Personal Info
Known Credits
93
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1899-03-27 (126 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known For
Gloria May Josephine SvenssonGloria MaeГлорія Свенсон
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 sh ...
Known For
Acting
2021 --
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
| Self (archive footage)
2012 --
Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim
| Self
2007 --
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
| Self (voice) (archive footage)
2004 --
Los Angeles Plays Itself
| Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage)
1980 --
Men Who Rate a 10
| Self
1974 --
Airport 1975
| Gloria Swanson
1974 --
Killer Bees
| Madame Maria von Bohlen
1973 --
The Age of Ballyhoo
| Narrator
1961 --
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
| Self (archive footage)
1960 --
When Comedy Was King
| edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage)
1960 --
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
| Self
1956 --
Nero's Mistress
| Agrippina
1952 --
Three for Bedroom C
| Ann Haven
1950 --
Sunset Boulevard
| Norma Desmond
1950 --
The Golden Twenties
| Self (archive footage)
1949 --
Down Memory Lane
| (archive footage)
1946 --
Dear Miss Gloria
| Miss Gloria
1943 --
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
| (archive footage)
1941 --
Father Takes a Wife
| Leslie Collier Osborne
1934 --
Music in the Air
| Frieda Hotzfelt
1934 --
The Camera Speaks
| Self (archive footage)
1933 --
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1933 --
Perfect Understanding
| Judy Rogers
1933 --
The Film Parade
| (archive footage) (uncredited)
1932 --
Queen Kelly
| Kitty Kelly / Queen Kelly
1931 --
The House That Shadows Built
| (archive footage)
1931 --
Round About Hollywood
| Self
1931 --
Indiscreet
| Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent
1931 --
Tonight or Never
| Nella Vago
1930 --
What a Widow!
| Tamarind Brook
1929 --
The Trespasser
| Marion Donnell
1928 --
Sadie Thompson
| Sadie Thompson
1927 --
The Love of Sunya
| Sunya Ashling
1926 --
Fine Manners
| Orchid Murphy
1926 --
The Untamed Lady
| St. Clair Van Tassel
1925 --
Stage Struck
| Jennie Hagen
1925 --
The Coast of Folly
| Joyce Gathway / Nadine Gathway
1925 --
Madame Sans-Gêne
| Catherina Hubscher
1924 --
Wages of Virtue
| Carmelita
1924 --
Her Love Story
| Princess Marie
1924 --
Manhandled
| Tessie McGuire
1924 --
A Society Scandal
| Marjorie Colbert
1924 --
The Humming Bird
| Toinette
1923 --
Zaza
| Zaza
1923 --
Hollywood
| Gloria Swanson
1923 --
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
| Mona deBriac
1923 --
Prodigal Daughters
| Swifty Forbes
1922 --
My American Wife
| Natalie Chester
1922 --
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
| Betty Bellew
1922 --
A Trip to Paramountown
| Self
1922 --
Beyond the Rocks
| Theodora Fitzgerald
1922 --
Her Gilded Cage
| Suzanne Ornoff
1922 --
Her Husband’s Trademark
| Lois Miller
1921 --
Don't Tell Everything
| Marian Westover
1921 --
Under the Lash
| Deborah Krillet
1921 --
The Affairs of Anatol
| Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife)
1921 --
The Great Moment
| Nada Pelham / Nadine Pelham
1920 --
Something to Think About
| Ruth Anderson
1920 --
Why Change Your Wife?
| Beth Gordon
1919 --
Male and Female
| Lady Mary Lasenby
1919 --
For Better, for Worse
| Sylvia Norcross
1919 --
Don't Change Your Husband
| Leila Porter
1918 --
Wife or Country
| Sylvia Hamilton
1918 --
The Secret Code
| Sally Carter Rand
1918 --
Shifting Sands
| Marcia Grey
1918 --
Every Woman's Husband
| Edith Emerson
1918 --
You Can't Believe Everything
| Patricia Reynolds
1918 --
Station Content
| Kitty Manning
1918 --
Her Decision
| Phyllis Dunbar
1918 --
Society for Sale
| Phylis Clyne
1917 --
The Sultan's Wife
| Gloria
1917 --
Whose Baby?
| The Wife
1917 --
Dangers of a Bride
|
1917 --
Baseball Madness
| The Heiress
1917 --
Teddy at the Throttle
| Gloria Dawn
1917 --
The Pullman Bride
| The Pullman Bride
1916 --
The Nick of Time Baby
| The Blacksmith's Daughter
1916 --
Haystacks and Steeples
| Gloria - the Society Girl
1916 --
The Danger Girl
| The Danger Girl - Reggie's Madcap Sister
1916 --
A Social Cub
| Gloria
1916 --
Hearts and Sparks
| Gloria - Bobby's Sweetheart
1916 --
A Dash of Courage
| The Prominent Citizen
1916 --
Sunshine
|
1915 --
The Broken Pledge
| Gloria
1915 --
The Romance of an American Duchess
| Minor Role (uncredited)
1915 --
Sweedie Goes to College
| Betty - College Girl
1915 --
The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket
| Farina, Elvira's Daughter
1915 --
His New Job
| Stenographer (uncredited)
1915 --
The Ambition of the Baron
| Minor Role (uncredited)
1915 --
The Fable of the Syndicate Lover
| Department Store Customer (uncredited)
1915 --
At the End of a Perfect Day
| Hands Bouquet to Holmes
1915 --
The Misjudged Mr. Hartley
| Maid
1914 --
The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times
| One of the Club Girls (uncredited)