Gloria Swanson

Gloria Swanson

Acting

Birthday

1899/03/27

Day of death

1983/04/04 (84 years old)

Gender

Female

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also know as

Gloria May Josephine Svensson, Gloria Mae, Глорія Свенсон

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 sh...Read more

Acting
Sunset Boulevard
8.3

(1950) Sunset Boulevard

as Norma Desmond

Sadie Thompson
6.8

(1928) Sadie Thompson

as Sadie Thompson

Queen Kelly
6.5

(1932) Queen Kelly

as Kitty Kelly / Queen Kelly

Airport 1975
5.7

(1974) Airport 1975

as Gloria Swanson

The Fable of the Syndicate Lover
0.0

(1915) The Fable of the Syndicate Lover

as Department Store Customer (uncredited)

Dangers of a Bride
0.0

(1917) Dangers of a Bride

as ---

Mio figlio Nerone
5.6

(1956) Nero's Mistress

as Agrippina

Los Angeles Plays Itself
7.7

(2004) Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage)

Don't Change Your Husband
6.7

(1919) Don't Change Your Husband

as Leila Porter

Beyond the Rocks
6.2

(1922) Beyond the Rocks

as Theodora Fitzgerald

Male and Female
6.3

(1919) Male and Female

as Lady Mary Lasenby

The Affairs of Anatol
5.6

(1921) The Affairs of Anatol

as Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife)

Why Change Your Wife?
5.9

(1920) Why Change Your Wife?

as Beth Gordon

The Trespasser
6.7

(1929) The Trespasser

as Marion Donnell

The Love of Sunya
7.1

(1927) The Love of Sunya

as Sunya Ashling

Father Takes a Wife
6.1

(1941) Father Takes a Wife

as Leslie Collier Osborne

Indiscreet
6.0

(1931) Indiscreet

as Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent

The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times
0.0

(1914) The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times

as One of the Club Girls (uncredited)

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
0.0

(1961) The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

as Self (archive footage)

Music in the Air
4.8

(1934) Music in the Air

as Frieda Hotzfelt

Tonight or Never
5.9

(1931) Tonight or Never

as Nella Vago

Hollywood
7.0

(1923) Hollywood

as Gloria Swanson

When Comedy Was King
6.7

(1960) When Comedy Was King

as edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage)

The Camera Speaks
4.0

(1934) The Camera Speaks

as Self (archive footage)

Stage Struck
6.2

(1925) Stage Struck

as Jennie Hagen

Zaza
6.1

(1923) Zaza

as Zaza

The Sultan's Wife
5.2

(1917) The Sultan's Wife

as Gloria

Shifting Sands
5.8

(1918) Shifting Sands

as Marcia Grey

Manhandled
6.5

(1924) Manhandled

as Tessie McGuire

Killer Bees
4.3

(1974) Killer Bees

as Madame Maria von Bohlen

Perfect Understanding
6.1

(1933) Perfect Understanding

as Judy Rogers

Three for Bedroom C
0.0

(1952) Three for Bedroom C

as Ann Haven

Fine Manners
7.5

(1926) Fine Manners

as Orchid Murphy

A Trip to Paramountown
7.3

(1922) A Trip to Paramountown

as Self

The House That Shadows Built
7.0

(1931) The House That Shadows Built

as (archive footage)

6.1

(1917) Teddy at the Throttle

as Gloria Dawn

Madame Sans-Gêne
0.0

(1925) Madame Sans-Gêne

as Catherina Hubscher

Dear Miss Gloria
0.0

(1946) Dear Miss Gloria

as Miss Gloria

Her Husband’s Trademark
0.0

(1922) Her Husband’s Trademark

as Lois Miller

Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
0.0

(1933) Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Golden Twenties
0.0

(1950) The Golden Twenties

as Self (archive footage)

The Great Moment
0.0

(1921) The Great Moment

as Nada Pelham / Nadine Pelham

The Coast of Folly
0.0

(1925) The Coast of Folly

as Joyce Gathway / Nadine Gathway

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
6.0

(1960) Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

as Self

Station Content
1.0

(1918) Station Content

as Kitty Manning

Something to Think About
6.5

(1920) Something to Think About

as Ruth Anderson

Men Who Rate a 10
0.0

(1980) Men Who Rate a 10

as Self

For Better, for Worse
6.2

(1919) For Better, for Worse

as Sylvia Norcross

Society for Sale
0.0

(1918) Society for Sale

as Phylis Clyne

Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim
5.0

(2012) Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim

as Self

What a Widow!
6.5

(1930) What a Widow!

as Tamarind Brook

My American Wife
0.0

(1922) My American Wife

as Natalie Chester

The Danger Girl
5.5

(1916) The Danger Girl

as The Danger Girl - Reggie's Madcap Sister

His New Job
5.7

(1915) His New Job

as Stenographer (uncredited)

Round About Hollywood
6.0

(1931) Round About Hollywood

as Self

The Pullman Bride
0.0

(1917) The Pullman Bride

as The Pullman Bride

Bluebeard's 8th Wife
0.0

(1923) Bluebeard's 8th Wife

as Mona deBriac

Prodigal Daughters
1.0

(1923) Prodigal Daughters

as Swifty Forbes

The Humming Bird
6.0

(1924) The Humming Bird

as Toinette

The Film Parade
0.0

(1933) The Film Parade

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Whose Baby?
0.0

(1917) Whose Baby?

as The Wife

Happy Times and Jolly Moments
0.0

(1943) Happy Times and Jolly Moments

as (archive footage)

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
4.9

(2007) Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

Every Woman's Husband
0.0

(1918) Every Woman's Husband

as Edith Emerson

A Social Cub
0.0

(1916) A Social Cub

as Gloria

A Society Scandal
0.0

(1924) A Society Scandal

as Marjorie Colbert

The Nick of Time Baby
0.0

(1916) The Nick of Time Baby

as The Blacksmith's Daughter

The Misjudged Mr. Hartley
0.0

(1915) The Misjudged Mr. Hartley

as Maid

Wages of Virtue
0.0

(1924) Wages of Virtue

as Carmelita

Her Love Story
0.0

(1924) Her Love Story

as Princess Marie

The Untamed Lady
0.0

(1926) The Untamed Lady

as St. Clair Van Tassel

The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket
0.0

(1915) The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket

as Farina, Elvira's Daughter

0.0

(1916) Hearts and Sparks

as Gloria - Bobby's Sweetheart

0.0

(1916) A Dash of Courage

as The Prominent Citizen

The Secret Code
0.0

(1918) The Secret Code

as Sally Carter Rand

0.0

(1918) You Can't Believe Everything

as Patricia Reynolds

Under the Lash
0.0

(1921) Under the Lash

as Deborah Krillet

0.0

(1918) Her Decision

as Phyllis Dunbar

Wife or Country
0.0

(1918) Wife or Country

as Sylvia Hamilton

Haystacks and Steeples
0.0

(1916) Haystacks and Steeples

as Gloria - the Society Girl

0.0

(1917) Baseball Madness

as The Heiress

Her Gilded Cage
0.0

(1922) Her Gilded Cage

as Suzanne Ornoff

Don't Tell Everything
0.0

(1921) Don't Tell Everything

as Marian Westover

At the End of a Perfect Day
0.0

(1915) At the End of a Perfect Day

as Hands Bouquet to Holmes

0.0

(1915) The Ambition of the Baron

as Minor Role (uncredited)

The Romance of an American Duchess
0.0

(1915) The Romance of an American Duchess

as Minor Role (uncredited)

The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
0.0

(1922) The Impossible Mrs. Bellew

as Betty Bellew

0.0

(1916) Sunshine

as ---

Sweedie Goes to College
0.0

(1915) Sweedie Goes to College

as Betty - College Girl

0.0

(1915) The Broken Pledge

as Gloria

The Age of Ballyhoo
0.0

(1973) The Age of Ballyhoo

as Narrator

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
5.0

(2021) Boulevard! A Hollywood Story

as Self (archive footage)

Down Memory Lane
0.0

(1949) Down Memory Lane

as (archive footage)

Broadway Gossip No.2
0.0

(1932) Broadway Gossip No.2

as ---

Burke's Law
6.0

(1963) Burke's Law

as Venus Hekate Walsh

Kraft Suspense Theatre
5.3

(1963) Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Mrs. Charlotte Heaton

The Beverly Hillbillies
6.8

(1962) The Beverly Hillbillies

as Self

The Merv Griffin Show
5.6

(1962) The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

Straightaway
0.0

(1961) Straightaway

as Lorraine Carrington

The Hollywood Palace
4.5

(1964) The Hollywood Palace

as Self

This Is Your Life
6.3

(1952) This Is Your Life

as Self

Ben Casey
5.6

(1961) Ben Casey

as Victoria Hoffman

The Steve Allen Show
5.0

(1956) The Steve Allen Show

as Self

Dr. Kildare
5.3

(1961) Dr. Kildare

as Julia Colton

The Oscars
6.9

(1953) The Oscars

as ---

6.5

(1957) Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self

Arena
6.7

(1975) Arena

as Self (archive footage)

The Mike Douglas Show
5.1

(1961) The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Burke's Law
6.0

(1963) Burke's Law

as Miss Lily Boles

Hollywood
8.3

(1980) Hollywood

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show
6.6

(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

6.0

(1971) V.I.P. Schaukel

as Self

0.0

(1959) The Big Party

as Self

The Carol Burnett Show
7.6

(1967) The Carol Burnett Show

as Self - Guest

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
6.0

(1975) Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self

What's My Line?
6.8

(1950) What's My Line?

as Self

The Dick Cavett Show
6.6

(1968) The Dick Cavett Show

as Self

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
7.8

(1962) The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Mrs. Daniels