Janet Gaynor was an American actress and painter.
One of the most popular actresses of the silent film era, in 1929 Gaynor became the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in three films: Seventh Heaven, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans and Street Angel. This was the only occasion on which an actress has won one Oscar for multiple film roles. This rule would be changed three years later by AMPAS. Her career as the primary actress of Fox Studios continued with the a...
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