- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 28, 1923
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- October 5, 1981
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 d…
Filmography
movieAkai Ito
2025
movie'In a Lonely Place' Revisited
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Nesting
1981 · Florinda Costello
movieMr. Griffin and Me
1981 · Mara Emerson
movieMelvin and Howard
1980 · Mrs. Sisk
movieA Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
1980 · Ma
movieThe Merry Wives of Windsor
1980 · Mistress Page
movieChilly Scenes of Winter
1979 · Clara
tvTales of the Unexpected
1979 · Olivia
movieThe Dancing Princesses
1978 · The Witch
tvSeventh Avenue
1977 · Moll
movieMansion of the Doomed
1976 · Katherine
tvRich Man, Poor Man
1976 · Sue Prescott
movieMama's Dirty Girls
1974 · Mama Love
movieThe Girl on the Late, Late Show
1974 · Carolyn Porter
tvKojak
1973 · Helen
movieTarot
1973 · Natalie
movieThe Loners
1972 · Annabelle
movieChandler
1971 · Selma
movieBlack Noon
1971 · Bethia
movieThe Todd Killings
1971 · Mrs. Roy
movieEscape
1971 · Evelyn Harrison
movieBlood and Lace
1971 · Mrs. Deere
tvThen Came Bronson
1969 · Charlene Braden
tvThe Name of the Game
1968 · Madame Noh
tvMannix
1967 · Mae Darling
movieRide Beyond Vengeance
1966 · Bonnie Shelley
tvDaniel Boone
1964 · Molly Hogan
tvBurke's Law
1963 · Helen Dekker, Doris Landers
tvThe Fugitive
1963 · Dorina Pruitt
tvThe Outer Limits
1963 · Florida Patton
tvSam Benedict
1962 · Rita Bain
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
tvThe New Breed
1961 · Nurse Nora Springer
tvHarrigan and Son
1960
movieOdds Against Tomorrow
1959 · Helen
movieRide Out for Revenge
1957 · Amy Porter
movieThe Man Who Never Was
1956 · Lucy Sherwood
movieOklahoma!
1955 · Ado Annie Carnes
movieNot as a Stranger
1955 · Harriet Lang
movieThe Cobweb
1955 · Karen McIver
movieNaked Alibi
1954 · Marianna
movieA Star Is Born World Premiere
1954 · Self
movieHuman Desire
1954 · Vicki Buckley
movieThe Good Die Young
1954 · Denise Blaine
moviePrisoners of the Casbah
1953 · Princess Nadja
movieThe Big Heat
1953 · Debby Marsh
movieMan on a Tightrope
1953 · Zama Cernik
movieThe Glass Wall
1953 · Maggie Summers
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Elena Carlisle
movieThe Bad and the Beautiful
1952 · Rosemary Bartlow
movieSudden Fear
1952 · Irene Neves
movieMacao
1952 · Margie
movieThe Greatest Show on Earth
1952 · Angel
tvThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self
movieIn a Lonely Place
1950 · Laurel Gray
movieRoughshod
1949 · Mary Wells
movieA Woman's Secret
1949 · Susan Caldwell / Estrellita
movieMerton of the Movies
1947 · Beulah Baxter
movieSong of the Thin Man
1947 · Fran Page
movieCrossfire
1947 · Virginia "Ginny" Tremayne
movieIt Happened in Brooklyn
1947 · Nurse
movieIt's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Violet
movieWithout Love
1945 · Flower Girl
movieBlonde Fever
1944 · Sally Murfin