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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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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.
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Gloria Swanson's Filmography
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This Is Francis X. Bushman
as Self (Archive Footage)
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
as Self (archive footage)
Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim
as Self
Hollywood sul Tevere
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch
Marilyn Monroe
as archive footage
Men Who Rate a 10
as Self
Airport 1975
as Gloria Swanson
Killer Bees
as Madame Maria von Bohlen
The Age of Ballyhoo
as Narrator
Brasileiros em Hollywood
as Sef (archive footage)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
When Comedy Was King
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
Nero's Mistress
as Agrippina
Three for Bedroom C
as Ann Haven
Sunset Boulevard
as Norma Desmond
The Golden Twenties
as Self (archive footage)
Down Memory Lane
as The Reluctant Bride
Dear Miss Gloria
as Miss Gloria
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
as (archive footage)
Father Takes a Wife
as Leslie Collier Osborne
Music in the Air
as Frieda Hotzfelt
The Camera Speaks
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Perfect Understanding
as Judy Rogers
The Film Parade
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Broadway Gossip No.2
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
Round About Hollywood
as Self
Indiscreet
as Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent
Tonight or Never
as Nella Vago
What a Widow!
as Tamarind Brook
Queen Kelly
as Kitty Kelly / Queen Kelly
The Trespasser
as Marion Donnell
Sadie Thompson
as Sadie Thompson
The Love of Sunya
as Sunya Ashling
Fine Manners
as Orchid Murphy
The Untamed Lady
as St. Clair Van Tassel
Stage Struck
as Jennie Hagen
The Coast of Folly
as Joyce Gathway / Nadine Gathway
Madame Sans-Gêne
as Catherina Hubscher
Wages of Virtue
as Carmelita
Her Love Story
as Princess Marie
Manhandled
as Tessie McGuire
A Society Scandal
as Marjorie Colbert
The Humming Bird
as Toinette
Zaza
as Zaza
Hollywood
as Gloria Swanson
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
as Mona deBriac
Prodigal Daughters
as Swifty Forbes
My American Wife
as Natalie Chester
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
as Betty Bellew
A Trip to Paramountown
as Self
Beyond the Rocks
as Theodora Fitzgerald
Her Gilded Cage
as Suzanne Ornoff
Her Husband’s Trademark
as Lois Miller
Don't Tell Everything
as Marian Westover
Under the Lash
as Deborah Krillet
The Affairs of Anatol
as Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife)
The Great Moment
as Nada Pelham / Nadine Pelham
No Poster
The Affairs of Anatol - Promo Reel
as As herself
Something to Think About
as Ruth Anderson
Why Change Your Wife?
as Beth Gordon
Male and Female
as Lady Mary Lasenby
For Better, for Worse
as Sylvia Norcross
Don't Change Your Husband
as Leila Porter
Wife or Country
as Sylvia Hamilton
The Secret Code
as Sally Carter Rand
Shifting Sands
as Marcia Grey
Every Woman's Husband
as Edith Emerson
You Can't Believe Everything
as Patricia Reynolds
Station Content
as Kitty Manning
No Poster
Her Decision
as Phyllis Dunbar
Society for Sale
as Phylis Clyne
The Sultan's Wife
as Gloria
Dangers of a Bride
Whose Baby?
as The Wife
No Poster
Baseball Madness
as The Heiress
Teddy at the Throttle
as Gloria Dawn
The Pullman Bride
as The Pullman Bride
The Nick of Time Baby
as The Blacksmith's Daughter
Haystacks and Steeples
as Gloria - the Society Girl
The Danger Girl
as The Danger Girl - Reggie's Madcap Sister
A Social Cub
as Gloria
No Poster
Hearts and Sparks
as Gloria - Bobby's Sweetheart
No Poster
A Dash of Courage
as The Prominent Citizen
No Poster
Sunshine
No Poster
The Broken Pledge
as Gloria
The Romance of an American Duchess
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Sweedie Goes to College
as Betty - College Girl
The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket
as Farina, Elvira's Daughter
His New Job
as Stenographer (uncredited)
No Poster
The Ambition of the Baron
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Fable of the Syndicate Lover
as Department Store Customer (uncredited)
At the End of a Perfect Day
as Hands Bouquet to Holmes
The Misjudged Mr. Hartley
as Maid
The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times
as One of the Club Girls (uncredited)