Editing Janet Gaynor (section)

==Later years==
[[File:Janet Gaynor in A Star is Born.jpg|right|thumb|upright|Gaynor plays the titular role in ''[[A Star Is Born (1937 film)|A Star Is Born]]'' (1937)]]
In August 1939, Gaynor married Hollywood costume designer [[Adrian (costume designer)|Adrian]], with whom she had a son in 1940. The couple divided their time between their 250-acre cattle ranch in [[Anápolis|Anápolis, Brazil]], and their homes in New York and California. Both were also heavily involved in the fashion and arts community.<ref name="tedrick"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19590915&id=PQMrAAAAIBAJ&pg=4627,5514598|title=Hollywood Fashion Designer Dies|date=September 15, 1959|work=Reading Eagle|page=1|access-date=March 30, 2015|location=Reading, Pennsylvania}}</ref><ref name="toledo">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19840915&id=RT9PAAAAIBAJ&pg=7070,2497178|title=Janet Gaynor|date=September 15, 1984|work=Toledo Blade|page=6|access-date=March 30, 2015|location=Toledo, Ohio}}</ref> Gaynor returned to acting in the early 1950s with appearances in live television series, including ''[[Medallion Theatre]]'', ''[[Lux Video Theatre]]'', and ''[[General Electric Theater]]''.<ref name="monush"/> In 1957, she appeared in her final film role as [[Dick Sargent]]'s mother in the musical comedy ''[[Bernardine (film)|Bernardine]]'', starring [[Pat Boone]] and [[Terry Moore (actress)|Terry Moore]].<ref name="toledo"/> In November 1959, she made her stage debut in the play ''The Midnight Sun'' in [[New Haven, Connecticut]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19591106&id=fvQlAAAAIBAJ&pg=7240,2767033|title=Janet Gaynor's First Stage Effort Opens Try-Out Tour|date=November 8, 1959|work=St. Petersburg Times|pages=8–B|access-date=March 30, 2015|location=St. Petersburg, Florida}}</ref> The play, which Gaynor later called "a disaster", was not well received and closed shortly after its debut.<ref name="bird"/>

Gaynor also became an accomplished oil painter of vegetable and flower [[still life]]s.<ref name="palmbeach">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1961&dat=19820227&id=OsxVAAAAIBAJ&pg=3210,3647650|title=Findlay Galleries Sets Janet Gaynor Exhibit|date=February 27, 1982|work=Palm Beach Daily News|page=D7|access-date=March 30, 2015|location=Palm Beach, Florida}}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> She sold over 200 paintings and had four showings under the [[Wally Findlay Galleries]] banner in New York, Chicago, and Palm Beach from 1975 to February 1982.<ref name="palmbeach"/><ref name="new">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19811117&id=n6ErAAAAIBAJ&pg=4545,3535465|title=Janet Gaynor Earns Applause For Paintings|date=November 17, 1981|work=The Telegraph|page=27|access-date=March 30, 2015|location=Nashua, New Hampshire}}</ref>

In 1980, Gaynor made her Broadway debut as Maude in the stage adaptation of the 1971 film ''[[Harold and Maude]]''. She received good reviews for her performance, but the play was panned by critics and closed after 21 performances.<ref name="bird"/> Later that year, she reunited with her ''[[Servants' Entrance]]'' co-star [[Lew Ayres]] to film an episode of the anthology series ''[[The Love Boat]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19801228&id=o4UqAAAAIBAJ&pg=5224,4186110|title=Janet Gaynor Ends 42-Year Retirement|date=December 28, 1980|work=The Pittsburgh Press|page=TV4|access-date=March 30, 2015|location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania}}</ref> It was the first television appearance Gaynor had made since the 1950s and was her last screen role. In February 1982, she starred in the touring production of ''[[On Golden Pond (play)|On Golden Pond]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1964&dat=19820223&id=KcgyAAAAIBAJ&pg=2961,2118882|title=Janet Gaynor's Star At Home On Stage|last=Hubbard Burns|first=Diane|date=February 23, 1982|work=The Palm Beach Post|page=B1|access-date=March 30, 2015|location=West Palm Beach, Florida}}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> This was her final acting role.<ref name="bird"/>