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.
Filmography (66)
Akai Ito
2025
'In a Lonely Place' Revisited
2003
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
The Nesting
1981
Mr. Griffin and Me
1981
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
1980
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1980
Melvin and Howard
1980
Chilly Scenes of Winter
1979
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
The Dancing Princesses
1978
Seventh Avenue
1977
Mansion of the Doomed
1976
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
1974
Mama's Dirty Girls
1974
Tarot
1973
Kojak
1973
The Loners
1972
Blood and Lace
1971
Chandler
1971
The Todd Killings
1971
Escape
1971
Black Noon
1971
Then Came Bronson
1969
The Name of the Game
1968
Mannix
1967
Ride Beyond Vengeance
1966
Daniel Boone
1964
Burke's Law
1963
The Fugitive
1963
The Outer Limits
1963
Sam Benedict
1962
The New Breed
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Harrigan and Son
1960
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959
Ride Out for Revenge
1957
The Man Who Never Was
1956
Oklahoma!
1955
Not as a Stranger
1955
The Cobweb
1955
Human Desire
1954
Naked Alibi
1954
The Good Die Young
1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
The Glass Wall
1953
The Big Heat
1953
Man on a Tightrope
1953
Prisoners of the Casbah
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
Macao
1952
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
Sudden Fear
1952
In a Lonely Place
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
A Woman's Secret
1949
Roughshod
1949
Crossfire
1947
Song of the Thin Man
1947
Merton of the Movies
1947
It Happened in Brooklyn
1947
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Without Love
1945
Blonde Fever
1944
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