Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gloria Swanson
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.
Movie | Cast | Year |
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Sunset Boulevard | Norma Desmond | 1950 |
Sadie Thompson | Sadie Thompson | 1928 |
Queen Kelly | Kitty Kelly / Queen Kelly | 1932 |
Airport 1975 | Gloria Swanson | 1974 |
The Fable of the Syndicate Lover | Department Store Customer (uncredited) | 1915 |
Dangers of a Bride | 1917 | |
Nero's Mistress | Agrippina | 1956 |
Los Angeles Plays Itself | Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage) | 2004 |
Don't Change Your Husband | Leila Porter | 1919 |
Beyond the Rocks | Theodora Fitzgerald | 1922 |
Male and Female | Lady Mary Lasenby | 1919 |
The Affairs of Anatol | Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife) | 1921 |
Why Change Your Wife? | Beth Gordon | 1920 |
The Trespasser | Marion Donnell | 1929 |
The Love of Sunya | Sunya Ashling | 1927 |
Father Takes a Wife | Leslie Collier Osborne | 1941 |
Indiscreet | Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent | 1931 |
The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times | One of the Club Girls (uncredited) | 1914 |
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino | Self (archive footage) | 1961 |
Music in the Air | Frieda Hotzfelt | 1934 |
Tonight or Never | Nella Vago | 1931 |
Hollywood | Gloria Swanson | 1923 |
When Comedy Was King | edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage) | 1960 |
The Camera Speaks | Self (archive footage) | 1934 |
Stage Struck | Jennie Hagen | 1925 |
Zaza | Zaza | 1923 |
The Sultan's Wife | Gloria | 1917 |
Shifting Sands | Marcia Grey | 1918 |
Manhandled | Tessie McGuire | 1924 |
Killer Bees | Madame Maria von Bohlen | 1974 |
Perfect Understanding | Judy Rogers | 1933 |
Three for Bedroom C | Ann Haven | 1952 |
Fine Manners | Orchid Murphy | 1926 |
A Trip to Paramountown | Self | 1922 |
The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | 1931 |
Teddy at the Throttle | Gloria Dawn | 1917 |
Madame Sans-Gêne | Catherina Hubscher | 1925 |
Dear Miss Gloria | Miss Gloria | 1946 |
Her Husband’s Trademark | Lois Miller | 1922 |
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1933 |
The Golden Twenties | Self (archive footage) | 1950 |
The Great Moment | Nada Pelham / Nadine Pelham | 1921 |
The Coast of Folly | Joyce Gathway / Nadine Gathway | 1925 |
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
Station Content | Kitty Manning | 1918 |
Something to Think About | Ruth Anderson | 1920 |
Men Who Rate a 10 | Self | 1980 |
For Better, for Worse | Sylvia Norcross | 1919 |
Society for Sale | Phylis Clyne | 1918 |
Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim | Self | 2012 |
What a Widow! | Tamarind Brook | 1930 |
My American Wife | Natalie Chester | 1922 |
The Danger Girl | The Danger Girl - Reggie's Madcap Sister | 1916 |
His New Job | Stenographer (uncredited) | 1915 |
Round About Hollywood | Self | 1931 |
The Pullman Bride | The Pullman Bride | 1917 |
Bluebeard's 8th Wife | Mona deBriac | 1923 |
Prodigal Daughters | Swifty Forbes | 1923 |
The Humming Bird | Toinette | 1924 |
The Film Parade | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1933 |
Whose Baby? | The Wife | 1917 |
Happy Times and Jolly Moments | (archive footage) | 1943 |
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self (voice) (archive footage) | 2007 |
Every Woman's Husband | Edith Emerson | 1918 |
A Social Cub | Gloria | 1916 |
A Society Scandal | Marjorie Colbert | 1924 |
The Nick of Time Baby | The Blacksmith's Daughter | 1916 |
The Misjudged Mr. Hartley | Maid | 1915 |
Wages of Virtue | Carmelita | 1924 |
Her Love Story | Princess Marie | 1924 |
The Untamed Lady | St. Clair Van Tassel | 1926 |
The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket | Farina, Elvira's Daughter | 1915 |
Hearts and Sparks | Gloria - Bobby's Sweetheart | 1916 |
A Dash of Courage | The Prominent Citizen | 1916 |
The Secret Code | Sally Carter Rand | 1918 |
You Can't Believe Everything | Patricia Reynolds | 1918 |
Under the Lash | Deborah Krillet | 1921 |
Her Decision | Phyllis Dunbar | 1918 |
Wife or Country | Sylvia Hamilton | 1918 |
Haystacks and Steeples | Gloria - the Society Girl | 1916 |
Baseball Madness | The Heiress | 1917 |
Her Gilded Cage | Suzanne Ornoff | 1922 |
Don't Tell Everything | Marian Westover | 1921 |
At the End of a Perfect Day | Hands Bouquet to Holmes | 1915 |
The Ambition of the Baron | Minor Role (uncredited) | 1915 |
The Romance of an American Duchess | Minor Role (uncredited) | 1915 |
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew | Betty Bellew | 1922 |
Sunshine | 1916 | |
Sweedie Goes to College | Betty - College Girl | 1915 |
The Broken Pledge | Gloria | 1915 |
The Age of Ballyhoo | Narrator | 1973 |
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story | Self (archive footage) | 2021 |
Down Memory Lane | (archive footage) | 1949 | Series | Cast | Year |
Burke's Law | Venus Hekate Walsh | 1963 |
Kraft Suspense Theatre | Mrs. Charlotte Heaton | 1963 |
The Beverly Hillbillies | Self | 1962 |
The Merv Griffin Show | Self | 1962 |
Straightaway | Lorraine Carrington | 1961 |
The Hollywood Palace | Self | 1964 |
This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
Ben Casey | Victoria Hoffman | 1961 |
The Steve Allen Show | Self | 1956 |
Dr. Kildare | Julia Colton | 1961 |
The Oscars | 1953 | |
Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | 1957 |
Arena | Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 1961 |
Burke's Law | Miss Lily Boles | 1963 |
Hollywood | Self | 1980 |
The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
V.I.P. Schaukel | Self | 1971 |
The Big Party | Self | 1959 |
The Carol Burnett Show | Self - Guest | 1967 |
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self | 1975 |
What's My Line? | Self | 1950 |
The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | 1968 |
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Mrs. Daniels | 1962 |