Gloria Grahame
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 28, 1923
- Died
- October 5, 1981
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Filmography
Akai Ito 2025
Actor
'In a Lonely Place' Revisited 2003
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage 1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Nesting 1981
as Florinda Costello
Mr. Griffin and Me 1981
as Mara Emerson
Melvin and Howard 1980
as Mrs. Sisk
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square 1980
as Ma
The Merry Wives of Windsor 1980
as Mistress Page
Chilly Scenes of Winter 1979
as Clara
The Dancing Princesses 1978
as The Witch
Mansion of the Doomed 1976
as Katherine
Mama's Dirty Girls 1974
as Mama Love
The Girl on the Late, Late Show 1974
as Carolyn Porter
Tarot 1973
as Natalie
The Loners 1972
as Annabelle
Chandler 1971
as Selma
Black Noon 1971
as Bethia
The Todd Killings 1971
as Mrs. Roy
Escape 1971
as Evelyn Harrison
Blood and Lace 1971
as Mrs. Deere
Ride Beyond Vengeance 1966
as Bonnie Shelley
Odds Against Tomorrow 1959
as Helen
Ride Out for Revenge 1957
as Amy Porter
The Man Who Never Was 1956
as Lucy Sherwood
Oklahoma! 1955
as Ado Annie Carnes
Not as a Stranger 1955
as Harriet Lang
The Cobweb 1955
as Karen McIver
Naked Alibi 1954
as Marianna
A Star Is Born World Premiere 1954
as Self
Human Desire 1954
as Vicki Buckley
The Good Die Young 1954
as Denise Blaine
Prisoners of the Casbah 1953
as Princess Nadja
The Big Heat 1953
as Debby Marsh
Man on a Tightrope 1953
as Zama Cernik
The Glass Wall 1953
as Maggie Summers
The Bad and the Beautiful 1952
as Rosemary Bartlow
Sudden Fear 1952
as Irene Neves
Macao 1952
as Margie
The Greatest Show on Earth 1952
as Angel
In a Lonely Place 1950
as Laurel Gray
Roughshod 1949
as Mary Wells
A Woman's Secret 1949
as Susan Caldwell / Estrellita
Merton of the Movies 1947
as Beulah Baxter
Song of the Thin Man 1947
as Fran Page
Crossfire 1947
as Virginia "Ginny" Tremayne
It Happened in Brooklyn 1947
as Nurse
It's a Wonderful Life 1946
as Violet
Without Love 1945
as Flower Girl
Blonde Fever 1944
as Sally Murfin
Credits from TMDB.