Gloria Swanson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1899-03-27
Day of Death
1983-04-04 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gloria Swanson
Biography
Gloria Swanson (March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983) was an American actress. She was one of the most prominent stars during the silent film era as both an actress and a fashion icon, especially under the direction of Cecil B. DeMille, made dozens of silents and was nominated for the first Acadamy Award in the Best Actress catagory. In 1929, Swanson successfully transitioned to talkies with The Trespasser. However, personal problems and changing tastes saw her popularity wane during the 1930s when she moved into Theater and TV. Today she is best known for her role as Norma Desmond, a faded silent film start, in the critically aclaimed film Sunset Boulevard (1950).
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Known For
Acting
(2021)
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
as Self (archive footage)
(2012)
(2007)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
(2004)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage)
(1980)
Men Who Rate a 10
as Self
(1974)
Airport 1975
as Gloria Swanson
(1974)
Killer Bees
as Madame Maria von Bohlen
(1973)
The Age of Ballyhoo
as Narrator
(1961)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
(1960)
When Comedy Was King
as edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage)
(1960)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
(1956)
Nero's Mistress
as Agrippina
(1952)
Three for Bedroom C
as Ann Haven
(1950)
Sunset Boulevard
as Norma Desmond
(1950)
The Golden Twenties
as Self (archive footage)
(1949)
Down Memory Lane
as (archive footage)
(1946)
Dear Miss Gloria
as Miss Gloria
(1943)
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
as (archive footage)
(1941)
Father Takes a Wife
as Leslie Collier Osborne
(1934)
Music in the Air
as Frieda Hotzfelt
(1934)
The Camera Speaks
as Self (archive footage)
(1933)
Perfect Understanding
as Judy Rogers
(1933)
The Film Parade
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1933)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1932)
Queen Kelly
as Kitty Kelly / Queen Kelly
(1932)
(1931)
Indiscreet
as Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent
(1931)
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
(1931)
Round About Hollywood
as Self
(1931)
Tonight or Never
as Nella Vago
(1930)
What a Widow!
as Tamarind Brook
(1929)
The Trespasser
as Marion Donnell
(1928)
Sadie Thompson
as Sadie Thompson
(1927)
The Love of Sunya
as Sunya Ashling
(1926)
Fine Manners
as Orchid Murphy
(1926)
The Untamed Lady
as St. Clair Van Tassel
(1925)
Stage Struck
as Jennie Hagen
(1925)
The Coast of Folly
as Joyce Gathway / Nadine Gathway
(1925)
Madame Sans-Gêne
as Catherina Hubscher
(1924)
Manhandled
as Tessie McGuire
(1924)
Wages of Virtue
as Carmelita
(1924)
The Humming Bird
as Toinette
(1924)
A Society Scandal
as Marjorie Colbert
(1924)
Her Love Story
as Princess Marie
(1923)
Hollywood
as Gloria Swanson
(1923)
Zaza
as Zaza
(1923)
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
as Mona deBriac
(1923)
Prodigal Daughters
as Swifty Forbes
(1922)
Beyond the Rocks
as Theodora Fitzgerald
(1922)
My American Wife
as Natalie Chester
(1922)
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
as Betty Bellew
(1922)
Her Gilded Cage
as Suzanne Ornoff
(1922)
Her Husband’s Trademark
as Lois Miller
(1922)
A Trip to Paramountown
as Self
(1921)
The Affairs of Anatol
as Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife)
(1921)
Don't Tell Everything
as Marian Westover
(1921)
The Great Moment
as Nada Pelham / Nadine Pelham
(1921)
Under the Lash
as Deborah Krillet
(1920)
Why Change Your Wife?
as Beth Gordon
(1920)
Something to Think About
as Ruth Anderson
(1919)
Male and Female
as Lady Mary Lasenby
(1919)
For Better, for Worse
as Sylvia Norcross
(1919)
Don't Change Your Husband
as Leila Porter
(1918)
Her Decision
as Phyllis Dunbar
(1918)
Every Woman's Husband
as Edith Emerson
(1918)
The Secret Code
as Sally Carter Rand
(1918)
Society for Sale
as Phylis Clyne
(1918)
You Can't Believe Everything
as Patricia Reynolds
(1918)
Station Content
as Kitty Manning
(1918)
Wife or Country
as Sylvia Hamilton
(1918)
Shifting Sands
as Marcia Grey
(1917)
Whose Baby?
as The Wife
(1917)
(1917)
The Pullman Bride
as The Pullman Bride
(1917)
Baseball Madness
as The Heiress
(1917)
Teddy at the Throttle
as Gloria Dawn
(1917)
The Sultan's Wife
as Gloria
(1916)
A Social Cub
as Gloria
(1916)
A Dash of Courage
as The Prominent Citizen
(1916)
Hearts and Sparks
as Gloria - Bobby's Sweetheart
(1916)
The Danger Girl
as The Danger Girl - Reggie's Madcap Sister
(1916)
The Nick of Time Baby
as The Blacksmith's Daughter
(1916)
(1916)
Haystacks and Steeples
as Gloria - the Society Girl
(1915)
His New Job
as Stenographer (uncredited)
(1915)
The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket
as Farina, Elvira's Daughter
(1915)
The Ambition of the Baron
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1915)
The Romance of an American Duchess
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1915)
Sweedie Goes to College
as Betty - College Girl
(1915)
The Broken Pledge
as Gloria
(1915)
The Fable of the Syndicate Lover
as Department Store Customer (uncredited)
(1915)
At the End of a Perfect Day
as Hands Bouquet to Holmes
(1915)
The Misjudged Mr. Hartley
as Maid
(1914)
The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times
as One of the Club Girls (uncredited)
Crew
(1933)
Perfect Understanding
Producer
(1930)
What a Widow!
Producer