Gloria Grahame

Gloria Grahame has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to Motion Pictures, at 6522 Hollywood Boulevard. She was made a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1975 . She is interred in Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Chatsworth, California. She won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1958 for the film Separate Tables. In 1981 Grahame collapsed during a rehearsal for a British stage play, and returned to New York City where she died soon after from cancer. She was nominated again in 1966 for A Man for All Seasons. Often regarded as a difficult actress, Grahame's career began to wane after her role in Oklahoma! (1955), although she continued to play supporting roles for the rest of her life in the United States, and also in the United Kingdom, where she resided for many years. She was nominated for an Oscar in 1938 for her first major film role in Pygmalion.

She received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination for Crossfire (1947), and won the same award for The Bad and the Beautiful (1952). Her performance in Love on the Dole attracted the attention of George Bernard Shaw, and he cast her in several of his plays, including Saint Joan, Pygmalion and Major Barbara. MGM was not able to develop her potential as a star and her contract was sold to RKO Studios in 1947. She first found success in the stage version of Love on the Dole, and in 1936 married the author Ronald Gow. Changing her name to Gloria Grahame, she made her film debut in Blonde Fever (1944) and scored her most widely praised MGM role as the small town girl Violet, who is saved from a life of shame by George Bailey in It's A Wonderful Life (1946). Her professional debut as an actress was in repertory at Manchester. Mayer saw her performing on Broadway. She was born Wendy Margaret Hiller in Cheshire in England, daughter of Frank Watkin Hiller and Marie Stone.

She was signed to a contact with MGM Studios after Louis B. Dame Wendy Hiller (August 15, 1912 - May 14, 2003) was an English film and stage actress. Born Gloria Hallward in Los Angeles, California, her mother Jean Grahame was a stage actress and acting teacher who taught Gloria acting during her childhood and adolescence. The Countess Alice (1992). Gloria Grahame (November 28, 1923 - October 5, 1981) was an American film actress. The Best Of Friends (1991). Ending Up (1989).

Anne Of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987). All Passion Spent (1986). The Importance of Being Earnest (1985). The Kingfisher (1982).

Miss Morison's Ghosts (1981). Country (1981). Clochemerle (1972). David Copperfield (1969).

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987). Attracta (1983). Making Love (1982). The Elephant Man (1980).

The Cat and The Canary (1978). Voyage of the Damned (1976). Murder on the Orient Express (1974). A Man for All Seasons (1966).

Toys in the Attic (1963). Sons and Lovers (1960). Separate Tables (1958). Something of Value (1957).

How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957). Single-Handed (USA: Sailor of the King) (1953). Outcast of the Islands (1952). I Know Where I'm Going! (1945).

Major Barbara (1941). Pygmalion (1938). Lancashire Luck (1937).