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.
★8.3
MOVIE1946
It's a Wonderful Life
as Violet
★5.9
MOVIE1947
It Happened in Brooklyn
as Nurse
★4.6
MOVIE1971
Chandler
as Selma
★7.7
MOVIE1953
The Big Heat
as Debby Marsh
★7.6
MOVIE1950
In a Lonely Place
as Laurel Gray
★5.7
MOVIE1971
Escape
as Evelyn Harrison
★7.3
MOVIE1952
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Rosemary Bartlow
★6.6
MOVIE1955
Oklahoma!
as Ado Annie Carnes
★6.4
MOVIE1952
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Angel
★6.1
MOVIE1954
Naked Alibi
as Marianna
★6.0
MOVIE1966
Ride Beyond Vengeance
as Bonnie Shelley
★6.6
MOVIE1953
Man on a Tightrope
as Zama Cernik
★6.2
MOVIE1955
Not as a Stranger
as Harriet Lang
★6.3
MOVIE1976
Mansion of the Doomed
as Katherine
★6.6
MOVIE1947
Crossfire
as Virginia "Ginny" Tremayne
★5.7
MOVIE1955
The Cobweb
as Karen McIver
★6.7
MOVIE1954
Human Desire
as Vicki Buckley
★4.3
MOVIE1974
Mama's Dirty Girls
as Mama Love
★5.6
MOVIE1949
A Woman's Secret
as Susan Caldwell / Estrellita
★6.0
MOVIE1980
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
as Ma
★6.8
MOVIE1959
Odds Against Tomorrow
as Helen
★7.3
MOVIE1952
Sudden Fear
as Irene Neves
★7.0
MOVIE1956
The Man Who Never Was
as Lucy Sherwood
★6.5
MOVIE1980
Melvin and Howard
as Mrs. Sisk
★7.0
MOVIE1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1954
The Good Die Young
as Denise Blaine
★5.7
MOVIE1953
Prisoners of the Casbah
as Princess Nadja
★6.7
MOVIE1947
Song of the Thin Man
as Fran Page
★6.8
MOVIE1979
Chilly Scenes of Winter
as Clara
★6.3
MOVIE1947
Merton of the Movies
as Beulah Baxter
★4.6
MOVIE1971
The Todd Killings
as Mrs. Roy
★5.7
MOVIE1949
Roughshod
as Mary Wells
★7.0
MOVIE1945
Without Love
as Flower Girl
MOVIE1981
Mr. Griffin and Me
as Mara Emerson
★6.3
MOVIE1952
Macao
as Margie
★5.7
MOVIE1971
Blood and Lace
as Mrs. Deere
★5.7
MOVIE1957
Ride Out for Revenge
as Amy Porter
★8.0
MOVIE1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
★5.3
MOVIE1953
The Glass Wall
as Maggie Summers
MOVIE2025
Akai Ito
★5.3
MOVIE1981
The Nesting
as Florinda Costello
★6.5
MOVIE1971
Black Noon
as Bethia
★3.9
MOVIE1944
Blonde Fever
as Sally Murfin
★6.7
MOVIE1972
The Loners
as Annabelle
★5.5
MOVIE1974
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
as Carolyn Porter
★4.9
MOVIE1973
Tarot
as Natalie
★7.0
MOVIE1978
The Dancing Princesses
as The Witch
★10.0
MOVIE2003
'In a Lonely Place' Revisited
as Self (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE1980
The Merry Wives of Windsor
as Mistress Page