Janet Gaynor

She died in 1984 and was interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California. Harper was born in Suffern, New York. Soon after, she left film for almost twenty years, returning one last time in 1957 in Bernardine. Harper has worked almost exclusively in television, and has also had roles in made-for-TV-movies and guest spots on a number of series, including Sex and the City. In 1937, she was again nominated for an Academy Award, this time for her role in A Star Is Born. (It was renamed Valerie's Family in 1987 and later The Hogan Family after Harper left the series and was replaced by Sandy Duncan). Gaynor was one of only a handful of leading ladies who made a successful transition to sound movies over the next decade. She also played family matriarch Valerie Hogan on the 1980s sitcom Valerie.

The award was given on the basis of the actor's total work over the year, and not just for one particular performance. Harper won four Emmy awards and a Golden Globe for her work as Rhoda Morgenstern on both series. It was the only time in Oscar history that this prestigious award was given for multiple roles. Harper is best known for her portrayal of the wise-cracking yet vulnerable Rhoda Morgenstern on two CBS television sitcoms of the 1970s: The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off Rhoda, in which she played the title role. Her performances in Seventh Heaven (the first of twelve movies she would make with Charles Farrell) and both Sunrise and Street Angel (in 1927, also with Charles Farrell) earned her the first Academy Award for Best Actress in 1928. Valerie Harper (born August 22, 1940) is an American actress. Within one year, Gaynor was one of Hollywood's leading ladies.

Her outstanding performance won her the attention of producers, who cast her in a series of films. Finally, in 1926, she was cast in the lead role in a silent film called The Johnstown Flood, the same year she was selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars. For two years, she supported herself with odd jobs in Los Angeles while taking minor roles in films. Upon graduating from high school, Gaynor decided to pursue a career in acting.

Born Laura Gainor in Philadelphia, her family moved west to San Francisco when she was a child. Janet Gaynor (October 6, 1906 - September 14, 1984) was an actress who in 1928 was the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress. 1957 Bernardine. 1938 The Young in Heart.

1938 Three Loves Has Nancy. 1937 A Star Is Born. 1936 Small Town Girl/One Horse Town. 1936 Ladies in Love.

1935 One More Spring. 1935 The Farmer Takes a Wife. 1934 Servant's Entrance. 1934 La Ciudad de Carton.

1934 Change of Heart. 1934 Carolina. 1933 State Fair. 1933 Paddy the Next Best Thing.

1933 Adorable. 1932 Tess of the Storm Country. 1932 The First Year. 1931 Merely Mary Ann.

1931 The Man Who Came Back. 1931 Delicious. 1931 Daddy Long Legs. 1930 High Society Blues.

1929 Sunny Side Up. 1929 Lucky Star. 1929 Happy Days. 1929 Christina.

1928 Street Angel. 1928 Four Devils. 1927 Two Girls Wanted. 1927 Sunrise (Academy Award for Best Actress).

1927 Seventh Heaven (Academy Award for Best Actress). 1926 The Shamrock Handicap. 1926 The Return of Peter Grimm. 1926 The Midnight Kiss.

1926 The Johnstown Flood. 1926 The Blue Eagle.