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