Gloria Swanson
Date of birth: 1899-03-27
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Gloria May Josephine Svensson, Gloria Mae, Глорія Свенсон
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.
Movie Credits
Sunset Boulevard
1950-08-10
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood o
Sadie Thompson
1928-01-07
A young, beautiful prostitute named Sadie Thompson arrives on the South Pacific island of Pago Pago
Queen Kelly
1932-10-18
A prince betrothed to a mad queen falls in love with an orphan girl from a convent.
Airport 1975
1974-10-18
When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardes
The Fable of the Syndicate Lover
1915-01-27
Kate had a very devoted beau known as George. George loved the girl so hard that he loved all her re
Dangers of a Bride
1917-07-08
Dangers of a Bride is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence Badger and Bobby Verno
Nero's Mistress
1956-09-13
Nero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Nero is prepar
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004-07-28
From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to
Don't Change Your Husband
1919-01-26
Leila Porter comes to dislike her husband James, a glue king who is always eating onions and looking
Beyond the Rocks
1922-05-07
A young woman dutifully marries an older millionaire and then falls in love with a handsome nobleman
Male and Female
1919-11-23
When an aristocratic family and their servants are shipwrecked, the butler becomes their ruler.
The Affairs of Anatol
1921-09-25
Socialite Anatol Spencer, finding his relationship with his wife lackluster, goes in search of excit
Why Change Your Wife?
1920-05-21
Robert and Beth Bordon are married but share little. He runs into Sally at a cabaret and the Gordons
The Love of Sunya
1927-03-11
A young woman at life's crossroads is granted mystic visions of how her decisions will affect her fu
Indiscreet
1931-04-25
A young woman jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her past sh
Father Takes a Wife
1941-10-03
A famous actress has to win over her ready-made family when she weds a shipping magnate.
The Trespasser
1929-11-11
A stenographer who works for a lawyer falls in love with and marries a wealthy young man. His family
The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times
1914-12-02
Once a lot of grown-up girls organized a club for the discussion of current evils. The principal cur
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961-05-24
A documentary of Hollywood's first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life, and h
Music in the Air
1934-12-13
A songwriter's young daughter (June Lang) begins to dream of stardom when she's offered the lead rol
Tonight or Never
1931-01-04
A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, unti
Hollywood
1923-08-19
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She l
When Comedy Was King
1960-03-29
A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Fatty Arbuckle, Charles Chaplin, B
The Camera Speaks
1934-08-11
In this short film, an elderly cameraman and his camera reminisce about their days shooting silent f
Stage Struck
1925-11-16
Daydreaming waitress Jennie Hagen fantasizes about becoming a famous actress, while in reality she a
Zaza
1923-10-21
Zaza is an actress and the favorite at an open-air theater in a small French town. When diplomat Ber
The Sultan's Wife
1917-09-29
On a sailing trip, sweethearts Bobby and Gloria arrive in a very sinister-looking India, where an ev
Shifting Sands
1918-08-01
Marcia Grey is wrongly convicted on trumped-up evidence of a German. After serving her term, she reb
Manhandled
1924-07-21
A comedy which concerns the struggles of an ambitious department store sales clerk who is caught up
Killer Bees
1974-02-26
A strong-willed woman not only dominates her family of California winegrowers, but also has a strang
Perfect Understanding
1933-01-15
A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement
Three for Bedroom C
1952-06-26
After beginning their train trip to California, a famous film actress and her daughter discover thei
Fine Manners
1926-08-29
The film depicts what happens when a rich boy accidentally meets a crude girl on New Year's Eve.
A Trip to Paramountown
1922-07-10
Documentary short film depicting the filmmaking activity at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood, feat
The House That Shadows Built
1931-07-08
The House That Shadows Built (1931) is a short feature, roughly 48 minutes long, from Paramount Pict
Teddy at the Throttle
1917-04-01
Gloria Dawn lives down the hall from her sweetheart, Bobbie Knight. The dishonest Henry Black is Glo
Madame Sans-Gêne
1925-01-02
A French washerwoman becomes a duchess and a friend of Napoleon.
Dear Miss Gloria
1946-01-01
A short subject, intended as the first of a series, where Gloria Swanson plays "Miss Gloria," advice
Her Husband’s Trademark
1922-02-01
James Berkeley (who wants to get rich) and Allan Franklin (determined to be a great engineer) are ri
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933-12-01
Comedian Lloyd Hamilton escorts a group of beauty contest winners to various Hollywood night spots.
The Golden Twenties
1950-04-08
Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles
The Great Moment
1921-09-03
Sir Edward Pelham, married to a Romani Russian, fears that his daughter will follow in her mother's
The Coast of Folly
1925-09-21
Unable to abide her self-righteous husband, Nadine Gathway leaves home and drops out of sight for 20
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960-01-10
A look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist.
Station Content
1918-06-16
A wayward wife abandons her husband but finds redemption by preventing a railway accident and findin
Something to Think About
1920-10-16
Wealthy cripple Markley finances the education of blacksmith's daughter Ruth. When she returns to th
Men Who Rate a 10
1980-10-07
Variety special hosted by Barbara Eden, Gloria Swanson, and Brooke Shields that celebrates the men w
For Better, for Worse
1919-04-26
Dr. Edward Meade and friend Richard Burton both love Sylvia Norcross. Both enlist in the military, b
Society for Sale
1918-04-21
Successful model, Phyllis Clyne, convinces a down-and-out nobleman, Billy, to pass her off in societ
Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim
2012-10-14
What a Widow!
1930-09-12
A young woman's elderly husband dies and leaves her $5 million. She travels to Paris and becomes par
My American Wife
1922-12-31
Manuel La Tessa, son of a wealthy South American family, meets Natalie Chester, a young Kentucky wom
His New Job
1915-02-01
When one of the actors on a movie set doesn't show up, Charlie gets his chance to be on camera and r
The Danger Girl
1916-08-24
Madcap Gloria disguises herself as a man, in order to lure a "dangerous" vamp away from her beau, Bo
Round About Hollywood
1931-05-22
This short travelogue depicts snippets of locations in Hollywood, California, most of them as seen f
The Pullman Bride
1917-01-01
The Pullman Bride is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1923-08-05
John Brandon, an American millionaire, has been married seven times but never found love. Then, when
Prodigal Daughters
1923-04-15
Elinor "Swifty" Forbes and her younger sister Marjory are the carefree daughters of wealthy J. D. Fo
The Humming Bird
1924-01-13
A pickpocket falls in love with a newspaperman. When he is sent off to war and she disguises herself
The Film Parade
1933-01-01
Pioneer filmmaker J. Stuart Blackton was intrigued by the idea of a film about the history of the mo
Whose Baby?
1917-07-08
Bobby Vernon is fooled into a mock bigamist gag and chaos assures.
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943-01-01
This short film takes a nostalgic look at the Mack Sennett comedies of the silent cinema era.
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007-05-23
Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well
Every Woman's Husband
1918-07-17
A young woman whose domineering mother almost ruins her marriage eventually learns that mother does
A Social Cub
1916-07-16
A Social Cub is a 1916 short silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Gloria S
A Society Scandal
1924-03-09
Hector Colbert sues his wife Marjorie for a divorce after Peters, an admirer of Marjorie, deliberate
Her Love Story
1924-10-06
When Princess Marie of the Balkan kingdom of Viatavia falls in love with Captain Rudi of the King's
The Untamed Lady
1926-03-14
A spoiled rich girl is brought down to earth by the man who loves her.
The Misjudged Mr. Hartley
1915-01-19
In honor of his return from abroad, Mrs. Worthington invites her cousin, Brian Hartley, to dinner th
The Nick of Time Baby
1916-12-22
The Nick of Time Baby is a 1916 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starr
Wages of Virtue
1924-11-10
A carnival strongman and his girlfriend flee to Algiers to escape a murder charge but there they are
The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket
1915-02-03
The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket is a 1915 silent film directed by Richard Foster
Hearts and Sparks
1916-06-04
Hearts and Sparks is a 1916 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Parrott (Charley Chase)
Wife or Country
1918-12-29
Sylvia Hamilton rehabilitates an alcoholic attorney and marries him. When World War I breaks out, sh
Haystacks and Steeples
1916-10-01
A farm boy falls for a glamorous society girl who is engaged to another man.
You Can't Believe Everything
1918-06-23
Patricia Reynolds, the belle of the summer resort she is visiting with her friend, Amy Powellson, at
Under the Lash
1921-10-16
The wife of a tyrannical Boer husband discovers what life could be like when a handsome Englishmen v
Her Decision
1918-05-12
A secretary (Gloria Swanson) uses her boss to get money for her unfortunate sister (Ann Kroman) but
The Secret Code
1918-09-08
Sally Carter Rand, married to an elderly senator, is accused of espionage, but she is able to clear
Baseball Madness
1917-05-08
Baseball Madness is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Billy Mason and starring Gloria S
Her Gilded Cage
1922-04-05
A romance about a dancer seeking love and fame from Paris cabarets to New York society.
Don't Tell Everything
1921-11-13
Two men in love with the same woman are further complicated by the arrival of a second woman.
A Dash of Courage
1916-05-07
A band of crooks, headed by Harry Gribbon, are on a train when they learn of a telegram sent to a fe
Sweedie Goes to College
1915-02-08
Sweedie, the cook, reads an ad in the newspaper for a maid to give her services in exchange for coll
The Broken Pledge
1915-06-17
Three young girls, pledged to spinsterhood and contempt for mankind, go camping in the woods. Three
Sunshine
1916-05-06
A 1916 short starring Jack Cooper, Hank Mann & Bobby Dunn.
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
1922-10-22
Lance Bellew ignores his wife, Betty, for his mistress, Naomi Templeton, but becomes so enraged when
The Romance of an American Duchess
1915-06-08
The Duke de Longtour, a European nobleman, with impoverished estates, comes to America and wins the
At the End of a Perfect Day
1915-01-26
The story opens with an old couple in the evening of life, sitting by the fireside reminiscing the h
The Ambition of the Baron
1915-01-29
A young woman is used as a pawn to entice Count Jean de Lugnan into a game of ruritanian political i
The Age of Ballyhoo
1973-01-01
A television documentary about the Twenties told through the use of Hollywood movies, audio recordin
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
2021-08-16
In the mid-1950s, Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, young composers and romantic partners, are hir
Down Memory Lane
1949-08-01
This film is a compilation, with narration by Steve Allen, of comedies from the old Mack Sennett sil
Broadway Gossip No.2
1932-03-11
Leo Donnelly in the role of a Broadway columnist who interviews stars, celebrities and wannabees and