TV shows (17)
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · Olivia
Seventh Avenue
1977 · Moll
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976 · Sue Prescott
Kojak
1973 · Helen
Then Came Bronson
1969 · Charlene Braden
The Name of the Game
1968 · Madame Noh
Mannix
1967 · Mae Darling
Daniel Boone
1964 · Molly Hogan
Burke's Law
1963 · Helen Dekker, Doris Landers
The Fugitive
1963 · Dorina Pruitt
The Outer Limits
1963 · Florida Patton
Sam Benedict
1962 · Rita Bain
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
The New Breed
1961 · Nurse Nora Springer
Harrigan and Son
1960
General Electric Theater
1953 · Elena Carlisle
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self