Gloria Grahame, born Gloria Penelope Hallward in 1923, was an American actress who began on the stage and made her first film for MGM in 1944. After a featured role in It's a Wonderful Life, her contract was sold to RKO, where she was often cast in film noir. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Crossfire and won it for The Bad and the Beautiful. Her best known pictures include In a Lonely Place, Sudden Fear, The Big Heat, Human Desire and Oklahoma. She returned to the stage later in her career, kept working through illness, and died in New York City in 1981.
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was an American actress
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November 28, 1923
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October 5, 1981
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was an American actress
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later won the award for her work in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
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she achieved her highest profile with Sudden Fear (1952), The Big Heat (1953)
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was an American actress
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in 1944 made her first film for MGM
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continued to appear in films and television productions
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