Gloria Swanson
March 27, 1899 (125 years old) in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Known For
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- 2021 · Boulevard! A Hollywood Story as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim as Self
- 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
- 1980 · Hollywood as Self
- 1975 · Arena as Self (archive footage)
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- 1974 · Airport 1975 as Gloria Swanson
- 1974 · Killer Bees as Madame Maria von Bohlen
- 1973 · The Age of Ballyhoo as Narrator
- 1971 · V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1967 · The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest
- 1964 · The Hollywood Palace as Self
- 1963 · Kraft Suspense Theatre as Mrs. Charlotte Heaton
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Venus Hekate Walsh
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Miss Lily Boles
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1962 · The Beverly Hillbillies as Self
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Mrs. Daniels
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · Straightaway as Lorraine Carrington
- 1961 · Ben Casey as Victoria Hoffman
- 1961 · Dr. Kildare as Julia Colton
- 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
- 1959 · The Big Party as Self
- 1957 · Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
- 1956 · Nero's Mistress as Agrippina
- 1956 · The Steve Allen Show as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as
- 1952 · This Is Your Life as Self
- 1952 · Three for Bedroom C as Ann Haven
- 1950 · Sunset Boulevard as Norma Desmond
- 1950 · The Golden Twenties as Self (archive footage)
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self
- 1949 · Down Memory Lane as (archive footage)
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 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
- 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 · Her Love Story as Princess Marie
- 1924 · Manhandled as Tessie McGuire
- 1924 · A Society Scandal as Marjorie Colbert
- 1924 · The Humming Bird as Toinette
- 1923 · Zaza as Zaza
- 1923 · Hollywood as Gloria Swanson
- 1923 · Bluebeard's 8th Wife as Mona deBriac
- 1923 · Prodigal Daughters as Swifty Forbes
- 1922 · My American Wife as Natalie Chester
- 1922 · The Impossible Mrs. Bellew as Betty Bellew
- 1922 · A Trip to Paramountown as Self
- 1922 · Beyond the Rocks as Theodora Fitzgerald
- 1922 · Her Gilded Cage as Suzanne Ornoff
- 1922 · Her Husband’s Trademark as Lois Miller
- 1921 · Don't Tell Everything as Marian Westover
- 1921 · Under the Lash as Deborah Krillet
- 1921 · The Affairs of Anatol as Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife)
- 1921 · The Great Moment as Nada Pelham / Nadine Pelham
- 1920 · Something to Think About as Ruth Anderson
- 1920 · Why Change Your Wife? as Beth Gordon
- 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 · Wife or Country as Sylvia Hamilton
- 1918 · The Secret Code as Sally Carter Rand
- 1918 · Shifting Sands as Marcia Grey
- 1918 · Every Woman's Husband as Edith Emerson
- 1918 · You Can't Believe Everything as Patricia Reynolds
- 1918 · Station Content as Kitty Manning
- 1918 · Her Decision as Phyllis Dunbar
- 1918 · Society for Sale as Phylis Clyne
- 1917 · The Sultan's Wife as Gloria
- 1917 · Dangers of a Bride as
- 1917 · Whose Baby? as The Wife
- 1917 · Baseball Madness as The Heiress
- 1917 · Teddy at the Throttle as Gloria Dawn
- 1917 · The Pullman Bride as The Pullman Bride
- 1916 · The Nick of Time Baby as The Blacksmith's Daughter
- 1916 · Haystacks and Steeples as Gloria - the Society Girl
- 1916 · The Danger Girl as The Danger Girl - Reggie's Madcap Sister
- 1916 · A Social Cub as Gloria
- 1916 · Hearts and Sparks as Gloria - Bobby's Sweetheart
- 1916 · A Dash of Courage as The Prominent Citizen
- 1916 · Sunshine as
- 1915 · The Broken Pledge as Gloria
- 1915 · The Romance of an American Duchess as Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1915 · Sweedie Goes to College as Betty - College Girl
- 1915 · The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket as Farina, Elvira'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 · 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)