Gloria Grahame

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.

Known For

The Fugitive

The Mike Douglas Show

Mannix

Burke's Law

Burke's Law

Daniel Boone

Tales of the Unexpected

The Outer Limits

All Movies (49)

• Akai Ito2025
• 'In a Lonely Place' Revisited2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage1983 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Nesting1981 · as Florinda Costello
• Mr. Griffin and Me1981 · as Mara Emerson
• Melvin and Howard1980 · as Mrs. Sisk
• A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square1980 · as Ma
• The Merry Wives of Windsor1980 · as Mistress Page
• Chilly Scenes of Winter1979 · as Clara
• The Dancing Princesses1978 · as The Witch
• Mansion of the Doomed1976 · as Katherine
• Mama's Dirty Girls1974 · as Mama Love
• The Girl on the Late, Late Show1974 · as Carolyn Porter
• Tarot1973 · as Natalie
• The Loners1972 · as Annabelle
• Chandler1971 · as Selma
• Black Noon1971 · as Bethia
• The Todd Killings1971 · as Mrs. Roy
• Escape1971 · as Evelyn Harrison
• Blood and Lace1971 · as Mrs. Deere
• Ride Beyond Vengeance1966 · as Bonnie Shelley
• Odds Against Tomorrow1959 · as Helen
• Ride Out for Revenge1957 · as Amy Porter
• The Man Who Never Was1956 · as Lucy Sherwood
• Oklahoma!1955 · as Ado Annie Carnes
• Not as a Stranger1955 · as Harriet Lang
• The Cobweb1955 · as Karen McIver
• Naked Alibi1954 · as Marianna
• A Star Is Born World Premiere1954 · as Self
• Human Desire1954 · as Vicki Buckley
• The Good Die Young1954 · as Denise Blaine
• Prisoners of the Casbah1953 · as Princess Nadja
• The Big Heat1953 · as Debby Marsh
• Man on a Tightrope1953 · as Zama Cernik
• The Glass Wall1953 · as Maggie Summers
• The Bad and the Beautiful1952 · as Rosemary Bartlow
• Sudden Fear1952 · as Irene Neves
• Macao1952 · as Margie
• The Greatest Show on Earth1952 · as Angel
• In a Lonely Place1950 · as Laurel Gray
• Roughshod1949 · as Mary Wells
• A Woman's Secret1949 · as Susan Caldwell / Estrellita
• Merton of the Movies1947 · as Beulah Baxter
• Song of the Thin Man1947 · as Fran Page
• Crossfire1947 · as Virginia "Ginny" Tremayne
• It Happened in Brooklyn1947 · as Nurse
• It's a Wonderful Life1946 · as Violet
• Without Love1945 · as Flower Vendor
• Blonde Fever1944 · as Sally Murfin

All TV Shows (18)

• Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Olivia
• Seventh Avenue1977 · as Moll
• Rich Man, Poor Man1976 · as Sue Prescott
• Kojak1973 · as Helen
• Then Came Bronson1969 · as Charlene Braden
• The Name of the Game1968 · as Madame Noh
• Mannix1967 · as Mae Darling
• Daniel Boone1964 · as Molly Hogan
• Burke's Law1963 · as Helen Dekker
• Burke's Law1963 · as Doris Landers
• The Fugitive1963 · as Dorina Pruitt
• The Outer Limits1963 · as Florida Patton
• Sam Benedict1962 · as Rita Bain
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• The New Breed1961 · as Nurse Nora Springer
• Harrigan and Son1960
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Elena Carlisle
• The Colgate Comedy Hour1950 · as Self