Gloria Swanson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

118

Gender

Female

Birthday

1899-03-27

Deathday

1983-04-04 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

  • Gloria May Josephine Svensson
  • Gloria Mae
  • Глорія Свенсон

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

Sunset Boulevard
8.3%

Sunset Boulevard

Aug 10, 1950

Airport 1975
5.7%

Airport 1975

Oct 18, 1974

The Beverly Hillbillies
6.8%

The Beverly Hillbillies

Sep 26, 1962

His New Job
5.7%

His New Job

Feb 1, 1915

The Oscars
6.9%

The Oscars

Mar 19, 1953

The Carol Burnett Show
7.6%

The Carol Burnett Show

Sep 11, 1967

Los Angeles Plays Itself
7.6%

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Jul 28, 2004

Queen Kelly
6.5%

Queen Kelly

Oct 18, 1932

Sadie Thompson
6.8%

Sadie Thompson

Jan 7, 1928

Nero's Mistress
5.6%

Nero's Mistress

Sep 13, 1956

What's My Line?
6.8%

What's My Line?

Feb 2, 1950

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Acting

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
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
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
1932
Broadway Gossip No.2
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
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
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)

Production

1933
Perfect Understanding as Producer
1930
What a Widow! as Producer
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