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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gloria Swanson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Sunset Boulevard
as Norma Desmond
1950
Sadie Thompson
as Sadie Thompson
1928
Queen Kelly
as Kitty Kelly / Queen Kelly
1929
Airport 1975
as Gloria Swanson
1974
The Fable of the Syndicate Lover
as Department Store Customer (uncredited)
1915
Dangers of a Bride
1917
Nero's Mistress
as Agrippina
1956
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage)
2004
Don't Change Your Husband
as Leila Porter
1919
Beyond the Rocks
as Theodora Fitzgerald
1922
Male and Female
as Lady Mary Lasenby
1919
The Affairs of Anatol
as Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife)
1921
Why Change Your Wife?
as Beth Gordon
1920
The Trespasser
as Marion Donnell
1929
The Love of Sunya
as Sunya Ashling
1927
Father Takes a Wife
as Leslie Collier Osborne
1941
Indiscreet
as Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent
1931
The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times
as One of the Club Girls (uncredited)
1914
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
1961
Music in the Air
as Frieda Hotzfelt
1934
TV Appearances
Burke's Law
as Venus Hekate Walsh
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Mrs. Charlotte Heaton
1963
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Self
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
Straightaway
as Lorraine Carrington
1961
The Hollywood Palace
as Self
1964
This Is Your Life
as Self
1952
Ben Casey
as Victoria Hoffman
1961
The Steve Allen Show
as Self
1956
Dr. Kildare
as Julia Colton
1961
The Oscars
1953
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957