8.3
8.3
Sunset Boulevard
1950
as Norma Desmond
Gloria Swanson
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CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Gloria Mae Josephine Swanson (March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983) was an American actress. She first achieved fame acting in dozens of silent films in the 1920s and was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, most famously for her 1950 turn in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard, which earned her a Golden Globe Award. Swanson was born in Chicago and raised in a military family that moved from base to base. Her infatuation with Essanay Studios actor Francis X. Bushman led to her aunt taking her to tour the actor's Chicago studio. The 15-year-old Swanson was offered a brief walk-on for one film and eventually a stock-players contract, beginning her life's career in front of the cameras. Swanson left school, and was soon hired to work in California for Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios comedy shorts opposite Bobby Vernon. She was eventually recruited by Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Pictures, where she was put under contract for seven years and became a global superstar. She starred in a series of films about society, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, including Male and Female (1919). She continued as a successful movie star in The Affairs of Anatol (1921) and Beyond the Rocks (1922). She also starred in critically acclaimed performances such as Zaza (1923) and Madame Sans-Gêne (1925). In 1925, Swanson joined United Artists as one of the film industry's pioneering women filmmakers. She produced and starred in the 1928 film Sadie Thompson, earning a nomination for Best Actress at the first annual Academy Awards. Her sound film debut performance in 1929's The Trespasser earned her a second Academy Award nomination. Queen Kelly (1928–29) was a box-office disaster, but is remembered as a silent classic. After almost two decades in front of the cameras, her film success waned during the 1930s. Swanson received renewed praise for her return to the screen in her role as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard.
Filmography (86 movies)
7.5
7.5
Fine Manners
1926
as Orchid Murphy
7.1
7.1
The Love of Sunya
1927
as Sunya Ashling
7.0
7.0
The House That Shadows Built
1931
as (archive footage)
6.7
6.7
When Comedy Was King
1960
as edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage)
6.7
6.7
Don't Change Your Husband
1919
as Leila Porter
6.6
6.6
The Trespasser
1929
as Marion Donnell
6.5
6.5
Sadie Thompson
1928
as Sadie Thompson
6.5
6.5
Manhandled
1924
as Tessie McGuire
6.5
6.5
What a Widow!
1930
Producer
6.5
6.5
Queen Kelly
1932
Producer
6.4
6.4
Something to Think About
1920
as Ruth Anderson
6.3
6.3
Male and Female
1919
as Lady Mary Lasenby
6.2
6.2
Stage Struck
1925
as Jennie Hagen
6.1
6.1
Father Takes a Wife
1941
as Leslie Collier Osborne
6.1
6.1
Perfect Understanding
1933
Producer
6.1
6.1
Teddy at the Throttle
1917
as Gloria Dawn
6.0
6.0
For Better, for Worse
1919
as Sylvia Norcross
6.0
6.0
Indiscreet
1931
as Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent
6.0
6.0
Round About Hollywood
1931
as Self
6.0
6.0
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960
as Self
6.0
6.0
Zaza
1923
as Zaza
6.0
6.0
The Humming Bird
1924
as Toinette
5.9
5.9
Beyond the Rocks
1922
as Theodora Fitzgerald
5.9
5.9
Tonight or Never
1931
as Nella Vago
5.8
5.8
Shifting Sands
1918
as Marcia Grey
5.7
5.7
His New Job
1915
as Stenographer (uncredited)
5.6
5.6
Nero's Mistress
1956
as Agrippina
5.6
5.6
The Affairs of Anatol
1921
as Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife)
5.5
5.5
The Danger Girl
1916
as The Danger Girl - Reggie's Madcap Sister
5.5
5.5
Why Change Your Wife?
1920
as Beth Gordon
5.2
5.2
The Sultan's Wife
1917
as Gloria
5.0
5.0
Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim
2012
as Self
4.8
4.8
Music in the Air
1934
as Frieda Hotzfelt
4.3
4.3
Killer Bees
1974
as Madame Maria von Bohlen
4.0
4.0
The Camera Speaks
1934
as Self (archive footage)
1.0
1.0
Station Content
1918
as Kitty Manning
1.0
1.0
Prodigal Daughters
1923
as Swifty Forbes
Her Decision
1918
as Phyllis Dunbar
You Can't Believe Everything
1918
as Patricia Reynolds
Wife or Country
1918
as Sylvia Hamilton
Under the Lash
1921
as Deborah Krillet
Don't Tell Everything
1921
as Marian Westover
Her Gilded Cage
1922
as Suzanne Ornoff
The Fable of the Syndicate Lover
1915
as Department Store Customer (uncredited)
The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times
1914
as One of the Club Girls (uncredited)
Men Who Rate a 10
1980
as Self
Broadway Gossip No.2
1932
The Secret Code
1918
as Sally Carter Rand
My American Wife
1922
as Natalie Chester
The Film Parade
1933
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Madame Sans-Gêne
1925
as Catherina Hubscher
The Age of Ballyhoo
1973
as Narrator
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Three for Bedroom C
1952
as Ann Haven
Dear Miss Gloria
1946
as Miss Gloria
Her Husband’s Trademark
1922
as Lois Miller
The Great Moment
1921
as Nada Pelham / Nadine Pelham
The Coast of Folly
1925
as Joyce Gathway / Nadine Gathway
Society for Sale
1918
as Phylis Clyne
Down Memory Lane
1949
as (archive footage)
The Pullman Bride
1917
as The Pullman Bride
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1923
as Mona deBriac
Whose Baby?
1917
as The Wife
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943
as (archive footage)
Every Woman's Husband
1918
as Edith Emerson
A Social Cub
1916
as Gloria
A Society Scandal
1924
as Marjorie Colbert
The Misjudged Mr. Hartley
1915
as Maid
The Nick of Time Baby
1916
as The Blacksmith's Daughter
The Untamed Lady
1926
as St. Clair Van Tassel
Her Love Story
1924
as Princess Marie
Wages of Virtue
1924
as Carmelita
The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket
1915
as Farina, Elvira's Daughter
At the End of a Perfect Day
1915
as Hands Bouquet to Holmes
The Ambition of the Baron
1915
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Sweedie Goes to College
1915
as Betty - College Girl
The Romance of an American Duchess
1915
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Broken Pledge
1915
as Gloria
Sunshine
1916
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
1922
as Betty Bellew
A Dash of Courage
1916
as The Prominent Citizen
Hearts and Sparks
1916
as Gloria - Bobby's Sweetheart
Haystacks and Steeples
1916
as Gloria - the Society Girl
Baseball Madness
1917
as The Heiress
Dangers of a Bride
1917
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