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