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Gloria Swanson
Deceased

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Died aged 84
Also known asGloria May Josephine Svensson, Gloria Mae, Глорія СвенсонGenderFemaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn27/03/1899Born inChicago, Illinois, USADied04/04/1983 (aged 84)Died 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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Filmography78 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2021Boulevard! A Hollywood StoryMovieSelf (archive footage)122
2021This Is Francis X. BushmanMovieSelf (Archive Footage)122
2009Hollywood sul TevereMovie—110
2004Los Angeles Plays ItselfMovieNorma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage)105
1995The Casting CouchMovie—96
1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American MoviesMovieSelf (archive footage)96
1986Marilyn MonroeMoviearchive footage87
1980HollywoodSeriesSelf81
1980Men Who Rate a 10MovieSelf81
1978Ciné regardsSeriesSelf79
1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSeriesSelf76
1974Airport 1975MovieGloria Swanson75
1974The Great DebateSeriesSelf75
1974Killer BeesMovieMadame Maria von Bohlen75
1971V.I.P. SchaukelSeriesSelf72
1970Brasileiros em HollywoodMovieSef (archive footage)71
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSeriesSelf69
1967The Carol Burnett ShowSeriesSelf - Guest68
1964The Hollywood PalaceSeriesSelf65
1963Burke's LawSeriesVenus Hekate Walsh64
1963Kraft Suspense TheatreSeriesMrs. Charlotte Heaton64
1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeriesMrs. Daniels63
1962The Merv Griffin ShowSeriesSelf63
1962The Beverly HillbilliesSeriesSelf63
1961Ben CaseySeriesVictoria Hoffman62
1961Dr. KildareSeriesJulia Colton62
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSeriesSelf62
1961The Legend of Rudolph ValentinoMovieSelf (archive footage)62
1961StraightawaySeriesLorraine Carrington62
1960Hedda Hopper's HollywoodMovieSelf61
1959The Big PartySeriesSelf60
1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSeriesSelf58
1956The Steve Allen ShowSeriesSelf57
1956Nero's MistressMovieAgrippina57
1953The OscarsSeries—54
1952This Is Your LifeSeriesSelf53
1952Three for Bedroom CMovieAnn Haven53
1950What's My Line?SeriesSelf51
1950Sunset BoulevardMovieNorma Desmond51
1950The Golden TwentiesMovieSelf (archive footage)51
1949Down Memory LaneMovieThe Reluctant Bride50
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSeriesSelf49
1941Father Takes a WifeMovieLeslie Collier Osborne42
1934Music in the AirMovieFrieda Hotzfelt35
1933Hollywood on Parade No. B-5MovieSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)34
1933Perfect UnderstandingMovieJudy Rogers34
1932Broadway Gossip No.2Movie—33
1931Round About HollywoodMovieSelf32
1931The House That Shadows BuiltMovie(archive footage)32
1931IndiscreetMovieGeraldine 'Gerry' Trent32
1931Tonight or NeverMovieNella Vago32
1930What a Widow!MovieTamarind Brook31
1929The TrespasserMovieMarion Donnell30
1928Sadie ThompsonMovieSadie Thompson29
1927The Love of SunyaMovieSunya Ashling28
1926The Untamed LadyMovieSt. Clair Van Tassel27
1925Madame Sans-GêneMovieCatherina Hubscher26
1925The Coast of FollyMovieJoyce Gathway / Nadine Gathway26
1924The Humming BirdMovieToinette25
1924Wages of VirtueMovieCarmelita25
1923HollywoodMovieGloria Swanson24
1923ZazaMovieZaza24
1923Bluebeard's 8th WifeMovieMona deBriac24
1922A Trip to ParamountownMovieSelf23
1922My American WifeMovieNatalie Chester23
1921The Affairs of AnatolMovieVivian Spencer (Anatol's wife)22
1921The Affairs of Anatol - Promo ReelMovieAs herself22
1921Don't Tell EverythingMovieMarian Westover22
1920Why Change Your Wife?MovieBeth Gordon21
1920Something to Think AboutMovieRuth Anderson21
1919Don't Change Your HusbandMovieLeila Porter20
1918Shifting SandsMovieMarcia Grey19
1918Wife or CountryMovieSylvia Hamilton19
1917The Pullman BrideMovieThe Pullman Bride18
1916SunshineMovie—17
1915His New JobMovieStenographer (uncredited)16
1915The Broken PledgeMovieGloria16
1914The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four TimesMovieOne of the Club Girls (uncredited)15