Person
Gloria Swanson
Acting · 1899–1983 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gloria Swanson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
The Mike Douglas Show
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The Merv Griffin Show
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The Dick Cavett Show
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What's My Line?
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The Beverly Hillbillies
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Mrs. Daniels
Dr. Kildare
Julia Colton
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show
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Filmography
- 2021This Is Francis X. BushmanSelf (Archive Footage)
- 2021Boulevard! A Hollywood StorySelf (archive footage)
- 2012Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von StroheimSelf
- 2009Hollywood sul Tevere
- 2007Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early CinemaSelf (voice) (archive footage)
- 1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American MoviesSelf (archive footage)
- 1995The Casting Couch
- 1986Marilyn Monroearchive footage
- 1980Men Who Rate a 10Self
- 1980HollywoodSelf
- 1978Ciné regardsSelf
- 1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf
- 1974Airport 1975Gloria Swanson
- 1974Killer BeesMadame Maria von Bohlen
- 1974The Great DebateSelf
- 1973The Age of BallyhooNarrator
- 1971V.I.P. SchaukelSelf
- 1970Brasileiros em HollywoodSef (archive footage)
- 1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf
- 1967The Carol Burnett ShowSelf - Guest
- 1964The Hollywood PalaceSelf
- 1963Kraft Suspense TheatreMrs. Charlotte Heaton
- 1963Burke's LawVenus Hekate Walsh
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
- 1962The Beverly HillbilliesSelf
- 1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourMrs. Daniels
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
- 1961StraightawayLorraine Carrington
- 1961Ben CaseyVictoria Hoffman
- 1961Dr. KildareJulia Colton
- 1961The Legend of Rudolph ValentinoSelf (archive footage)
- 1960When Comedy Was King(archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1960Hedda Hopper's HollywoodSelf
- 1959The Big PartySelf
- 1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf
- 1956Nero's MistressAgrippina
- 1956The Steve Allen ShowSelf
- 1953The Oscars
- 1952This Is Your LifeSelf
- 1952Three for Bedroom CAnn Haven
- 1950Sunset BoulevardNorma Desmond
- 1950The Golden TwentiesSelf (archive footage)
- 1950What's My Line?Self
- 1949Down Memory LaneThe Reluctant Bride
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
- 1946Dear Miss GloriaMiss Gloria
- 1943Happy Times and Jolly Moments(archive footage)
- 1941Father Takes a WifeLeslie Collier Osborne
- 1934Music in the AirFrieda Hotzfelt
- 1934The Camera SpeaksSelf (archive footage)
- 1933Hollywood on Parade No. B-5Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1933Perfect UnderstandingJudy Rogers
- 1933The Film Parade(archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1932Broadway Gossip No.2
- 1931The House That Shadows Built(archive footage)
- 1931Round About HollywoodSelf
- 1931IndiscreetGeraldine 'Gerry' Trent
- 1931Tonight or NeverNella Vago
- 1930What a Widow!Tamarind Brook
- 1929Queen KellyKitty Kelly / Queen Kelly
- 1929The TrespasserMarion Donnell
- 1928Sadie ThompsonSadie Thompson
- 1927The Love of SunyaSunya Ashling
- 1926Fine MannersOrchid Murphy
- 1926The Untamed LadySt. Clair Van Tassel
- 1925Stage StruckJennie Hagen
- 1925The Coast of FollyJoyce Gathway / Nadine Gathway
- 1925Madame Sans-GêneCatherina Hubscher
- 1924Wages of VirtueCarmelita
- 1924Her Love StoryPrincess Marie
- 1924ManhandledTessie McGuire
- 1924A Society ScandalMarjorie Colbert
- 1924The Humming BirdToinette
- 1923ZazaZaza
- 1923HollywoodGloria Swanson
- 1923Bluebeard's 8th WifeMona deBriac
- 1923Prodigal DaughtersSwifty Forbes
- 1922My American WifeNatalie Chester
- 1922The Impossible Mrs. BellewBetty Bellew
- 1922A Trip to ParamountownSelf
- 1922Beyond the RocksTheodora Fitzgerald
- 1922Her Gilded CageSuzanne Ornoff
- 1922Her Husband’s TrademarkLois Miller
- 1921Don't Tell EverythingMarian Westover
- 1921Under the LashDeborah Krillet
- 1921The Affairs of AnatolVivian Spencer (Anatol's wife)
- 1921The Great MomentNada Pelham / Nadine Pelham
- 1921The Affairs of Anatol - Promo ReelAs herself
- 1920Something to Think AboutRuth Anderson
- 1920Why Change Your Wife?Beth Gordon
- 1919Male and FemaleLady Mary Lasenby
- 1919For Better, for WorseSylvia Norcross
- 1919Don't Change Your HusbandLeila Porter
- 1918Wife or CountrySylvia Hamilton
- 1918The Secret CodeSally Carter Rand
- 1918Shifting SandsMarcia Grey
- 1918Every Woman's HusbandEdith Emerson
- 1918You Can't Believe EverythingPatricia Reynolds
- 1918Station ContentKitty Manning
- 1918Her DecisionPhyllis Dunbar
- 1918Society for SalePhylis Clyne
- 1917The Sultan's WifeGloria
- 1917Dangers of a Bride
- 1917Whose Baby?The Wife
- 1917Baseball MadnessThe Heiress
- 1917Teddy at the ThrottleGloria Dawn
- 1917The Pullman BrideThe Pullman Bride
- 1916The Nick of Time BabyThe Blacksmith's Daughter
- 1916Haystacks and SteeplesGloria - the Society Girl
- 1916The Danger GirlThe Danger Girl - Reggie's Madcap Sister
- 1916A Social CubGloria
- 1916Hearts and SparksGloria - Bobby's Sweetheart
- 1916A Dash of CourageThe Prominent Citizen
- 1916Sunshine
- 1915The Broken PledgeGloria
- 1915The Romance of an American DuchessMinor Role (uncredited)
- 1915Sweedie Goes to CollegeBetty - College Girl
- 1915The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal TicketFarina, Elvira's Daughter
- 1915His New JobStenographer (uncredited)
- 1915The Ambition of the BaronMinor Role (uncredited)
- 1915The Fable of the Syndicate LoverDepartment Store Customer (uncredited)
- 1915At the End of a Perfect DayHands Bouquet to Holmes
- 1915The Misjudged Mr. HartleyMaid
- 1914The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four TimesOne of the Club Girls (uncredited)
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