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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.
Jul 5, 2024 · Gloria Swanson | 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.
1 day ago · Miss Gloria Swanson was a star, from the old school of the theatre. Glamorous, chic and sophisticated, down to her very fingertips. Updated 40 mins ago. July 18, 2024. July 18, 2024.
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.
1 day ago · Gloria Swanson was glamorous, chic and sophisticated, down to her very fingertips 2024-07-18 - GARY SMITH I guess you have to be older, like me, to remember that mercurial screen star Gloria Swanson. Of course, folks do tend to remember her long, low descent of that elegant staircase in Billy Wilder’s brilliant film about Hollywood ...
Oct 12, 2021 · Gloria Swanson Was More Than Ready for Her Close-Up. In her delicious (and slightly catty) autobiography Swanson on Swanson, the icon opened up about her feud with Charlie Chaplin, her...
Mar 30, 2022 · Gloria Swanson had been one of the biggest and grandest stars in the silent movie era. So profound was her fame in the 1920s that newspapers of the era often referred to her simply as “Gloria”—everyone knew exactly who they meant.
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.
Interview with Gloria Swanson. The first thing after the lights went out was this little pudding-faced girl on the screen, jammed into a subway crowd, trying to buy her ticket and get through the gates and onto the train. That was Gloria Swanson 44 years ago.
