Sunday, May 30, 2010

REMINSICING … GLORIA GRAHAME

REMINSICING …

GLORIA GRAHAME

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Gloria Grahame was born Gloria Hallward November 28, 1923, in Los Angeles, California. She quit Hollywood High School just short of graduation to join a touring show called "Good Night Ladies". Later she appeared in a couple of Broadway plays, where she was spotted by MGM studio chief Louis B. Mayer in 1944. Her first role was that of Sally Murfin in Blonde Fever (1944), but it was a few years later that her role as Violet in It's a Wonderful Life (1946) set her apart from other actresses. MGM sold her contract to RKO.

After appearances in such films as It Happened in Brooklyn (1947) and Song of the Thin Man (1947), Gloria hit paydirt as Ginny Tremaine in Crossfire (1947) for RKO. This was the film that would shoot her into superstardom. She was nominated for an Academy Award but lost out to Celeste Holm for Gentleman's Agreement (1947).

crossfire-movie-poster-1020414129 After another stellar performance in The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), Gloria was nominated for yet another Oscar in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), in which she played Rosemary Bartlow opposite Dick Powell. Her performance was absolutely outstanding, and she took home the Oscar. She starred in Macao (1952) and Sudden Fear (1952) both very well received.

In the 1950s she appeared in several more hits, including the epic musical Oklahoma! (1955).. Then her career slowed. She made Odds Against Tomorrow (1959), her last film until Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966). Her last two films were Melvin and Howard (1980) and The Nesting (1981).

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Gloria Grahame, one of Hollywood's most serious and skilled actresses, contracted cancer and died in New York City on October 5, 1981, at the age of 57.

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