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:
- 47
- First Appeared:
- In the movie His New Job 1915-02-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema 2007-05-23
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self (voice) (archive footage) | 2007-05-23 |
| Movie | Billy Wilder Speaks | 2006-06-22 | |
| Movie | Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon | Self (archive footage) | 1991-01-01 |
| Series | Hollywood | 1980-01-08 | |
| Movie | Killer Bees | Madame Maria von Bohlen | 1974-02-26 |
| Movie | Airport 1975 | Gloria Swanson | 1974-10-18 |
| Movie | Hollywood My Home Town | Self (archive footage) | 1965-12-31 |
| Movie | When Comedy Was King | edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage) | 1960-03-29 |
| Movie | Nero's Mistress | Agrippina | 1956-09-13 |
| Movie | Three for Bedroom C | Ann Haven | 1952-06-26 |
| Movie | The Golden Twenties | Self (archive footage) | 1950-04-08 |
| Movie | Sunset Boulevard | Norma Desmond | 1950-08-10 |
| Movie | Down Memory Lane | (archive footage) | 1949-08-01 |
| Movie | Father Takes a Wife | Leslie Collier Osborne | 1941-10-03 |
| Movie | The Camera Speaks | Self (archive footage) | 1934-08-11 |
| Movie | Music in the Air | Frieda Hotzfelt | 1934-12-13 |
| Movie | Perfect Understanding | Judy Rogers | 1933-01-15 |
| 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 | 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 Coast of Folly | Joyce Gathway / Nadine Gathway | 1925-09-21 |
| Movie | Madame Sans-Gêne | Catherina Hubscher | 1925-01-02 |
| Movie | Stage Struck | Jennie Hagen | 1925-11-16 |
| Movie | A Society Scandal | Marjorie Colbert | 1924-03-09 |
| Movie | Manhandled | Tessie McGuire | 1924-07-21 |
| Movie | Hollywood | Gloria Swanson | 1923-08-19 |
| Movie | Zaza | Zaza | 1923-10-21 |
| Movie | Her Husband’s Trademark | Lois Miller | 1922-02-01 |
| Movie | Beyond the Rocks | Theodora Fitzgerald | 1922-05-07 |
| Movie | My American Wife | Natalie Chester | 1922-12-31 |
| Movie | A Trip to Paramountown | Self | 1922-07-10 |
| Movie | The Affairs of Anatol | Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife) | 1921-09-25 |
| Movie | Something to Think About | Ruth Anderson | 1920-10-16 |
| Movie | Why Change Your Wife? | Beth Gordon | 1920-05-21 |
| Movie | Don't Change Your Husband | Leila Porter | 1919-01-26 |
| Movie | Male and Female | Lady Mary Lasenby | 1919-11-23 |
| Movie | For Better, for Worse | Sylvia Norcross | 1919-04-26 |
| Movie | Society for Sale | Phylis Clyne | 1918-04-21 |
| Movie | Shifting Sands | Marcia Grey | 1918-08-01 |
| Movie | Teddy at the Throttle | Gloria Dawn | 1917-04-01 |
| Movie | His New Job | Stenographer (uncredited) | 1915-02-01 |