Gloria Swanson
Actor
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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Filmography
Airport 1975
as Gloria Swanson 1974
His New Job
as Stenographer (uncredited) 1915
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage) 2004
Queen Kelly
as Kitty Kelly / Queen Kelly 1932
Sadie Thompson
as Sadie Thompson 1928
Nero's Mistress
as Agrippina 1956
Zaza
as Zaza 1923
The Love Goddesses
as (Archive Footage) 1965
Male and Female
as Lady Mary Lasenby 1919
Beyond the Rocks
as Theodora Fitzgerald 1922
Why Change Your Wife?
as Beth Gordon 1920
Killer Bees
as Madame Maria von Bohlen 1974
Don't Change Your Husband
as Leila Porter 1919
Stage Struck
as Jennie Hagen 1925
Teddy at the Throttle
as Gloria Dawn 1917
The Trespasser
as Marion Donnell 1929