Janet Gaynor

She died in 1984 and was interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California. In 2003, Hart and her production company, Hartbreak Films, produced a miniseries entitled Tying the Knot, documenting her wedding to musician Mark Wilkerson, a member of the band Course of Nature. Soon after, she left film for almost twenty years, returning one last time in 1957 in Bernardine. She has appeared in other movies since Drive Me Crazy, but none have brought her as much recognition. In 1937, she was again nominated for an Academy Award, this time for her role in A Star Is Born. Hart also appeared in the music video for this song. Gaynor was one of only a handful of leading ladies who made a successful transition to sound movies over the next decade. In 1999, Melissa landed a small part in a movie named Can't Hardly Wait, and then starred in Drive Me Crazy, a movie that includes "(You Drive Me) Crazy", a number-one hit by Britney Spears, on its soundtrack.

The award was given on the basis of the actor's total work over the year, and not just for one particular performance. In between, she also worked on the series Touched by an Angel and starred in several TV movies. It was the only time in Oscar history that this prestigious award was given for multiple roles. But acting called upon her once again, and in 1994, she got the main role for the TV movie Sabrina the Teenage Witch, which eventually led to her also starring as Sabrina in a television series which lasted seven seasons. Her performances in Seventh Heaven (the first of twelve movies she would make with Charles Farrell) and both Sunrise and Street Angel (in 1927, also with Charles Farrell) earned her the first Academy Award for Best Actress in 1928. After the series was canceled, she decided to invest in higher education and went to New York University. Within one year, Gaynor was one of Hollywood's leading ladies. The show brought her four consecutive Young Artist Award nominations, of which she won three, and made her a household name among American teenagers.

Her outstanding performance won her the attention of producers, who cast her in a series of films. The Nickelodeon series, a comedy about a teen girl in everyday situations, became a big hit and aired for four seasons. Finally, in 1926, she was cast in the lead role in a silent film called The Johnstown Flood, the same year she was selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars. This paved the way for her to land the title role in the TV show Clarissa Explains It All. For two years, she supported herself with odd jobs in Los Angeles while taking minor roles in films.
In 1989, she auditioned for a Broadway production of The Crucible starring Martin Sheen, becoming an understudy to three of the young girls in the play. Upon graduating from high school, Gaynor decided to pursue a career in acting. Other early TV work included a small role in the miniseries Kane & Abel in 1985, a guest-starring role in an episode of The Equalizer in 1986, and a starring role alongside Katherine Helmond in the emmy award-winning TV movie Christmas Snow, also in 1986.

Born Laura Gainor in Philadelphia, her family moved west to San Francisco when she was a child. From then on, she appeared regularly in commercials, making 25 of them before the age of five. Janet Gaynor (October 6, 1906 - September 14, 1984) was an actress who in 1928 was the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress. When she was still a baby, she made her first TV commercial for a bathtub toy called Splashy. 1957 Bernardine. Hart's career began early on. 1938 The Young in Heart. Her stepmother is the former Lisa Hunt of Sayville.

1938 Three Loves Has Nancy. Sister Trisha Hart has worked as a producer. 1937 A Star Is Born. Most of her siblings have acted, among them Elizabeth Hart, Brian Hart, Emily Hart, and Alexandra Hart-Gilliams. 1936 Small Town Girl/One Horse Town. Her immediate family includes her father, William Hart, her mother Paula Hart, her stepfather, television executive Leslie Gilliams, eight sisters (three of them stepsisters) and one brother. 1936 Ladies in Love. Her full name is Melissa Joan Catherine Hart, Catherine being the name she chose for her confirmation in eighth grade.

1935 One More Spring. Hart was born in Smithtown, New York, on Long Island, and grew up in Sayville, New York. 1935 The Farmer Takes a Wife. Melissa Joan Hart (born April 18, 1976) is an American actress who is best known for playing the title roles in two successful television series, Clarissa Explains It All and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. 1934 Servant's Entrance. 1934 La Ciudad de Carton.

1934 Change of Heart. 1934 Carolina. 1933 State Fair. 1933 Paddy the Next Best Thing.

1933 Adorable. 1932 Tess of the Storm Country. 1932 The First Year. 1931 Merely Mary Ann.

1931 The Man Who Came Back. 1931 Delicious. 1931 Daddy Long Legs. 1930 High Society Blues.

1929 Sunny Side Up. 1929 Lucky Star. 1929 Happy Days. 1929 Christina.

1928 Street Angel. 1928 Four Devils. 1927 Two Girls Wanted. 1927 Sunrise (Academy Award for Best Actress).

1927 Seventh Heaven (Academy Award for Best Actress). 1926 The Shamrock Handicap. 1926 The Return of Peter Grimm. 1926 The Midnight Kiss.

1926 The Johnstown Flood. 1926 The Blue Eagle.