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.

BlogHub Articles:

Humphrey Bogart and find themselves “In a Lonely Place”

By Stephen Reginald on Feb 27, 2024 From Classic Movie Man

Humphrey Bogart and find themselves “In a Lonely Place” In a Lonely Place (1950) is an American film noir directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Graham. The movie is based on the novel of the same name by Dorothy B. Hughes published in 1947. ... Read full article


Book Review--An Intimate Look at in Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

By KC on Apr 27, 2017 From Classic Movies

Book Review Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool Peter Turner Picador, 2017 (Originally published 1986) In 1978, an English actor named Peter Turner met the film star in the UK, where she was performing in a play. Nearly thirty years his senior, she intrigued the young man. They became ... Read full article


Human Desire (1954) with Glenn Ford and

By Orson De Welles on Jan 21, 2016 From Classic Film Freak

Share This! A rarity on the screen… a RAW slice of life! By 1954 most would say that Fritz Lang’s finest work was behind him, even though he had just come off a surprisingly effective noir thriller in The Big Heat, starring Glenn Ford and . For his follow up to Heat, Lang c... Read full article


talks about her huge upset win in the first tourney

By monty on Feb 11, 2013 From All Good Things

Here is my second fantasy (mock) interview with an actress who has competed in my favorite classic movie actress tourneys. It's where I get to sit down and have a chat with the women if they were actually here in the studio. A few days ago I chatted with Vivien Leigh. Today it is . If ... Read full article


Birthday Tribute on TCM today

By monty on Nov 28, 2012 From All Good Things

In honor of Gloria's birthday today, TCM is honoring her with a host of her movies. Beginning at 7am eastern time and including The Big Heat (1953) with Glenn Ford and Macao (1952) with Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell. Other films include Crossfire (1947) with Mitchum again, A Woman's Secret (1949) ... Read full article


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Gloria Grahame Quotes:

Chief Joe Conroy: Are you in the habit of hauling in cut-up strangers?
Marianna: Yeah. It's a hobby with me.


Ado Annie Carnes: Sometimes there seems like times that men ain't got no need for women.
Dancer: There's sometimes women ain't got no need for men.
Ado Annie Carnes: Yeah, but who wants to be dead?


Will Parker: Now that I got that fifty dollars, you name the date.
Ado Annie Carnes: August 15th.
Will Parker: Why August 15th?
Ado Annie Carnes: Because that was the first day I'se kissed!
Will Parker: Oh was it? I didn't remember that!
Ado Annie Carnes: You wasn't there.


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Gloria Grahame Facts
Gloria spent her last days in the Liverpool (UK) home of her friend Peter Turner, then was flown back to New York by her children just hours before her death.

Gloria's children: Timothy Ray, born 12 November 1948; Marianna Paulette Howard, born 1 October 1956; Anthony Ray Jr., born 30 April 1963; James Ray, born 21 September 1965.

Profiled in "Killer Tomatoes: Fifteen Tough Film Dames" bu Ray Hagen and Laura Wagner (McFarland, 2004).

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