Gloria Swanson
Acting1899Chicago, Illinois, USA
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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Known For
Acting History
2021
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
as Self (archive footage)
This Is Francis X. Bushman
as Self (Archive Footage)
2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage)
1980
Men Who Rate a 10
as Self
Hollywood
TVas Self• 13 eps
1978
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TVas Self• 1 eps
1974
1973
The Age of Ballyhoo
as Narrator
The Carol Burnett Show
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
V.I.P. Schaukel
TVas Self• 1 eps
1971
The Mike Douglas Show
TVas Self• 2 eps
1970
Brasileiros em Hollywood
as Sef (archive footage)
The Dick Cavett Show
TVas Self• 4 eps
1966
The Beverly Hillbillies
TVas Self• 1 eps
1965
Ben Casey
TVas Victoria Hoffman• 1 eps
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TVas Mrs. Charlotte Heaton• 1 eps
Burke's Law
TVas Miss Lily Boles• 1 eps
The Hollywood Palace
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TVas Mrs. Daniels• 1 eps
1963
Dr. Kildare
TVas Julia Colton• 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
Straightaway
TVas Lorraine Carrington• 1 eps
1960
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
When Comedy Was King
as edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage)
1959
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TVas Self• 2 eps
The Big Party
TVas Self• 1 eps
1957
The Steve Allen Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
This Is Your Life
TVas Self• 1 eps
1956
Nero's Mistress
as Agrippina
1953
1952
Three for Bedroom C
as Ann Haven
1950
Sunset Boulevard
as Norma Desmond
The Golden Twenties
as Self (archive footage)
What's My Line?
TVas Self• 2 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
TVas Self• 4 eps
1949
Down Memory Lane
as (archive footage)
1946
Dear Miss Gloria
as Miss Gloria
1943
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
as (archive footage)
1941
Father Takes a Wife
as Leslie Collier Osborne
1934
Music in the Air
as Frieda Hotzfelt
The Camera Speaks
as Self (archive footage)
1933
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Perfect Understanding
as Judy Rogers
The Film Parade
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Perfect Understanding
Producer
1932
1931
Indiscreet
as Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent
Round About Hollywood
as Self
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
Tonight or Never
as Nella Vago
1930
What a Widow!
as Tamarind Brook
What a Widow!
Producer
1929
The Trespasser
as Marion Donnell
1928
Sadie Thompson
as Sadie Thompson
1927
The Love of Sunya
as Sunya Ashling
1926
Fine Manners
as Orchid Murphy
The Untamed Lady
as St. Clair Van Tassel
1925
Stage Struck
as Jennie Hagen
Madame Sans-Gêne
as Catherina Hubscher
The Coast of Folly
as Joyce Gathway / Nadine Gathway
1924
Manhandled
as Tessie McGuire
Her Love Story
as Princess Marie
Wages of Virtue
as Carmelita
The Humming Bird
as Toinette
A Society Scandal
as Marjorie Colbert
1923
Hollywood
as Gloria Swanson
Zaza
as Zaza
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
as Mona deBriac
Prodigal Daughters
as Swifty Forbes
1922
Beyond the Rocks
as Theodora Fitzgerald
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
as Betty Bellew
Her Gilded Cage
as Suzanne Ornoff
A Trip to Paramountown
as Self
Her Husband’s Trademark
as Lois Miller
My American Wife
as Natalie Chester
1921
The Great Moment
as Nada Pelham / Nadine Pelham
Don't Tell Everything
as Marian Westover
Under the Lash
as Deborah Krillet
The Affairs of Anatol
as Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife)
1920
Why Change Your Wife?
as Beth Gordon
Something to Think About
as Ruth Anderson
1919
Male and Female
as Lady Mary Lasenby
Don't Change Your Husband
as Leila Porter
For Better, for Worse
as Sylvia Norcross
1918
Society for Sale
as Phylis Clyne
Wife or Country
as Sylvia Hamilton
You Can't Believe Everything
as Patricia Reynolds
The Secret Code
as Sally Carter Rand
Her Decision
as Phyllis Dunbar
Shifting Sands
as Marcia Grey
Station Content
as Kitty Manning
Every Woman's Husband
as Edith Emerson
1917
Baseball Madness
as The Heiress
The Sultan's Wife
as Gloria
Teddy at the Throttle
as Gloria Dawn
The Pullman Bride
as The Pullman Bride
Whose Baby?
as The Wife
1916
The Nick of Time Baby
as The Blacksmith's Daughter
A Dash of Courage
as The Prominent Citizen
Love on Skates
as The Danger Girl - Reggie's Madcap Sister
A Social Cub
as Gloria
Hearts and Sparks
as Gloria - Bobby's Sweetheart
Haystacks and Steeples
as Gloria - the Society Girl
1915
Sweedie Goes to College
as Betty - College Girl
His New Job
as Stenographer (uncredited)
The Misjudged Mr. Hartley
as Maid
The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket
as Farina, Elvira's Daughter
At the End of a Perfect Day
as Hands Bouquet to Holmes
The Fable of the Syndicate Lover
as Department Store Customer (uncredited)
The Broken Pledge
as Gloria
The Romance of an American Duchess
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Ambition of the Baron
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1914
The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times
as One of the Club Girls (uncredited)