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Gloria Swanson

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American actress (1899-1983)

United StatesActorsLived 1899 to 1983 · aged 84
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Peak1920s
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Gloria Mae Josephine Swanson 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 also earned her a Golden Globe Award.

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Bobby Vernon with Swanson and Teddy the Dog in Teddy at the Throttle (1917)Bobby Vernon with Swanson and Teddy the Dog in Teddy at the Throttle (1917)Swanson in 1917Swanson in 1917Swanson photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnston (1919)Swanson photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnston (1919)Swanson in a production still for Why Change Your Wife? (1920)Swanson in a production still for Why Change Your Wife? (1920)Swanson and Rudolph Valentino in Beyond the Rocks (1922)Swanson and Rudolph Valentino in Beyond the Rocks (1922)Swanson on the March 7, 1925, cover of Liberty magazineSwanson on the March 7, 1925, cover of Liberty magazinePortrait of Gloria Swanson by Milena Pavlović-BariliPortrait of Gloria Swanson by Milena Pavlović-Barili

Filmography 40

Sunset Boulevard1950 · ★ 8.3
Airport 19751974 · ★ 5.8
His New Job1915 · ★ 5.7
Queen Kelly1929 · ★ 6.5
Sadie Thompson1928
Nero's Mistress1956
Zaza1923
Male and Female1919
Beyond the Rocks1922
Killer Bees1974
Why Change Your Wife?1920
Don't Change Your Husband1919
The Trespasser1929
Stage Struck1925
Manhandled1924
Teddy at the Throttle1917
The Affairs of Anatol1921
Indiscreet1931
Shifting Sands1918
For Better, for Worse1919
When Comedy Was King1960
Tonight or Never1931
The Danger Girl1916
The Love of Sunya1927
Perfect Understanding1933
Music in the Air1934
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story2021
Father Takes a Wife1941
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema2007
Something to Think About1920
A Trip to Paramountown1922
The Sultan's Wife1917
Hollywood1923
What a Widow!1930
The Casting Couch1995
Fine Manners1926
Prodigal Daughters1923
The House That Shadows Built1931
Station Content1918
The Camera Speaks1934

125 credits on file

Television 23

The Mike Douglas Show1961
What's My Line?1950
The Beverly Hillbillies1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962
The Merv Griffin Show1962
Dr. Kildare1961
The Carol Burnett Show1967
The Dick Cavett Show1968
Ben Casey1961
Burke's Law1963
The Ed Sullivan Show1948
The Oscars1953
Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957
The Steve Allen Show1956
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975
Kraft Suspense Theatre1963
This Is Your Life1952
The Hollywood Palace1964
V.I.P. Schaukel1971
Hollywood1980
Straightaway1961
The Great Debate1974
The Big Party1959

Awards 2

1951Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

In their orbit 10

Connected to Gloria 6

Emma CorrinAlso won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture DramaJoanne WoodwardAlso won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture DramaNatalie WoodAlso won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture DramaAnna MagnaniAlso won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture DramaHilary SwankAlso won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture DramaFelicity HuffmanAlso won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1899 to 1983 · aged 84
Wikipedia
32 languages

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