Janet Gaynor (1906 - 1984)

American actress

* October 6, 1906 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 as Laura Augusta Gainor
 September 14, 1984 Palm Springs, California



Vintage magazines

Photoplay, December 1928
Photoplay, November 1929
Photoplay, April 1931

Photoplay, January 1928
Photoplay, February 1928
Photoplay, February 1928

Photoplay, March 1928
Photoplay, March 1928
Photoplay, April 1928


Books on Janet Gaynor

Sarah J. Baker
Lucky stars, Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell
Albany, GA, 2009

Connie J. Billips Janet Gaynor Connie J. Billips
Janet Gaynor, A Bio-Bibliography
New York, 1992

Books with substantial mentioning of Janet Gaynor

David W. Menefee The first female stars David W. Menefee
The first female stars, women of the silent era
Westport, Connecticut; London, 2004

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan
Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era
Chicago and London, 1990

James Robert Parish Hollywood's Great Love Teams James Robert Parish
Hollywood's Great Love Teams
New Rochelle, N.Y., 1974

James Robert Parish The Fox Girls James Robert Parish
The Fox Girls
New Rochelle, N.Y., 1971

Cedric Osmond Bermingham (editor) Stars of the Screen 1931 Cedric Osmond Bermingham (editor)
Stars of the Screen 1931, A volume of biographies of contemporary actors and actresses engaged in photoplay throughout the world
London, [1931]

B. Binger-Cantor Twaalf van de film B. Binger-Cantor
Twaalf van de film, Afbeeldingen en beschrijvingen uit het leven der groote filmsterren
Amsterdam,

Books with an entry on Janet Gaynor

Denise Lowe An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films, 1895 - 1930 Denise Lowe
An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films, 1895 - 1930
New York, London, Oxford, 2005

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Roy Liebman Silent Film Performers Roy Liebman
Silent Film Performers, An Annotated Bibliography of Published, Unpublished and Archival Sources for over 350 Actors and Actresses
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1996

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1985, A Survey of 1984 Films
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1985
pp. 667-668 info

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Martin J. Quigley (ed.) The Motion Picture Almanac Martin J. Quigley (ed.)
The Motion Picture Almanac, Big Stars in Big Pictures
Chicago, Ill., 1929

Books with photograph(s) of Janet Gaynor

John Richard Finch and Paul Elby Close-Ups John Richard Finch and Paul Elby
Close-Ups, From the Golden Age of the Silent Cinema
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1978