Gloria Grahame
ActingAlso 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.
Movies
(49 total)
It's a Wonderful Life
as Violet
In a Lonely Place
as Laurel Gray
The Big Heat
as Debby Marsh
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Rosemary Bartlow
Oklahoma!
as Ado Annie Carnes
Crossfire
as Virginia "Ginny" Tremayne
Human Desire
as Vicki Buckley
Sudden Fear
as Irene Neves
Song of the Thin Man
as Fran Page
Odds Against Tomorrow
as Helen
The Man Who Never Was
as Lucy Sherwood
Melvin and Howard
as Mrs. Sisk
The Nesting
as Florinda Costello
Macao
as Margie
A Woman's Secret
as Susan Caldwell / Estrellita
Naked Alibi
as Marianna
Not as a Stranger
as Harriet Lang
The Good Die Young
as Denise Blaine
The Cobweb
as Karen McIver
TV Shows
(18 total)
The Outer Limits
as Florida Patton
Kojak
as Helen
The Fugitive
as Dorina Pruitt
Mannix
as Mae Darling
Tales of the Unexpected
as Olivia
Daniel Boone
as Molly Hogan
Rich Man, Poor Man
as Sue Prescott
The Name of the Game
as Madame Noh
Burke's Law
as Helen Dekker
Burke's Law
as Doris Landers
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
General Electric Theater
as Elena Carlisle
Then Came Bronson
as Charlene Braden
The New Breed
as Nurse Nora Springer
Sam Benedict
as Rita Bain
Seventh Avenue
as Moll
