Gloria Swanson
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gloria Swanson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Mar 27, 1899 In Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 107
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times 1914-12-02
- Latest Project:
- Movie Boulevard! A Hollywood Story 2021-08-16
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Boulevard! A Hollywood Story | Self (archive footage) | 2021-08-16 |
| Movie | Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim | Self | 2012-10-14 |
| Movie | Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self (voice) (archive footage) | 2007-05-23 |
| Movie | Billy Wilder Speaks | 2006-06-22 | |
| Movie | Los Angeles Plays Itself | Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage) | 2004-07-28 |
| Movie | The Casting Couch | (archive footage) | 1995-01-01 |
| Series | Hollywood | Self | 1980-01-08 |
| Movie | Killer Bees | Madame Maria von Bohlen | 1974-02-26 |
| Movie | Airport 1975 | Gloria Swanson | 1974-10-18 |
| Series | V.I.P. Schaukel | Unknown | 1971-05-09 |
| Series | The Dick Cavett Show | Herself - Guest | 1968-06-06 |
| Series | The Carol Burnett Show | Unknown | 1967-09-11 |
| Movie | The Love Goddesses | (archive footage) | 1965-03-03 |
| Movie | Hollywood My Home Town | 1965-12-31 | |
| Series | The Hollywood Palace | Unknown | 1964-01-04 |
| Series | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
| Series | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-10 |
| Series | The Beverly Hillbillies | Unknown | 1962-09-26 |
| Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
| Movie | The Legend of Rudolph Valentino | Self (archive footage) | 1961-05-24 |
| Series | Ben Casey | Unknown | 1961-10-02 |
| Series | Straightaway | Unknown | 1961-10-06 |
| Movie | Hedda Hopper's Hollywood | Self | 1960-01-10 |
| Movie | When Comedy Was King | edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage) | 1960-03-29 |
| Series | The Steve Allen Show | Unknown | 1956-06-24 |
| Movie | Nero's Mistress | Agrippina | 1956-09-13 |
| Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
| Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
| Movie | Three for Bedroom C | Ann Haven | 1952-06-26 |
| Series | What's My Line? | Herself - Mystery Guest | 1950-02-02 |
| Movie | Sunset Boulevard | Norma Desmond | 1950-08-10 |
| Movie | The Golden Twenties | Self (archive footage) | 1950-04-08 |
| Movie | Down Memory Lane | (archive footage) | 1949-08-01 |
| Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
| Movie | Dear Miss Gloria | Miss Gloria | 1946-01-01 |
| Movie | Happy Times and Jolly Moments | (archive footage) | 1943-01-01 |
| Movie | Father Takes a Wife | Leslie Collier Osborne | 1941-10-03 |
| Movie | Music in the Air | Frieda Hotzfelt | 1934-12-13 |
| Movie | The Camera Speaks | Self (archive footage) | 1934-08-11 |
| Movie | The Film Parade | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1933-01-01 |
| Movie | Perfect Understanding | Judy Rogers | 1933-01-15 |
| Movie | Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1933-12-01 |
| Movie | Queen Kelly | Kitty Kelly / Queen Kelly | 1932-10-18 |
| Movie | Tonight or Never | Nella Vago | 1931-01-04 |
| Movie | Indiscreet | Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent | 1931-04-25 |
| Movie | The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | 1931-07-08 |
| Movie | Round About Hollywood | Self | 1931-05-22 |
| Movie | What a Widow! | Tamarind Brook | 1930-09-12 |
| Movie | The Trespasser | Marion Donnell | 1929-11-11 |
| Movie | Sadie Thompson | Sadie Thompson | 1928-01-07 |
| Movie | The Love of Sunya | Sunya Ashling | 1927-03-11 |
| Movie | Fine Manners | Orchid Murphy | 1926-08-29 |
| Movie | The Untamed Lady | St. Clair Van Tassel | 1926-03-14 |
| Movie | Madame Sans-Gêne | Catherina Hubscher | 1925-01-02 |
| Movie | Stage Struck | Jennie Hagen | 1925-11-16 |
| Movie | The Coast of Folly | Joyce Gathway / Nadine Gathway | 1925-09-21 |
| Movie | A Society Scandal | Marjorie Colbert | 1924-03-09 |
| Movie | Manhandled | Tessie McGuire | 1924-07-21 |
| Movie | The Humming Bird | Toinette | 1924-01-13 |
| Movie | Her Love Story | Princess Marie | 1924-10-06 |
| Movie | Wages of Virtue | Carmelita | 1924-11-10 |
| Movie | Bluebeard's 8th Wife | Mona deBriac | 1923-08-05 |
| Movie | Prodigal Daughters | Swifty Forbes | 1923-04-15 |
| Movie | Hollywood | Gloria Swanson | 1923-08-19 |
| Movie | Zaza | Zaza | 1923-10-21 |
| Movie | Her Husband’s Trademark | Lois Miller | 1922-02-01 |
| Movie | Her Gilded Cage | Suzanne Ornoff | 1922-04-05 |
| Movie | Beyond the Rocks | Theodora Fitzgerald | 1922-05-07 |
| Movie | My American Wife | Natalie Chester | 1922-12-31 |
| Movie | The Impossible Mrs. Bellew | Betty Bellew | 1922-10-22 |
| Movie | A Trip to Paramountown | Self | 1922-07-10 |
| Movie | The Great Moment | Nada Pelham / Nadine Pelham | 1921-09-03 |
| Movie | Don't Tell Everything | Marian Westover | 1921-11-13 |
| Movie | The Affairs of Anatol | Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife) | 1921-09-25 |
| Movie | Why Change Your Wife? | Beth Gordon | 1920-05-21 |
| Movie | Something to Think About | Ruth Anderson | 1920-10-16 |
| Movie | For Better, for Worse | Sylvia Norcross | 1919-04-26 |
| Movie | Don't Change Your Husband | Leila Porter | 1919-01-26 |
| Movie | Male and Female | Lady Mary Lasenby | 1919-11-23 |
| Movie | Station Content | Kitty Manning | 1918-06-16 |
| Movie | Her Decision | Phyllis Dunbar | 1918-05-12 |
| Movie | You Can't Believe Everything | Patricia Reynolds | 1918-06-23 |
| Movie | Society for Sale | Phylis Clyne | 1918-04-21 |
| Movie | The Secret Code | Sally Carter Rand | 1918-09-08 |
| Movie | Every Woman's Husband | Edith Emerson | 1918-07-17 |
| Movie | Wife or Country | Sylvia Hamilton | 1918-12-29 |
| Movie | Shifting Sands | Marcia Grey | 1918-08-01 |
| Movie | Teddy at the Throttle | Gloria Dawn | 1917-04-01 |
| Movie | The Pullman Bride | The Pullman Bride | 1917-01-01 |
| Movie | Baseball Madness | The Heiress | 1917-05-08 |
| Movie | Dangers of a Bride | 1917-07-08 | |
| Movie | The Sultan's Wife | Gloria | 1917-09-29 |
| Movie | Whose Baby? | The Wife | 1917-07-08 |
| Movie | A Dash of Courage | The Prominent Citizen | 1916-05-07 |
| Movie | Sunshine | 1916-05-06 | |
| Movie | A Social Cub | Gloria | 1916-07-16 |
| Movie | The Danger Girl | The Danger Girl - Reggie's Madcap Sister | 1916-08-24 |
| Movie | Haystacks and Steeples | Gloria - the Society Girl | 1916-10-01 |
| Movie | The Nick of Time Baby | The Blacksmith's Daughter | 1916-12-22 |
| Movie | At the End of a Perfect Day | Hands Bouquet to Holmes | 1915-01-26 |
| Movie | The Misjudged Mr. Hartley | Maid | 1915-01-19 |
| Movie | The Fable of the Syndicate Lover | Department Store Customer (uncredited) | 1915-01-27 |
| Movie | His New Job | Stenographer (uncredited) | 1915-02-01 |
| Movie | The Romance of an American Duchess | Minor Role (uncredited) | 1915-06-08 |
| Movie | The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket | Farina, Elvira's Daughter | 1915-02-03 |
| Movie | The Ambition of the Baron | Minor Role (uncredited) | 1915-01-29 |
| Movie | The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times | One of the Club Girls (uncredited) | 1914-12-02 |