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)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
(1960)
When Comedy Was King
as edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage)
(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)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1933)
Perfect Understanding
as Judy Rogers
(1933)
The Film Parade
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1932)
Queen Kelly
as Kitty Kelly / Queen Kelly
(1932)
(1931)
Tonight or Never
as Nella Vago
(1931)
Indiscreet
as Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent
(1931)
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
(1931)
Round About Hollywood
as Self
(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)
Madame Sans-Gêne
as Catherina Hubscher
(1925)
The Coast of Folly
as Joyce Gathway / Nadine Gathway
(1924)
Manhandled
as Tessie McGuire
(1924)
The Humming Bird
as Toinette
(1924)
Wages of Virtue
as Carmelita
(1924)
Her Love Story
as Princess Marie
(1924)
A Society Scandal
as Marjorie Colbert
(1923)
Hollywood
as Gloria Swanson
(1923)
Zaza
as Zaza
(1923)
Prodigal Daughters
as Swifty Forbes
(1923)
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
as Mona deBriac
(1922)
My American Wife
as Natalie Chester
(1922)
Her Gilded Cage
as Suzanne Ornoff
(1922)
Beyond the Rocks
as Theodora Fitzgerald
(1922)
Her Husband’s Trademark
as Lois Miller
(1922)
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
as Betty Bellew
(1922)
A Trip to Paramountown
as Self
(1921)
The Affairs of Anatol
as Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife)
(1921)
Under the Lash
as Deborah Krillet
(1921)
Don't Tell Everything
as Marian Westover
(1921)
The Great Moment
as Nada Pelham / Nadine Pelham
(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)
Don't Change Your Husband
as Leila Porter
(1919)
For Better, for Worse
as Sylvia Norcross
(1918)
The Secret Code
as Sally Carter Rand
(1918)
You Can't Believe Everything
as Patricia Reynolds
(1918)
Every Woman's Husband
as Edith Emerson
(1918)
Her Decision
as Phyllis Dunbar
(1918)
Shifting Sands
as Marcia Grey
(1918)
Society for Sale
as Phylis Clyne
(1918)
Wife or Country
as Sylvia Hamilton
(1918)
Station Content
as Kitty Manning
(1917)
Whose Baby?
as The Wife
(1917)
Teddy at the Throttle
as Gloria Dawn
(1917)
The Pullman Bride
as The Pullman Bride
(1917)
(1917)
The Sultan's Wife
as Gloria
(1917)
Baseball Madness
as The Heiress
(1916)
Haystacks and Steeples
as Gloria - the Society Girl
(1916)
Hearts and Sparks
as Gloria - Bobby's Sweetheart
(1916)
A Social Cub
as Gloria
(1916)
The Danger Girl
as The Danger Girl - Reggie's Madcap Sister
(1916)
(1916)
A Dash of Courage
as The Prominent Citizen
(1916)
The Nick of Time Baby
as The Blacksmith's Daughter
(1915)
His New Job
as Stenographer (uncredited)
(1915)
The Ambition of the Baron
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1915)
The Fable of the Syndicate Lover
as Department Store Customer (uncredited)
(1915)
The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket
as Farina, Elvira's Daughter
(1915)
The Broken Pledge
as Gloria
(1915)
The Romance of an American Duchess
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1915)
The Misjudged Mr. Hartley
as Maid
(1915)
Sweedie Goes to College
as Betty - College Girl
(1915)
At the End of a Perfect Day
as Hands Bouquet to Holmes
(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