Acting

Gloria Swanson

Born 1899-03-27 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died 1983-04-04

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 Boulevard (1950). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gloria Swanson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Credits

Newest first

This Is Francis X. Bushman
as Self (Archive Footage)
2021
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim
as Self
2012
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
2007
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self (archive footage)
1995
The Casting Couch
1995
Marilyn Monroe
as archive footage
1986
Men Who Rate a 10
as Self
1980
Hollywood
as Self
1980
Hollywood
as Self (archive footage, uncredited)
1980
Ciné regards
as Self
1978
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
Airport 1975
as Gloria Swanson
1974
Killer Bees
as Madame Maria von Bohlen
1974
The Great Debate
as Self
1974
The Age of Ballyhoo
as Narrator
1973
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
1971
Brasileiros em Hollywood
as Sef (archive footage)
1970
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self
1968
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest
1967
The Hollywood Palace
as Self
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Mrs. Charlotte Heaton
1963
Burke's Law
as Venus Hekate Walsh
1963
Burke's Law
as Miss Lily Boles
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Self
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Mrs. Daniels
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
Straightaway
as Lorraine Carrington
1961
Ben Casey
as Victoria Hoffman
1961
Dr. Kildare
as Julia Colton
1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
1961
When Comedy Was King
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1960
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
1960
The Big Party
as Self
1959
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
Nero's Mistress
as Agrippina
1956
The Steve Allen Show
as Self
1956
The Oscars
1953
This Is Your Life
as Self
1952
Three for Bedroom C
as Ann Haven
1952
Sunset Boulevard
as Norma Desmond
1950
The Golden Twenties
as Self (archive footage)
1950
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
Down Memory Lane
as The Reluctant Bride
1949
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
Dear Miss Gloria
as Miss Gloria
1946
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
as (archive footage)
1943
Father Takes a Wife
as Leslie Collier Osborne
1941
Music in the Air
as Frieda Hotzfelt
1934
The Camera Speaks
as Self (archive footage)
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1933
Perfect Understanding
as Judy Rogers
1933
Perfect Understanding
Producer
1933
The Film Parade
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1933
Broadway Gossip No.2
1932
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
1931
Round About Hollywood
as Self
1931
Indiscreet
as Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent
1931
Tonight or Never
as Nella Vago
1931
What a Widow!
as Tamarind Brook
1930
What a Widow!
Producer
1930
Queen Kelly
as Kitty Kelly / Queen Kelly
1929
Queen Kelly
Producer
1929
The Trespasser
as Marion Donnell
1929
Sadie Thompson
as Sadie Thompson
1928
The Love of Sunya
as Sunya Ashling
1927
Fine Manners
as Orchid Murphy
1926
The Untamed Lady
as St. Clair Van Tassel
1926
Stage Struck
as Jennie Hagen
1925
The Coast of Folly
as Joyce Gathway / Nadine Gathway
1925
Madame Sans-Gêne
as Catherina Hubscher
1925
Wages of Virtue
as Carmelita
1924
Her Love Story
as Princess Marie
1924
Manhandled
as Tessie McGuire
1924
A Society Scandal
as Marjorie Colbert
1924
The Humming Bird
as Toinette
1924
Zaza
as Zaza
1923
Hollywood
as Gloria Swanson
1923