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Gloria Swanson (I) (1899–1983)

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Gloria Swanson went to public schools in Chicago; Key West, Florida; and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Her film debut was as an extra in The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket. From the following year on, she had leading roles in pictures for Keystone, then a year with Triangle, and, in 1919, a contract with Cecil B. DeMille. DeMille transformed her from a typical Mack Sennett comedienne into a lively... See full bio »

Born:

Gloria May Josephine Svensson
in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died:

(age 84) in New York City, New York, USA
Still of Gloria Swanson in Sunset Blvd.
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1974 Airport 1975
Gloria Swanson
 
1974 Killer Bees (TV movie)
Madame Maria von Bohlen
 
1965 Ben Casey (TV series)
Victoria Hoffman
– Minus That Rusty Old Hacksaw (1965) … Victoria Hoffman
 
1965 My Three Sons (TV series)
Margaret McSterling
– The Fountain of Youth (1965) … Margaret McSterling
 
1963-1964 Burke's Law (TV series)
Miss Lily Boles / Venus Hekate Walsh
– Who Killed Vaudeville? (1964) … Miss Lily Boles
– Who Killed Purity Mather? (1963) … Venus Hekate Walsh
 
1964 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
Mrs. Daniels
– Behind the Locked Door (1964) … Mrs. Daniels
 
1964 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
Mrs. Charlotte Heaton
– Who Is Jennifer? (1964) … Mrs. Charlotte Heaton
 
1963 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Julia Colton
– The Good Luck Charm (1963) … Julia Colton
 
1961 Straightaway (TV series)
Lorraine Carrington
– A Toast to Yesterday (1961) … Lorraine Carrington
 
1957 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Norma Desmond
– Episode #3.8 (1957) … Norma Desmond
 
1956 Nero's Mistress
Agrippina
 
1954 Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (TV series)
– Short Story
 
1953 Hollywood Opening Night (TV series)
– The Pattern (1953)
 
1952 Three for Bedroom C
Ann Haven
 
1950 The Peter Lind Hayes Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.1 (1950)
 
1950 Sunset Blvd.
Norma Desmond
 
1941 Father Takes a Wife
Leslie Collier Osborne
 
1934 Music in the Air
Frieda Hotzfelt
 
1933 Perfect Understanding
Judy Rogers
 
1931 Tonight or Never
Nella Vago
 
1931 Indiscreet
Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent
 
1930 What a Widow!
Tamarind Brook
 
1929 The Trespasser
Marion Donnell
 
1929 Queen Kelly
Kitty Kelly/Queen Kelly
 
1928 Sadie Thompson
Sadie Thompson
 
1927 The Love of Sunya
Sunya Ashling
 
1926 Fine Manners
Orchid Murphy
 
1926 The Untamed Lady
St.Clair Van Tassel
 
1925 Stage Struck
Jennie Hagen
 
1925 The Coast of Folly
Joyce Gathway/Nadine Gathway
 
1924 Wages of Virtue
Carmelita
 
1924 Her Love Story
Princess Marie
 
1924 Manhandled
Tessie McGuire
 
1924 A Society Scandal
Marjorie Colbert
 
1924 The Humming Bird
Toinette
 
1924 Madame Sans-Gêne
Catherine Hubscher
 
1923 Zaza
Zaza
 
1923 Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Mona deBriac
 
1923 Prodigal Daughters
Swifty Forbes
 
1922 My American Wife
Natalie Chester
 
1922 The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
Betty Bellew
 
1922 Beyond the Rocks
Theodora Fitzgerald
 
1922 Her Gilded Cage
Suzanne Ornoff
 
1922 Her Husband's Trademark
Lois Miller
 
1921 Don't Tell Everything
Marian Westover
 
1921 Under the Lash
Deborah Krillet
 
1921 The Affairs of Anatol
Vivian Spencer - Anatol's Wife
 
1921 The Great Moment
Nada Pelham / Nadine Pelham
 
1920 Something to Think About
Ruth Anderson
 
1920 Why Change Your Wife?
Beth Gordon
 
1919 Male and Female
Lady Mary Lasenby
 
1919 For Better, for Worse
Sylvia Norcross
 
1919 Don't Change Your Husband
Leila Porter
 
1918 Wife or Country (short)
Sylvia Hamilton
 
1918 The Secret Code
Sally Carter Rand
 
1918/I Shifting Sands
Marcia Grey
 
1918 Everywoman's Husband
Edith Emerson
 
1918 You Can't Believe Everything
Patricia Reynolds
 
1918 Station Content
Kitty Manning
 
1918 Her Decision
Phyllis Dunbar
 
1918 Society for Sale
Phylis Clyne
 
1917 The Pullman Bride (short)
The Girl
 
1917 The Sultan's Wife (short)
Gloria
 
1917/II Whose Baby? (short)
 
1917 Dangers of a Bride (short)
 
1917 Baseball Madness (short)
 
1917 Teddy at the Throttle (short)
Gloria Dawn, His Sweetheart
 
1916 The Nick of Time Baby (short)
 
1916 Haystacks and Steeples (short)
 
1916 The Danger Girl (short)
Reggie's madcap sister
 
1916 A Social Cub (short)
 
1916 Hearts and Sparks (short)
 
1916 A Dash of Courage (short)
 
1916 Sunshine (short)
 
1915 The Broken Pledge (short)
Gloria
 
1915 The Romance of an American Duchess (short)
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1915 Sweedie Goes to College (short)
College Girl
 
1915 The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket (short)
Farina, Elvira's Daughter (as Gloria Mae)
 
1915 His New Job (short)
Stenographer (uncredited)
 
1915 The Ambition of the Baron (short)
Bit part
 
1915 At the End of a Perfect Day (short)
Hands Bouquet to Holmes (uncredited)
 
1915 The Misjudged Mr. Hartley (short)
Maid
 
1914 The Song of the Soul (short) (unconfirmed)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (7 titles)
2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (video documentary) (performer: "Come to Me" - uncredited, "If You Haven't Got Love" - uncredited)
 
1950 Sunset Blvd. (performer: "La Cumparsita" 1916 - uncredited / "Sobre las Olas Over the Waves" 1887 - uncredited)
 
1934 Music in the Air (performer: "One More Dance", "I'm So Eager", "I'm Alone")
 
1933 Perfect Understanding (performer: "I Love You So Much That I Hate You" - uncredited)
 
1931 Indiscreet (performer: "If You Haven't Got Love" - uncredited, "Come to Me" - uncredited)
 
1930 What a Widow! (performer: "Love Is Like a Song" - uncredited, "Say 'Oui' Cheri" - uncredited, "You're the One" - uncredited, "Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere" - uncredited)
 
1929 The Trespasser (performer: "Love, Your Magic Spell is Everywhere" - uncredited, "I Love You Truly" - uncredited, "Serenade" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (5 titles)
1933 Perfect Understanding (producer)
 
1930 What a Widow! (producer)
 
1929 Queen Kelly (producer - uncredited)
 
1928 Sadie Thompson (producer - uncredited)
 
1927 The Love of Sunya (producer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1986 The Rose King (voice: from radio play)
 
Show ShowCostume Designer (1 title)
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary) (acknowledgment: film source)
 
1961 Hollywood: The Golden Years (TV documentary) (acknowledgment: film source)
 
Show ShowSelf (60 titles)
1981 Ciné regards (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Gloria Swanson (1981) … Herself
 
1981 Tomorrow Coast to Coast (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 19 November 1981 (1981) … Herself
 
1981 Looks Familiar (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 17 March 1981 (1981) … Herself - Guest
 
1981 Friday Night, Saturday Morning (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #4.7 (1981) … Herself
 
1980 Over Easy (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 1 November 1980 (1980) … Herself
 
1980 Men Who Rate a 10 (TV movie)
Herself
 
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
– Trick of the Light (1980) … Herself (also archive footage)
– Autocrats (1980) … Herself
– Swanson and Valentino (1980) … Herself
– Single Beds and Double Standards (1980) … Herself
 
1978 Parkinson (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #8.14 (1978) … Herself
 
1977 New York, New York (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 20 November 1977 (1977) … Herself
 
1977 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 7 March 1977 (1977) … Herself (as Miss Gloria Swanson)
 
1975 Donahue (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 12 November 1975 (1975) … Herself
 
1975 The Dream Factory (documentary)
Herself
 
1963-1974 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 14 July 1974 (1974) … Herself
– Episode dated 5 June 1967 (1967) … Herself
– Episode #1.101 (1963) … Herself
 
1974 ABC Late Night (TV series)
Herself
– That's Entertainment! 50 Years of MGM (1974) … Herself
 
1973 The Carol Burnett Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #7.3 (1973) … Herself
 
1973 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode #3.3 (1973) … Herself
 
1973 Living Easy with Dr. Joyce Brothers (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 12 June 1973 (1973) … Herself
 
1973 The Age of Ballyhoo (video documentary)
Herself - Narrator (also archive footage) (voice)
 
1972 Chaplinesque, My Life and Hard Times (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1969-1971 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #3.240 (1971) … Herself
– Episode #2.215 (1970) … Herself
– Episode #1.11 (1969) … Herself
 
1964-1971 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Co-Host
– Episode dated 14 February 1971 (1971) … Herself
– Episode dated 7 September 1964 (1964) … Herself
– Episode dated 24 August 1964 (1964) … Herself - Co-Host
 
1970 Johnny Carson Presents the Sun City Scandals '70 (TV movie)
Herself
 
1970 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 3 August 1970 (1970) … Herself
 
1967-1969 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #4.83 (1969) … Herself
– Episode #4.75 (1969) … Herself
– Episode #2.17 (1967) … Herself
 
1968 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #4.21 (1968) … Herself
 
1967 The Woody Woodbury Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.17 (1967) … Herself
 
1967 Dateline: Hollywood (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 7 August 1967 (1967) … Herself
– Episode dated 24 July 1967 (1967) … Herself
 
1965-1967 Girl Talk (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 12 May 1967 (1967) … Herself
– Episode dated 30 March 1967 (1967) … Herself
– Episode dated 19 January 1967 (1967) … Herself
– Episode dated 27 August 1965 (1965) … Herself
– Episode dated 1 July 1965 (1965) … Herself
 
1966 The Beverly Hillbillies (TV series)
Herself
– The Gloria Swanson Story (1966) … Herself
 
1966 Hollywood Talent Scouts (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 10 January 1966 (1966) … Herself
 
1965 Cinéastes de notre temps (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Erich von Stroheim (1965) … Herself
 
1950-1965 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself - Mystery Guest / Herself - Mystery Challenger
– Episode dated 14 February 1965 (1965) … Herself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 29 October 1950 (1950) … Herself - Mystery Challenger
– Episode dated 15 October 1950 (1950) … Herself - Mystery Guest
 
1964 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Herself - Sketch Actor
– Episode #1.23 (1964) … Herself - Sketch Actor
 
1964 The Linkletter Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 19 May 1964 (1964) … Herself
 
1964 The Celebrity Game (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 19 April 1964 (1964) … Herself
 
1963 The World's Greatest Showman: The Legend of Cecil B. DeMille (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1963 Howard K. Smith (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Hollywood: What's Happened to the Star System? (1963) … Herself - Guest
 
1960 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1959 The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.151 (1959) … Herself
 
1957 The Mike Wallace Interview (TV series)
Herself
– Gloria Swanson (1957) … Herself
 
1957 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Herself
– Gloria Swanson (1957) … Herself
 
1954-1955 Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (TV series)
Herself - Hostess / Herself - Host / Eleanor Hallam
– The Antique Shop (1955) … Herself - Hostess
– The Best Years (1955) … Herself - Hostess
– Up Ferguson Way (1955) … Herself - Host
– Thank You Mr. Finch (1954) … Herself - Hostess
– The Buzzer (1954) … Herself - Hostess
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1954 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Herself - Actress
– Episode #1.27 (1954) … Herself - Actress
 
1954 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #6.12 (1954) … Herself
 
1953 The 25th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Accepting Honorary Award for Joseph M. Schenck
 
1952 All Star Revue (TV series)
Herself - Guest Actress
– Episode #2.25 (1952) … Herself - Guest Actress
 
1950-1951 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #5.16 (1951) … Herself
– Episode #4.20 (1951) … Herself
– Episode #4.2 (1950) … Herself
 
1950 TV Club (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode #1.1 (1950) … Herself
 
1950 The Ed Wynn Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.27 (1950) … Herself
– Episode #1.24 (1950) … Herself
 
1936 Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 8 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1933 Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (short)
Herself
 
1932 Broadway Gossip No. 2 (short)
Herself
 
1931 Round About Hollywood (documentary short)
Herself
 
1925 Gloria Swanson Dialogue (short)
Herself
 
1923 Hollywood
Herself
 
1923 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 21 (documentary short)
 
1922 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 16 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1922 A Trip to Paramountown (documentary short)
Herself
 
1922 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 1 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1922 Gloria Swanson and Thomas Meighan (short)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (36 titles)
2012 Arena (TV series documentary)
 
2010 Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2009 Hollywood on the Tiber (documentary)
Herself
 
2008 House of Harrington (documentary short)
 
2008 Diálogos de cine (TV movie)
Norma Desmond
 
2008 Spisok korabley (documentary)
 
2007 Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (documentary)
Herself (voice)
 
2002-2007 City Confidential (TV series documentary)
 
2006 Billy Wilder Speaks (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2006 Life Is a Dream in Cinema: Pola Negri (documentary)
Herself
 
2005 Silenci? (TV series)
 
2004 Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (TV documentary)
Herself - Interviewee
 
2003 Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (video documentary)
Herself (from Sadie Thompson) (uncredited)
 
2000 The Kennedys: The Curse of Power (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1999 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
 
1998 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
 
1997 Judy Garland's Hollywood (video documentary)
 
1997 Gloria Swanson: The Greatest Star (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1995 The Casting Couch (video documentary)
 
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1977 The Carol Burnett Show (TV series)
 
1970 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
 
1965 The Love Goddesses (documentary)
Herself
 
1965 Hollywood My Home Town (documentary)
Herself
 
1961 The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (video documentary)
Herself
 
1960 When Comedy Was King (documentary)
edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle'
 
1951 Screen Snapshots: The Great Director (documentary short)
Herself
 
1950 The Golden Twenties (documentary)
Herself
 
1949 Down Memory Lane
Reluctant bride
 
1943 Happy Times and Jolly Moments (short)
(uncredited)
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 1 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 11 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1934 The Camera Speaks (short)
 
1933 March of the Movies
Herself, film clip (uncredited)
 
1931 The House That Shadows Built (documentary)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(11/26/50) Radio: Appeared in "Theatre Guild on the Air" in W. Somerset Maugham's "Theatre", also starring Melvyn Douglas. See more »

Publicity Listings:

7 Print Biographies  | 2 Interviews  | 52 Articles  | 33 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Gloria Mae | Miss Gloria Swanson

Height:

5' 1" (1.55 m)
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Trivia:

The first film shown at the original Roxy Theatre at 153 W. 50th Street, New York City, was Swanson's The Love of Sunya in March 1927, and she attended the premiere. At its demolition in 1961 she posed in its ruins as a final farewell. See more »

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