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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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)
The Camera Speaks
as Self (archive footage)
(1934)
Music in the Air
as Frieda Hotzfelt
(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)
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
(1931)
Round About Hollywood
as Self
(1931)
Indiscreet
as Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent
(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)
Wages of Virtue
as Carmelita
(1924)
Manhandled
as Tessie McGuire
(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)
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
as Mona deBriac
(1923)
Zaza
as Zaza
(1923)
Prodigal Daughters
as Swifty Forbes
(1922)
Her Gilded Cage
as Suzanne Ornoff
(1922)
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
as Betty Bellew
(1922)
Beyond the Rocks
as Theodora Fitzgerald
(1922)
A Trip to Paramountown
as Self
(1922)
My American Wife
as Natalie Chester
(1922)
Her Husband’s Trademark
as Lois Miller
(1921)
Don't Tell Everything
as Marian Westover
(1921)
The Great Moment
as Nada Pelham / Nadine Pelham
(1921)
The Affairs of Anatol
as Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife)
(1921)
Under the Lash
as Deborah Krillet
(1920)
Why Change Your Wife?
as Beth Gordon
(1920)
Something to Think About
as Ruth Anderson
(1919)
For Better, for Worse
as Sylvia Norcross
(1919)
Don't Change Your Husband
as Leila Porter
(1919)
Male and Female
as Lady Mary Lasenby
(1918)
The Secret Code
as Sally Carter Rand
(1918)
Shifting Sands
as Marcia Grey
(1918)
Her Decision
as Phyllis Dunbar
(1918)
Station Content
as Kitty Manning
(1918)
You Can't Believe Everything
as Patricia Reynolds
(1918)
Wife or Country
as Sylvia Hamilton
(1918)
Every Woman's Husband
as Edith Emerson
(1918)
Society for Sale
as Phylis Clyne
(1917)
Teddy at the Throttle
as Gloria Dawn
(1917)
The Sultan's Wife
as Gloria
(1917)
The Pullman Bride
as The Pullman Bride
(1917)
Baseball Madness
as The Heiress
(1917)
(1917)
Whose Baby?
as The Wife
(1916)
The Nick of Time Baby
as The Blacksmith's Daughter
(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)
Haystacks and Steeples
as Gloria - the Society Girl
(1916)
(1916)
The Danger Girl
as The Danger Girl - Reggie's Madcap Sister
(1915)
The Fable of the Syndicate Lover
as Department Store Customer (uncredited)
(1915)
The Broken Pledge
as Gloria
(1915)
Sweedie Goes to College
as Betty - College Girl
(1915)
The Romance of an American Duchess
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1915)
At the End of a Perfect Day
as Hands Bouquet to Holmes
(1915)
His New Job
as Stenographer (uncredited)
(1915)
The Misjudged Mr. Hartley
as Maid
(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)
(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