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Gloria Swanson

Acting

Born March 27, 1899 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died April 4, 1983

Also known as Gloria May Josephine Svensson · Gloria Mae · Глорія Свенсон

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Biography

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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Awards & recognition

  • Golden Globe Award — Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama · 1951
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • The George Pal Memorial Award
  • Academy Award — Best Actress · 1951 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Actress · 1930 · nominated
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  • Academy Award — Best Actress · 1929 · nominated

Filmography21 titles

Marilyn Monroe

1986as archive footage

Sunset Boulevard

1950as Norma Desmond

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962as Mrs. Daniels

The Carol Burnett Show

1967as Self - Guest

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2003as Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage)

The Love of Sunya

1927as Sunya Ashling

What's My Line?

1950as Self

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962as Self

The Dick Cavett Show

1968as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

Perfect Understanding

1933as Judy Rogers

Queen Kelly

1929as Kitty Kelly / Queen Kelly

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story

2021as Self (archive footage)

Indiscreet

1931as Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent

Tonight or Never

1931as Nella Vago

Beyond the Rocks

1922as Theodora Fitzgerald

The Affairs of Anatol

1921as Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife)

Airport 1975

1974as Gloria Swanson

Shifting Sands

1918as Marcia Grey

Nero's Mistress

1956as Agrippina

Why Change Your Wife?

1920as Beth Gordon