Acting
Gloria Grahame
PT, EN, ES cinema · 49 credits
Born
28 November 1923
Died
5 October 1981 (aged 57)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known as Gloria Hallward
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
Filmography
'In a Lonely Place' Revisited
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Nesting
as Florinda Costello
Mr. Griffin and Me
as Mara Emerson
The Merry Wives of Windsor
as Mistress Page
Melvin and Howard
as Mrs. Sisk
The Dancing Princesses
as The Witch
Mansion of the Doomed
as Katherine
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
as Carolyn Porter
Mama's Dirty Girls
as Mama Love
Tarot
as Natalie
The Loners
as Annabelle
Blood and Lace
as Mrs. Deere
Chandler
as Selma
The Todd Killings
as Mrs. Roy
Escape
as Evelyn Harrison
Black Noon
as Bethia
Ride Beyond Vengeance
as Bonnie Shelley
Ride Out for Revenge
as Amy Porter
The Man Who Never Was
as Lucy Sherwood
Oklahoma!
as Ado Annie Carnes
Not as a Stranger
as Harriet Lang
The Cobweb
as Karen McIver
Human Desire
as Vicki Buckley
Naked Alibi
as Marianna
The Good Die Young
as Denise Blaine
The Glass Wall
as Maggie Summers
The Big Heat
as Debby Marsh
Man on a Tightrope
as Zama Cernik
Prisoners of the Casbah
as Princess Nadja
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Rosemary Bartlow
Macao
as Margie
Sudden Fear
as Irene Neves
In a Lonely Place
as Laurel Gray
A Woman's Secret
as Susan Caldwell / Estrellita
Roughshod
as Mary Wells
Crossfire
as Virginia "Ginny" Tremayne
Song of the Thin Man
as Fran Page
Merton of the Movies
as Beulah Baxter
It's a Wonderful Life
as Violet
Without Love
as Flower Girl
Blonde Fever
as Sally Murfin