Gloria Grahame
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.
Filmography (66 Appearances)
Akai Ito
'In a Lonely Place' Revisited
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
The Nesting
Mr. Griffin and Me
Melvin and Howard
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Chilly Scenes of Winter
Tales of the Unexpected
The Dancing Princesses
Seventh Avenue
Mansion of the Doomed
Rich Man, Poor Man
Mama's Dirty Girls
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
Kojak
Tarot
The Loners
Chandler
Black Noon
The Todd Killings
Escape
Blood and Lace
Then Came Bronson
The Name of the Game
Mannix
Ride Beyond Vengeance
Daniel Boone
Burke's Law
The Fugitive
The Outer Limits
Sam Benedict
The Mike Douglas Show
The New Breed
Harrigan and Son
Odds Against Tomorrow
Ride Out for Revenge
The Man Who Never Was
Oklahoma!
Not as a Stranger
The Cobweb
Naked Alibi
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Human Desire
The Good Die Young
Prisoners of the Casbah
The Big Heat
Man on a Tightrope
The Glass Wall
General Electric Theater
The Bad and the Beautiful
Sudden Fear
Macao
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Colgate Comedy Hour
In a Lonely Place
Roughshod
A Woman's Secret
Merton of the Movies
Song of the Thin Man
Crossfire
It Happened in Brooklyn
It's a Wonderful Life
Without Love
Blonde Fever