
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 β 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