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Died aged 84Also known asGloria May Josephine Svensson, Gloria Mae, Глорія СвенсонGenderFemaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn27/03/1899Born inChicago, Illinois, USADied04/04/1983Died inWeill Cornell Medical CenterCausecardiovascular diseaseWikidataQ229232 ↗Buried atEpiscopal Church of the Heavenly Rest ColumbariumTMDb#8629 ↗
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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Importing filmography…
| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Boulevard! A Hollywood StoryMovie | Self (archive footage) | 122 |
| 2009 | Hollywood sul TevereMovie | — | 110 |
| 2004 | Los Angeles Plays ItselfMovie | Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage) | 105 |
| 1995 | The Casting CouchMovie | — | 96 |
| 1995 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American MoviesMovie | Self (archive footage) | 96 |
| 1986 | Marilyn MonroeMovie | archive footage | 87 |
| 1980 | HollywoodSeries | Self | 81 |
| 1980 | Men Who Rate a 10Movie | Self | 81 |
| 1978 | Ciné regardsSeries | Self | 79 |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSeries | Self | 76 |
| 1974 | Airport 1975Movie | Gloria Swanson | 75 |
| 1974 | The Great DebateSeries | Self | 75 |
| 1971 | V.I.P. SchaukelSeries | Self | 72 |
| 1970 | Brasileiros em HollywoodMovie | Sef (archive footage) | 71 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett ShowSeries | Self | 69 |
| 1967 | The Carol Burnett ShowSeries | Self - Guest | 68 |
| 1964 | The Hollywood PalaceSeries | Self | 65 |
| 1963 | Burke's LawSeries | Venus Hekate Walsh | 64 |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense TheatreSeries | Mrs. Charlotte Heaton | 64 |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries | Mrs. Daniels | 63 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin ShowSeries | Self | 63 |
| 1962 | The Beverly HillbilliesSeries | Self | 63 |
| 1961 | Ben CaseySeries | Victoria Hoffman | 62 |
| 1961 | Dr. KildareSeries | Julia Colton | 62 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSeries | Self | 62 |
| 1961 | The Legend of Rudolph ValentinoMovie | Self (archive footage) | 62 |
| 1961 | StraightawaySeries | Lorraine Carrington | 62 |
| 1960 | Hedda Hopper's HollywoodMovie | Self | 61 |
| 1959 | The Big PartySeries | Self | 60 |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack PaarSeries | Self | 58 |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen ShowSeries | Self | 57 |
| 1956 | Nero's MistressMovie | Agrippina | 57 |
| 1952 | This Is Your LifeSeries | Self | 53 |
| 1950 | What's My Line?Series | Self | 51 |
| 1950 | Sunset BoulevardMovie | Norma Desmond | 51 |
| 1950 | The Golden TwentiesMovie | Self (archive footage) | 51 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries | Self | 49 |
| 1934 | Music in the AirMovie | Frieda Hotzfelt | 35 |
| 1933 | Hollywood on Parade No. B-5Movie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 34 |
| 1933 | Perfect UnderstandingMovie | Judy Rogers | 34 |
| 1932 | Broadway Gossip No.2Movie | — | 33 |
| 1931 | Round About HollywoodMovie | Self | 32 |
| 1931 | The House That Shadows BuiltMovie | (archive footage) | 32 |
| 1931 | IndiscreetMovie | Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent | 32 |
| 1929 | The TrespasserMovie | Marion Donnell | 30 |
| 1928 | Sadie ThompsonMovie | Sadie Thompson | 29 |
| 1927 | The Love of SunyaMovie | Sunya Ashling | 28 |
| 1926 | The Untamed LadyMovie | St. Clair Van Tassel | 27 |
| 1925 | Madame Sans-GêneMovie | Catherina Hubscher | 26 |
| 1923 | HollywoodMovie | Gloria Swanson | 24 |
| 1923 | ZazaMovie | Zaza | 24 |
| 1922 | A Trip to ParamountownMovie | Self | 23 |
| 1921 | The Affairs of AnatolMovie | Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife) | 22 |
| 1921 | The Affairs of Anatol - Promo ReelMovie | As herself | 22 |
| 1920 | Why Change Your Wife?Movie | Beth Gordon | 21 |
| 1920 | Something to Think AboutMovie | Ruth Anderson | 21 |
| 1915 | His New JobMovie | Stenographer (uncredited) | 16 |
| 1915 | The Broken PledgeMovie | Gloria | 16 |
| 1914 | The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four TimesMovie | One of the Club Girls (uncredited) | 15 |