Gloria Swanson

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 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. ​

Known For

The Mike Douglas Show

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Merv Griffin Show

What's My Line?

Dr. Kildare

Burke's Law

Burke's Law

All Movies (99)

• This Is Francis X. Bushman2021 · as Self (Archive Footage)
• Boulevard! A Hollywood Story2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim2012 · as Self
• Hollywood sul Tevere2009
• Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema2007 · as Self (voice) (archive footage)
• The Casting Couch1995
• Marilyn Monroe1986 · as archive footage
• Men Who Rate a 101980 · as Self
• Airport 19751974 · as Gloria Swanson
• Killer Bees1974 · as Madame Maria von Bohlen
• The Age of Ballyhoo1973 · as Narrator
• Brasileiros em Hollywood1970 · as Sef (archive footage)
• The Legend of Rudolph Valentino1961 · as Self (archive footage)
• When Comedy Was King1960 · as edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage)
• Hedda Hopper's Hollywood1960 · as Self
• Nero's Mistress1956 · as Agrippina
• Three for Bedroom C1952 · as Ann Haven
• Sunset Boulevard1950 · as Norma Desmond
• The Golden Twenties1950 · as Self (archive footage)
• Down Memory Lane1949 · as The Reluctant Bride
• Dear Miss Gloria1946 · as Miss Gloria
• Happy Times and Jolly Moments1943 · as (archive footage)
• Father Takes a Wife1941 · as Leslie Collier Osborne
• Music in the Air1934 · as Frieda Hotzfelt
• The Camera Speaks1934 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hollywood on Parade No. B-51933 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Perfect Understanding1933 · as Judy Rogers
• The Film Parade1933 · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Broadway Gossip No.21932
• The House That Shadows Built1931 · as (archive footage)
• Round About Hollywood1931 · as Self
• Indiscreet1931 · as Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent
• Tonight or Never1931 · as Nella Vago
• What a Widow!1930 · as Tamarind Brook
• Queen Kelly1929 · as Kitty Kelly / Queen Kelly
• The Trespasser1929 · as Marion Donnell
• Sadie Thompson1928 · as Sadie Thompson
• The Love of Sunya1927 · as Sunya Ashling
• Fine Manners1926 · as Orchid Murphy
• The Untamed Lady1926 · as St. Clair Van Tassel
• Stage Struck1925 · as Jennie Hagen
• The Coast of Folly1925 · as Joyce Gathway / Nadine Gathway
• Madame Sans-Gêne1925 · as Catherina Hubscher
• Wages of Virtue1924 · as Carmelita
• Her Love Story1924 · as Princess Marie
• Manhandled1924 · as Tessie McGuire
• A Society Scandal1924 · as Marjorie Colbert
• The Humming Bird1924 · as Toinette
• Zaza1923 · as Zaza
• Hollywood1923 · as Gloria Swanson
• Bluebeard's 8th Wife1923 · as Mona deBriac
• Prodigal Daughters1923 · as Swifty Forbes
• My American Wife1922 · as Natalie Chester
• The Impossible Mrs. Bellew1922 · as Betty Bellew
• A Trip to Paramountown1922 · as Self
• Beyond the Rocks1922 · as Theodora Fitzgerald
• Her Gilded Cage1922 · as Suzanne Ornoff
• Her Husband’s Trademark1922 · as Lois Miller
• Don't Tell Everything1921 · as Marian Westover
• Under the Lash1921 · as Deborah Krillet
• The Affairs of Anatol1921 · as Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife)
• The Great Moment1921 · as Nada Pelham / Nadine Pelham
• The Affairs of Anatol - Promo Reel1921 · as As herself
• Something to Think About1920 · as Ruth Anderson
• Why Change Your Wife?1920 · as Beth Gordon
• Male and Female1919 · as Lady Mary Lasenby
• For Better, for Worse1919 · as Sylvia Norcross
• Don't Change Your Husband1919 · as Leila Porter
• Wife or Country1918 · as Sylvia Hamilton
• The Secret Code1918 · as Sally Carter Rand
• Shifting Sands1918 · as Marcia Grey
• Every Woman's Husband1918 · as Edith Emerson
• You Can't Believe Everything1918 · as Patricia Reynolds
• Station Content1918 · as Kitty Manning
• Her Decision1918 · as Phyllis Dunbar
• Society for Sale1918 · as Phylis Clyne
• The Sultan's Wife1917 · as Gloria
• Dangers of a Bride1917
• Whose Baby?1917 · as The Wife
• Baseball Madness1917 · as The Heiress
• Teddy at the Throttle1917 · as Gloria Dawn
• The Pullman Bride1917 · as The Pullman Bride
• The Nick of Time Baby1916 · as The Blacksmith's Daughter
• Haystacks and Steeples1916 · as Gloria - the Society Girl
• The Danger Girl1916 · as The Danger Girl - Reggie's Madcap Sister
• A Social Cub1916 · as Gloria
• Hearts and Sparks1916 · as Gloria - Bobby's Sweetheart
• A Dash of Courage1916 · as The Prominent Citizen
• Sunshine1916
• The Broken Pledge1915 · as Gloria
• The Romance of an American Duchess1915 · as Minor Role (uncredited)
• Sweedie Goes to College1915 · as Betty - College Girl
• The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket1915 · as Farina, Elvira's Daughter
• His New Job1915 · as Stenographer (uncredited)
• The Ambition of the Baron1915 · as Minor Role (uncredited)
• The Fable of the Syndicate Lover1915 · as Department Store Customer (uncredited)
• At the End of a Perfect Day1915 · as Hands Bouquet to Holmes
• The Misjudged Mr. Hartley1915 · as Maid
• The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times1914 · as One of the Club Girls (uncredited)

All TV Shows (24)

• Hollywood1980 · as Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975 · as Self
• The Great Debate1974 · as Self
• V.I.P. Schaukel1971 · as Self
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self
• The Carol Burnett Show1967 · as Self - Guest
• The Hollywood Palace1964 · as Self
• Kraft Suspense Theatre1963 · as Mrs. Charlotte Heaton
• Burke's Law1963 · as Venus Hekate Walsh
• Burke's Law1963 · as Miss Lily Boles
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Beverly Hillbillies1962 · as Self
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Mrs. Daniels
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• Straightaway1961 · as Lorraine Carrington
• Ben Casey1961 · as Victoria Hoffman
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Julia Colton
• The Big Party1959 · as Self
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957 · as Self
• The Steve Allen Show1956 · as Self
• The Oscars1953
• This Is Your Life1952 · as Self
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self