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Janet Gaynor

Breakthrough Years
1927
Won the first Best Actress Oscar for Sunrise, Seventh Heaven, and Street Angel.
1928
Won first Best Actress Oscar for Street Angel (1928), cementing her as a top silent star.
1937
A Star Is Born brought her an Oscar nomination, a major comeback, revitalizing her already established career.