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Gloria Grahame
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.
As actor
Akai Ito
'In a Lonely Place' Revisited
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
The Nesting
Mr. Griffin and Me
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Melvin and Howard
Chilly Scenes of Winter
The Dancing Princesses
Mansion of the Doomed
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
Mama's Dirty Girls
Tarot
The Loners
Blood and Lace
Chandler
The Todd Killings
Escape
Black Noon
Ride Beyond Vengeance
Odds Against Tomorrow
Ride Out for Revenge
The Man Who Never Was
Oklahoma!
Not as a Stranger
The Cobweb
Human Desire
Naked Alibi
The Good Die Young