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Gloria Josephine Mae Swanson [1] (March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983) 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 .
Actress: Sunset Boulevard. Gloria Swanson was born Gloria May Josephine Svensson in Chicago, Illinois. She was destined to be perhaps one of the biggest stars of the silent movie era. Her personality and antics in private definitely made her a favorite with America's movie-going public.
May 14, 2024 · Gloria Swanson (born March 17, 1899, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died April 4, 1983, New York, New York) was an American motion-picture, stage, and television actress who was known primarily as a glamorous Hollywood star during the 1920s and as the fading movie queen Norma Desmond in the 1950 film Sunset Boulevard.
Gloria Swanson was born Gloria May Josephine Svensson in Chicago, Illinois. She was destined to be perhaps one of the biggest stars of the silent movie era. Her personality and antics in private definitely made her a favorite with America's movie-going public.
Oct 12, 2021 · In her iconic comeback role as has-been Norma Desmond in 1950’s Sunset Boulevard, Gloria Swanson raves, “I am big. It’s the pictures that got small.”
Apr 5, 1983 · Gloria Swanson, a symbol of enduring glamour who was perhaps the most glittering goddess of Hollywood's golden youth in the 1920's, died of a heart ailment yesterday in New York...
Mar 30, 2022 · When the legendary screen diva Gloria Swanson died in 1983, she was 82 years old. Yet, for all the things she did–the multitude of lifetimes she seemed to live–it does not seem possible that one person was able to fit all of it in just eight quick decades.
Sep 7, 2013 · Known for her silent films and off-set, for her imperious manner and outlandish demands, Swanson recognized the business potential of her personal brand early on: by launching a petite “Gloria...
Gloria Josephine Mae 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.
Gloria Swanson. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. Swanson chose to have an abortion. The abortion was botched and she ended up almost dying in a Paris hospital. Swanson claims she single-handedly brought Famous Players-Lasky huge amounts of free publicity as newspapers wrote daily about whether she would live or die.
