Gloria Swanson
Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA — Mar 27 1899• Died Apr 04 1983
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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…
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Mrs. Daniels
The Beverly Hillbillies
Self
Dr. Kildare
Julia Colton
Burke's Law
Venus Hekate Walsh
Ben Casey
Victoria Hoffman
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Mrs. Charlotte Heaton
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest
What's My Line?
Self
The Steve Allen Show
Self
The Oscars
The Hollywood Palace
Self
This Is Your Life
Self
Sunset Boulevard
Norma Desmond
Hollywood
Self
The Big Party
Self
Straightaway
Lorraine Carrington
Airport 1975
Gloria Swanson
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage)
The Great Debate
Self
Sadie Thompson
Sadie Thompson
My American Wife
Natalie Chester
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (voice) (archive footage)
What a Widow!
Tamarind Brook
Killer Bees
Madame Maria von Bohlen
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
Music in the Air
Frieda Hotzfelt
Hollywood
Gloria Swanson
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
Beyond the Rocks
Theodora Fitzgerald
Manhandled
Tessie McGuire
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Indiscreet
Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Sef (archive footage)
The Trespasser
Marion Donnell
The Affairs of Anatol
Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife)
Hollywood sul Tevere
Queen Kelly
Kitty Kelly / Queen Kelly
Male and Female
Lady Mary Lasenby
When Comedy Was King
edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage)
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
Self (archive footage)
Shifting Sands
Marcia Grey
A Social Cub
Gloria
Why Change Your Wife?
Beth Gordon
A Trip to Paramountown
Self
The Film Parade
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Nero's Mistress
Agrippina
Down Memory Lane
The Reluctant Bride
Prodigal Daughters
Swifty Forbes
For Better, for Worse
Sylvia Norcross
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Self
Wages of Virtue
Carmelita
Stage Struck
Jennie Hagen
The Love of Sunya
Sunya Ashling
Fine Manners
Orchid Murphy
Her Husband’s Trademark
Lois Miller
Round About Hollywood
Self
Tonight or Never
Nella Vago
The Golden Twenties
Self (archive footage)
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
Mona deBriac
Perfect Understanding
Judy Rogers
The Great Moment
Nada Pelham / Nadine Pelham
His New Job
Stenographer (uncredited)
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
Betty Bellew
Whose Baby?
The Wife
Sunshine
Teddy at the Throttle
Gloria Dawn
Three for Bedroom C
Ann Haven
Father Takes a Wife
Leslie Collier Osborne
The Humming Bird
Toinette
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
(archive footage)
Her Decision
Phyllis Dunbar
A Society Scandal
Marjorie Colbert
Men Who Rate a 10
Self
The Camera Speaks
Self (archive footage)
The Broken Pledge
Gloria
The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times
One of the Club Girls (uncredited)
Zaza
Zaza
The Fable of the Syndicate Lover
Department Store Customer (uncredited)
A Dash of Courage
The Prominent Citizen
Haystacks and Steeples
Gloria - the Society Girl
The Untamed Lady
St. Clair Van Tassel
The Pullman Bride
The Pullman Bride
Her Love Story
Princess Marie
Something to Think About
Ruth Anderson
The Coast of Folly
Joyce Gathway / Nadine Gathway
The Danger Girl
The Danger Girl - Reggie's Madcap Sister
Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim
Self
The Misjudged Mr. Hartley
Maid
Every Woman's Husband
Edith Emerson
Sweedie Goes to College
Betty - College Girl
Marilyn Monroe
archive footage
Madame Sans-Gêne
Catherina Hubscher
Don't Tell Everything
Marian Westover
Her Gilded Cage
Suzanne Ornoff
The Secret Code
Sally Carter Rand
Wife or Country
Sylvia Hamilton
The Casting Couch
The Nick of Time Baby
The Blacksmith's Daughter
Dear Miss Gloria
Miss Gloria
Society for Sale
Phylis Clyne
The Romance of an American Duchess
Minor Role (uncredited)
Under the Lash
Deborah Krillet
Don't Change Your Husband
Leila Porter
At the End of a Perfect Day
Hands Bouquet to Holmes
Dangers of a Bride
The Ambition of the Baron
Minor Role (uncredited)
Station Content
Kitty Manning
The Sultan's Wife
Gloria
You Can't Believe Everything
Patricia Reynolds
Hearts and Sparks
Gloria - Bobby's Sweetheart
Broadway Gossip No.2
Baseball Madness
The Heiress
The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket
Farina, Elvira's Daughter
The Age of Ballyhoo
Narrator
This Is Francis X. Bushman
Self (Archive Footage)