Cast
Gloria Grahame
Acting
Cast
Gloria Grahame
Known for
Acting
Born
1923-11-28
From
Los Angeles, California, USA
Died
1981-10-05
Also known as Gloria Hallward
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, 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.
It's a Wonderful Life
as Violet
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Angel
The Big Heat
as Debby Marsh
Oklahoma!
as Ado Annie Carnes
Chandler
as Selma
In a Lonely Place
as Laurel Gray
Escape
as Evelyn Harrison
Sudden Fear
as Irene Neves
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Rosemary Bartlow
Crossfire
as Virginia "Ginny" Tremayne
The Loners
as Annabelle
Human Desire
as Vicki Buckley
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
Song of the Thin Man
as Fran Page
The Man Who Never Was
as Lucy Sherwood
Melvin and Howard
as Mrs. Sisk
The Cobweb
as Karen McIver
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Without Love
as Flower Vendor
Odds Against Tomorrow
as Helen
The Glass Wall
as Maggie Summers
Prisoners of the Casbah
as Princess Nadja
Not as a Stranger
as Harriet Lang
The Nesting
as Florinda Costello
Ride Out for Revenge
as Amy Porter
Mansion of the Doomed
as Katherine
Macao
as Margie
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
as Ma
Ride Beyond Vengeance
as Bonnie Shelley
Roughshod
as Mary Wells
Naked Alibi
as Marianna
A Woman's Secret
as Susan Caldwell / Estrellita
Chilly Scenes of Winter
as Clara
Tarot
as Natalie
The Good Die Young
as Denise Blaine
The Todd Killings
as Mrs. Roy
Man on a Tightrope
as Zama Cernik
Blood and Lace
as Mrs. Deere
It Happened in Brooklyn
as Nurse
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
as Carolyn Porter
Mama's Dirty Girls
as Mama Love
Blonde Fever
as Sally Murfin
Merton of the Movies
as Beulah Baxter
Black Noon
as Bethia
The Dancing Princesses
as The Witch
Mr. Griffin and Me
as Mara Emerson
'In a Lonely Place' Revisited
as Self (archive footage)
Akai Ito
The Merry Wives of Windsor
as Mistress Page