Gloria Swanson 03/27/1899 , (125 years old) in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Known for department

Acting

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. ​

poster Airport 1975 (1974)

Gloria Swanson

poster Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004)

Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage)

poster Sadie Thompson (1928)

Sadie Thompson

poster When Comedy Was King (1960)

edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage)

poster Indiscreet (1931)

Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent

poster Stage Struck (1925)

Jennie Hagen

poster The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times (1914)

One of the Club Girls (uncredited)

poster Queen Kelly (1932)

Kitty Kelly / Queen Kelly

poster Beyond the Rocks (1922)

Theodora Fitzgerald

poster Music in the Air (1934)

Frieda Hotzfelt

poster Male and Female (1919)

Lady Mary Lasenby

poster Manhandled (1924)

Tessie McGuire

poster Father Takes a Wife (1941)

Leslie Collier Osborne

poster The Trespasser (1929)

Marion Donnell

poster Killer Bees (1974)

Madame Maria von Bohlen

poster The Fable of the Syndicate Lover (1915)

Department Store Customer (uncredited)

poster The Camera Speaks (1934)

Self (archive footage)

poster Hollywood (1923)

Gloria Swanson

poster The Affairs of Anatol (1921)

Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife)

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