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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
119
Gender
Female
Birthday
1899-03-27 (126 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Acting
2021
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story as Self (archive footage)2012
Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim as Self2007
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
Hollywood as Self1980
Men Who Rate a 10 as Self1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self1974
Airport 1975 as Gloria Swanson1974
Killer Bees as Madame Maria von Bohlen1973
The Age of Ballyhoo as Narrator1971
V.I.P. Schaukel as Self1968
The Dick Cavett Show as Self1967
The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest1964
The Hollywood Palace as Self1963
Burke's Law as Venus Hekate Walsh1963
Burke's Law as Miss Lily Boles1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre as Mrs. Charlotte Heaton1962
The Merv Griffin Show as Self1962
The Beverly Hillbillies as Self1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Mrs. Daniels1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self1961
Dr. Kildare as Julia Colton1961
Ben Casey as Victoria Hoffman1961
Straightaway as Lorraine Carrington1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino as Self (archive footage)1960
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood as Self1960
When Comedy Was King as edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage)1959
The Big Party as Self1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self1956
The Steve Allen Show as Self1956
Nero's Mistress as Agrippina1953
The Oscars as Not available1952
This Is Your Life as Self1952
Three for Bedroom C as Ann Haven1950
What's My Line? as Self1950
Sunset Boulevard as Norma Desmond1950
The Golden Twenties as Self (archive footage)1949
Down Memory Lane as (archive footage)1948
The Ed Sullivan Show as Self1946
Dear Miss Gloria as Miss Gloria1943
Happy Times and Jolly Moments as (archive footage)1941
Father Takes a Wife as Leslie Collier Osborne1934
Music in the Air as Frieda Hotzfelt1934
The Camera Speaks as Self (archive footage)1933
Perfect Understanding as Judy Rogers1933
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 Kelly1932
Broadway Gossip No.2 as Not available1931
Indiscreet as Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent1931
The House That Shadows Built as (archive footage)1931
Tonight or Never as Nella Vago1931
Round About Hollywood as Self1930
What a Widow! as Tamarind Brook1929
The Trespasser as Marion Donnell1928
Sadie Thompson as Sadie Thompson1927
The Love of Sunya as Sunya Ashling1926
Fine Manners as Orchid Murphy1926
The Untamed Lady as St. Clair Van Tassel1925
Stage Struck as Jennie Hagen1925
Madame Sans-Gêne as Catherina Hubscher1925
The Coast of Folly as Joyce Gathway / Nadine Gathway1924
Manhandled as Tessie McGuire1924
Wages of Virtue as Carmelita1924
The Humming Bird as Toinette1924
A Society Scandal as Marjorie Colbert1924
Her Love Story as Princess Marie1923
Hollywood as Gloria Swanson1923
Zaza as Zaza1923
Prodigal Daughters as Swifty Forbes1923
Bluebeard's 8th Wife as Mona deBriac1922
Beyond the Rocks as Theodora Fitzgerald1922
A Trip to Paramountown as Self1922
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew as Betty Bellew1922
Her Husband’s Trademark as Lois Miller1922
My American Wife as Natalie Chester1922
Her Gilded Cage as Suzanne Ornoff1921
The Affairs of Anatol as Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife)1921
The Great Moment as Nada Pelham / Nadine Pelham1921
Under the Lash as Deborah Krillet1921
Don't Tell Everything as Marian Westover1920
Why Change Your Wife? as Beth Gordon1920
Something to Think About as Ruth Anderson1919
Male and Female as Lady Mary Lasenby1919
Don't Change Your Husband as Leila Porter1919
For Better, for Worse as Sylvia Norcross1918
You Can't Believe Everything as Patricia Reynolds1918
Every Woman's Husband as Edith Emerson1918
Society for Sale as Phylis Clyne1918
Her Decision as Phyllis Dunbar1918
Station Content as Kitty Manning1918
The Secret Code as Sally Carter Rand1918
Wife or Country as Sylvia Hamilton1918
Shifting Sands as Marcia Grey1917
Dangers of a Bride as Not available1917
Teddy at the Throttle as Gloria Dawn1917
Whose Baby? as The Wife1917
The Pullman Bride as The Pullman Bride1917
The Sultan's Wife as Gloria1917
Baseball Madness as The Heiress1916
A Social Cub as Gloria1916
Sunshine as Not available1916
The Nick of Time Baby as The Blacksmith's Daughter1916
A Dash of Courage as The Prominent Citizen1916
Haystacks and Steeples as Gloria - the Society Girl1916
The Danger Girl as The Danger Girl - Reggie's Madcap Sister1916
Hearts and Sparks as Gloria - Bobby's Sweetheart1915
His New Job as Stenographer (uncredited)1915
The Romance of an American Duchess as Minor Role (uncredited)1915
The Broken Pledge as Gloria1915
The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket as Farina, Elvira's Daughter1915
The Fable of the Syndicate Lover as Department Store Customer (uncredited)1915
At the End of a Perfect Day as Hands Bouquet to Holmes1915
Sweedie Goes to College as Betty - College Girl1915
The Ambition of the Baron as Minor Role (uncredited)1915
The Misjudged Mr. Hartley as Maid1914
The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times as One of the Club Girls (uncredited)