Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1899-03-27 (84 years old)
Deathday
1983-04-04
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known 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 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 ...
1950
as Norma Desmond
1928
as Sadie Thompson
1932
as Kitty Kelly / Queen Kelly
1974
as Gloria Swanson
1915
as Department Store Customer (uncredited)
1956
as Agrippina
2004
as Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage)
1919
as Leila Porter
1922
as Theodora Fitzgerald
1919
as Lady Mary Lasenby
1920
as Beth Gordon
1921
as Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife)
1929
as Marion Donnell
1931
as Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent
1941
as Leslie Collier Osborne
1927
as Sunya Ashling
1914
as One of the Club Girls (uncredited)
1961
as Self (archive footage)
1934
as Frieda Hotzfelt
1931
as Nella Vago
1923
as Gloria Swanson
1960
as edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage)
1934
as Self (archive footage)
1925
as Jennie Hagen
1923
as Zaza
1917
as Gloria
1918
as Marcia Grey
1924
as Tessie McGuire
1974
as Madame Maria von Bohlen
1933
as Judy Rogers
1952
as Ann Haven
1926
as Orchid Murphy
1931
as (archive footage)
1922
as Self
1917
as Gloria Dawn
1925
as Catherina Hubscher
1946
as Miss Gloria
1922
as Lois Miller
1933
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1950
as Self (archive footage)
1921
as Nada Pelham / Nadine Pelham
1925
as Joyce Gathway / Nadine Gathway
1960
as Self
1918
as Kitty Manning
1920
as Ruth Anderson
1980
as Self
1919
as Sylvia Norcross
1918
as Phylis Clyne
1930
as Tamarind Brook
1922
as Natalie Chester
1915
as Stenographer (uncredited)
1916
as The Danger Girl - Reggie's Madcap Sister
1931
as Self
1917
as The Pullman Bride
1923
as Mona deBriac
1923
as Swifty Forbes
1924
as Toinette
1933
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1917
as The Wife
1943
as (archive footage)
2007
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
1918
as Edith Emerson
1916
as Gloria
1924
as Marjorie Colbert
1915
as Maid
1916
as The Blacksmith's Daughter
1926
as St. Clair Van Tassel
1924
as Princess Marie
1924
as Carmelita
1915
as Farina, Elvira's Daughter
1916
as The Prominent Citizen
1916
as Gloria - Bobby's Sweetheart
1916
as Gloria - the Society Girl
1917
as The Heiress
1918
as Phyllis Dunbar
1918
as Patricia Reynolds
1918
as Sally Carter Rand
1918
as Sylvia Hamilton
1921
as Deborah Krillet
1921
as Marian Westover
1922
as Suzanne Ornoff
1915
as Hands Bouquet to Holmes
1915
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1915
as Betty - College Girl
1915
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1915
as Gloria
1916
1922
as Betty Bellew
1973
as Narrator
2021
as Self (archive footage)
1949
as (archive footage)
1930
as Producer
1933
as Producer
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