Gloria Grahame

Gloria Grahame has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to Motion Pictures, at 6522 Hollywood Boulevard.
Most of this entry is an English translation from Japanese Wikipedia (http://ja.wikipedia.org/) Reika Hashimoto's entry (http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/橋本麗香). She is interred in Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Chatsworth, California.
. 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. On television, she had a participation on TV Asahi's Profile and has performed in many Chinese soap operas. 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 had her acting debut on 1999 movie Hakuchi (directed by Makoto Tezuka, opposite Tadanobu Asano), and has performed in several movies.

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). Half-American, of Spanish descent, she's been working as a model since she was 10. MGM was not able to develop her potential as a star and her contract was sold to RKO Studios in 1947. Reika Hashimoto (橋本麗香, Hashimoto Reika) (born 25 December 1980 in Tokyo) is a famous Japanese model and actress. 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). Adorable Reika (Fansite in Spanish) (http://ar.atspace.org/). Mayer saw her performing on Broadway. 美丽人生 (Beautiful Life, Chinese fan forum) (http://life.yiyi.cn/).

She was signed to a contact with MGM Studios after Louis B. Reika Hashimoto's IMDb listing (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0368068/). 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. 橋本麗香・オフィシャルサイト (Reika Hashimoto Official Site) (http://neontetra.co.jp/reika/). Gloria Grahame (November 28, 1923 - October 5, 1981) was an American film actress. Casio. KFC.

Skinguard (Johnson). ANESSA (Shinseidō). Bireleys (Asahi Iinryō). PRO－file (TV-Asahi, until 2004).

Wonderful (ワンダフル), TBS, 1996). Beefighter Kabuto (as Sophie Villeneuve, produced by Tōho, 1996). Xia ying xian zong (侠影仙踪) (starring Zhou Jie and Sun Fei Fei, China, 2004). Jiang shan mei ren (江山美人) (starring Eric Suen, China, 2004).

Ren ren do shuo wo ai ni (人人都说我爱你) (starring Zhang Lei, China, 2003). Mokuyō no kaidan (Thursday's Ghost Tales) (Fuji Television (Japan), 1996). Synchronicity (starring Masanobu Andō, director Makoto Tezuka, scheduled for 2005). SURVIVE STYLE 5＋ (co-starring Tadanobu Asano, director Gen Sekiguchi, 2004).

Hero? Tenshi ni aeba... (Hero? If I could meet an angel...) (starring Takashi Hagino, director Kōsuke Tsurumi, 2004). Mōju vs Issunbōshi (starring Tetsurō Tamba, director Teruo Ishii, 2001). Jikken eiga (Experimental Cinema) (starring Masatoshi Nagase, director Makoto Tezuka, 1999). Hakuchi (The Innocent) (starring Tadanobu Asano, director Makoto Tezuka, 1999).