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Birthday: Mar 27, 1899
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. ​

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
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
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