Gloria Grahame

Acting · Born 1923-11-28 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

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,…

Filmography

• It's a Wonderful Life as Violet
• The Bad and the Beautiful as Rosemary Bartlow
• The Big Heat as Debby Marsh
• In a Lonely Place as Laurel Gray
• Human Desire as Vicki Buckley
• 'In a Lonely Place' Revisited as Self (archive footage)
• Macao as Margie
• Odds Against Tomorrow as Helen
• The Greatest Show on Earth as Angel
• The Glass Wall as Maggie Summers

TV

• The Outer Limits as Florida Patton
• Burke's Law as Helen Dekker
• The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
• Tales of the Unexpected as Olivia
• General Electric Theater as Elena Carlisle
• The Fugitive as Dorina Pruitt
• Daniel Boone as Molly Hogan
• The New Breed as Nurse Nora Springer
• Burke's Law as Doris Landers
• Seventh Avenue as Moll