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).
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Acting History
2021
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story as Self (archive footage)
2012Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim as Self
2007Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema as Self (voice) (archive footage)
2004Los Angeles Plays Itself as Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage)
1980Men Who Rate a 10 as Self
1980Hollywood as Self
1975Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
1974Airport 1975 as Gloria Swanson
1974Killer Bees as Madame Maria von Bohlen
1974The Great Debate as Self
1973The Age of Ballyhoo as Narrator
1971V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
1968The Dick Cavett Show as Self
1967The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest
1964The Hollywood Palace as Self
1963Kraft Suspense Theatre as Mrs. Charlotte Heaton
1963Burke's Law as Venus Hekate Walsh
1963Burke's Law as Miss Lily Boles
1962The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1962The Beverly Hillbillies as Self
1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Mrs. Daniels
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961Straightaway as Lorraine Carrington
1961Ben Casey as Victoria Hoffman
1961Dr. Kildare as Julia Colton
1961The Legend of Rudolph Valentino as Self (archive footage)
1960When Comedy Was King as edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage)
1960Hedda Hopper's Hollywood as Self
1959The Big Party as Self
1957Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
1956Nero's Mistress as Agrippina
1956The Steve Allen Show as Self
1953The Oscars
1952This Is Your Life as Self
1952Three for Bedroom C as Ann Haven
1950Sunset Boulevard as Norma Desmond
1950The Golden Twenties as Self (archive footage)
1950What's My Line? as Self
1949Down Memory Lane as (archive footage)
1948The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1946Dear Miss Gloria as Miss Gloria
1943Happy Times and Jolly Moments as (archive footage)
1941Father Takes a Wife as Leslie Collier Osborne
1934Music in the Air as Frieda Hotzfelt
1934The Camera Speaks as Self (archive footage)
1933Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1933Perfect Understanding as Judy Rogers
1933The Film Parade as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1932Queen Kelly as Kitty Kelly / Queen Kelly
1932Broadway Gossip No.2
1931The House That Shadows Built as (archive footage)
1931Round About Hollywood as Self
1931Indiscreet as Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent
1931Tonight or Never as Nella Vago
1930What a Widow! as Tamarind Brook
1929The Trespasser as Marion Donnell
1928Sadie Thompson as Sadie Thompson
1927The Love of Sunya as Sunya Ashling
1926Fine Manners as Orchid Murphy
1926The Untamed Lady as St. Clair Van Tassel
1925Stage Struck as Jennie Hagen
1925The Coast of Folly as Joyce Gathway / Nadine Gathway
1925Madame Sans-Gêne as Catherina Hubscher
1924Wages of Virtue as Carmelita
1924Her Love Story as Princess Marie
1924Manhandled as Tessie McGuire
1924A Society Scandal as Marjorie Colbert
1924The Humming Bird as Toinette
1923Zaza as Zaza
1923Hollywood as Gloria Swanson
1923Bluebeard's 8th Wife as Mona deBriac
1923Prodigal Daughters as Swifty Forbes
1922My American Wife as Natalie Chester
1922The Impossible Mrs. Bellew as Betty Bellew
1922A Trip to Paramountown as Self
1922Beyond the Rocks as Theodora Fitzgerald
1922Her Gilded Cage as Suzanne Ornoff
1922Her Husband’s Trademark as Lois Miller
1921Don't Tell Everything as Marian Westover
1921Under the Lash as Deborah Krillet
1921The Affairs of Anatol as Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife)
1921The Great Moment as Nada Pelham / Nadine Pelham
1920Something to Think About as Ruth Anderson
1920Why Change Your Wife? as Beth Gordon
1919Male and Female as Lady Mary Lasenby
1919For Better, for Worse as Sylvia Norcross
1919Don't Change Your Husband as Leila Porter
1918Wife or Country as Sylvia Hamilton
1918The Secret Code as Sally Carter Rand
1918Shifting Sands as Marcia Grey
1918Every Woman's Husband as Edith Emerson
1918You Can't Believe Everything as Patricia Reynolds
1918Station Content as Kitty Manning
1918Her Decision as Phyllis Dunbar
1918Society for Sale as Phylis Clyne
1917The Sultan's Wife as Gloria
1917Whose Baby? as The Wife
1917Dangers of a Bride
1917Baseball Madness as The Heiress
1917Teddy at the Throttle as Gloria Dawn
1917The Pullman Bride as The Pullman Bride
1916The Nick of Time Baby as The Blacksmith's Daughter
1916Haystacks and Steeples as Gloria - the Society Girl
1916The Danger Girl as The Danger Girl - Reggie's Madcap Sister
1916A Social Cub as Gloria
1916Hearts and Sparks as Gloria - Bobby's Sweetheart
1916A Dash of Courage as The Prominent Citizen
1916Sunshine
1915The Broken Pledge as Gloria
1915The Romance of an American Duchess as Minor Role (uncredited)
1915Sweedie Goes to College as Betty - College Girl
1915The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket as Farina, Elvira's Daughter
1915His New Job as Stenographer (uncredited)
1915The Ambition of the Baron as Minor Role (uncredited)
1915The Fable of the Syndicate Lover as Department Store Customer (uncredited)
1915At the End of a Perfect Day as Hands Bouquet to Holmes
1915The Misjudged Mr. Hartley as Maid
1914The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times as One of the Club Girls (uncredited)