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
| Birth Location | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1899-03-27 |
| Died | 1983-04-04 |
Movies
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
as Self (archive footage)
2021
2012
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
2007
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage)
2004
The Casting Couch
as (archive footage)
1995
Airport 1975
as Gloria Swanson
1974
Killer Bees
as Madame Maria von Bohlen
1974
The Age of Ballyhoo
as Narrator
1973
The Love Goddesses
as (archive footage)
1965
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
1961
When Comedy Was King
as edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage)
1960
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
1960
Nero's Mistress
as Agrippina
1956
Three for Bedroom C
as Ann Haven
1952
Sunset Boulevard
as Norma Desmond
1950
The Golden Twenties
as Self (archive footage)
1950
Down Memory Lane
as (archive footage)
1949
Dear Miss Gloria
as Miss Gloria
1946
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
as (archive footage)
1943
Father Takes a Wife
as Leslie Collier Osborne
1941
Music in the Air
as Frieda Hotzfelt
1934
The Camera Speaks
as Self (archive footage)
1934
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)
1933
Queen Kelly
as Kitty Kelly / Queen Kelly
1932
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
1931
What a Widow!
as Tamarind Brook
1930
The Trespasser
as Marion Donnell
1929
Sadie Thompson
as Sadie Thompson
1928
The Love of Sunya
as Sunya Ashling
1927
Fine Manners
as Orchid Murphy
1926
The Untamed Lady
as St. Clair Van Tassel
1926
Stage Struck
as Jennie Hagen
1925
The Coast of Folly
as Joyce Gathway / Nadine Gathway
1925
Madame Sans-Gêne
as Catherina Hubscher
1925
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
1924
Zaza
as Zaza
1923
Hollywood
as Gloria Swanson
1923
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
as Mona deBriac
1923
Prodigal Daughters
as Swifty Forbes
1923
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
1922
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
1921
Something to Think About
as Ruth Anderson
1920
Why Change Your Wife?
as Beth Gordon
1920
Male and Female
as Lady Mary Lasenby
1919
For Better, for Worse
as Sylvia Norcross
1919
Don't Change Your Husband
as Leila Porter
1919
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
1918
The Sultan's Wife
as Gloria
1917
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
1917
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
1916
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
1915
The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times
as One of the Club Girls (uncredited)
1914
