Gloria Grahame Overview:

Legendary actress, Gloria Grahame, was born Gloria Hallward on Nov 28, 1923 in Los Angeles, CA. Grahame died at the age of 57 on Oct 5, 1981 in New York City, NY and was laid to rest in Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, CA.

MINI BIO:

Green-eyed blonde of sulky appearance and unique, slightly lisping delivery (reminiscent of Humphrey Bogart, with whom she once co-starred). She painted a superb gallery of bad girls - Oscar-nominated as early as 1947, finally winning best supporting actress for The Bad and the Beautiful in 1952 - but could be surprisingly inept when called on to project a sympathetic character. Four times married, including (first) Stanley Clements (1945-1948) and (second) director Nicholas Ray (1948-1952). Died from cancer.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Gloria Grahame was nominated for two Academy Awards, winning one for Best Supporting Actress for The Bad and the Beautiful (as Rosemary Bartlow) in 1952.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1947Best Supporting ActressCrossfire (1947)Ginny TremaineNominated
1952Best Supporting ActressThe Bad and the Beautiful (1952)Rosemary BartlowWon
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She was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.

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Gloria Grahame Quotes:

Debby Marsh: Well, you're about as romantic as a pair of handcuffs.


Angel: Did he say you were like cognac? All fire in zee glass?
Holly: No, he said I was like champagne. I made his head spin.
Angel: Yeah, only you'll be the one who winds up with a hangover.


[Debby surveys Bannion's undistinguished hotel room]
Debby Marsh: Hey, I like this. Early nothing!


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Gloria Grahame Facts
Tone-deaf, she sang without dubbing in only one film, Oklahoma! (1955), where her songs were edited together from recordings made almost literally note by note.

Gloria's grandfather Reginald Francis Hallward gave Oscar Wilde the idea for 'The Picture of Dorian Gray.'

In Italy, a great deal of her films were dubbed by Rina Morelli, but occasionally she was also dubbed by Renata Marini, most notably in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952); Lidia Simoneschi; Andreina Pagnani, in Fritz Lang's Human Desire (1954) and Wanda Tettoni in Crossfire (1947).

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