Janet Gaynor

Birth Name:
Laura Augusta Gainor
Birth Date:
October 6, 1906
Birth Place:
Germantown, Philadelphia
Death Date:
September 14, 1984
Place of Death:
Desert Hospital, Palm Springs, California
Age:
77
Cause of Death:
Long term effects of car accident two years prior
Cemetery Name:
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Claim to Fame:
Show Business
Associates:
Gaynor was the first actress to win the Academy Award as best actress. She won for Sunrise (1927), 7th Heaven (1927) and Street Angel (1928) and continued a successful film career until a near fatal auto accident in San Francisco.

Fun Facts

Janet Gaynor was a bisexual whose early strategy was to divert fan mag questions about her romantic life to discussions of her work. This was less necessary when she was married. Between marriages, and sometimes during them, she apparently had reasons to be discreet that went beyond simply her well-known penchant for privacy.

William Mann’s meticulously researched book Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood 1910-1969 says that Gaynor was a lifelong lesbian, seriously involved with at least two other stars, Margaret Livingston and, most significantly, Mary Martin.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

6000 Santa Monica Blvd.

Los Angeles, California, 90038

USA

North America

Map:

Map of Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California
Map of Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California

Grave Location:

Garden of Legends, Lot 193, Grave 4

Grave Location Description

As you drive through the entrance take your first left and drive towards the lake. Keep driving until you see Cecil B. Demille’s tomb. Walk to the left of DeMille’s tomb towards the lake. Janet is buried about 10 rows from the water next to two very large evergreen plants.

Grave Location GPS

34.08968653962, -118.3168090002

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FAQ's

Janet Gaynor was born on October 6, 1906.

Janet Gaynor was born in Germantown, Philadelphia.

Janet Gaynor died on September 14, 1984.

Janet Gaynor died in Desert Hospital, Palm Springs, California.

Janet Gaynor was 77.

The cause of death was Long term effects of car accident two years prior.

Janet Gaynor's grave is in Hollywood Forever Cemetery

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