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His New Job (1915) -- Charlie is trying to get a job in a movie. After causing difficulty on the set he is told to help the carpenter...
"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" (1962): Season 2: Episode 22 -- A young couple try to convince the bride's mother that their love is sincere.
Sunset Blvd. (1950) -- Clip: I am big, it's the pictures that got small
Airport 1975 (1974) -- A 747 in flight collides with a small plane, and is rendered pilotless. Somehow the control tower must get a pilot aboard so the jet can land.

Overview

Date of Death:
4 April 1983, New York City, New York, USA more
Contact:
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Mini Biography:
Gloria Swanson was born Gloria May Josephine Svensson in Chicago, Illinois... more
Trivia:
She cited Madame Sans-Gêne (1924) (now lost) as her personal favorite of all her films. more
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(15 articles)
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Alternate Names:
Gloria Mae | Gloria Mae Swanson

Filmography

Actress:
  1. Airport 1975 (1974) .... Gloria Swanson
    ... aka Airport '75 (International: English title: informal title)
  2. Killer Bees (1974) (TV) .... Madame Maria von Bohlen

  3. "Ben Casey" .... Victoria Hoffman (1 episode, 1965)
        - Minus That Rusty Old Hacksaw (1965) TV episode .... Victoria Hoffman
  4. "My Three Sons" .... Margaret McSterling (1 episode, 1965)
        - The Fountain of Youth (1965) TV episode .... Margaret McSterling
  5. "Burke's Law" .... Miss Lily Boles / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
    ... aka "Amos Burke, Secret Agent" (USA: new title)
        - Who Killed Vaudeville? (1964) TV episode .... Miss Lily Boles
        - Who Killed Purity Mather? (1963) TV episode .... Venus Hekate Walsh
  6. "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" .... Mrs. Daniels (1 episode, 1964)
        - Behind the Locked Door (1964) TV episode .... Mrs. Daniels
  7. "Kraft Suspense Theatre" .... Charlotte Heaton (1 episode, 1964)
    ... aka "Crisis" (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka "Suspense Theatre" (USA: syndication title)
        - Who Is Jennifer? (1964) TV episode .... Charlotte Heaton
  8. "Dr. Kildare" .... Julia Colton (1 episode, 1963)
        - The Good Luck Charm (1963) TV episode .... Julia Colton
  9. "Straightaway" .... Lorraine Carrington (1 episode, 1961)
        - A Toast to Yesterday (1961) TV episode .... Lorraine Carrington

  10. "The Steve Allen Show" .... Norma Desmon (1 episode, 1957)
    ... aka "The Steve Allen Plymouth Show" (USA: new title)
        - Episode #3.8 (1957) TV episode .... Norma Desmon
  11. Mio figlio Nerone (1956) .... Agrippina
    ... aka Les week-ends de Néron (France)
    ... aka Nero's Big Weekend
    ... aka Nero's Mistress (USA)
    ... aka Nero's Weekend (UK)
    ... aka O.K. Nero (USA)
  12. "Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson" (1 episode, 1954)
    ... aka "The Gloria Swanson Show"
        - If Speech Be Silvern (1954) TV episode
  13. "Hollywood Opening Night" (1 episode, 1953)
        - The Pattern (1953) TV episode
  14. Three for Bedroom C (1952) .... Ann Haven
  15. "The Peter Lind Hayes Show" (1 episode, 1950)
    ... aka "The Peter and Mary Show" (USA: first episodes title)
        - Episode #1.1 (1950) TV episode
  16. Sunset Blvd. (1950) .... Norma Desmond
    ... aka Sunset Boulevard (UK) (USA: alternative spelling)

  17. Father Takes a Wife (1941) .... Leslie Collier Osborne

  18. Music in the Air (1934) .... Frieda Hotzfelt
  19. Perfect Understanding (1933) .... Judy
  20. Tonight or Never (1931) .... Nella Vago
  21. Indiscreet (1931) .... Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent
  22. What a Widow! (1930) .... Tamarind Brook

  23. The Trespasser (1929) .... Marion Donnell
  24. Queen Kelly (1929) .... Kitty Kelly, aka Queen Kelly
  25. Sadie Thompson (1928) .... Sadie Thompson
  26. The Love of Sunya (1927) .... Sunya Ashling
  27. Fine Manners (1926) .... Orchid Murphy
  28. The Untamed Lady (1926) .... St.Clair Van Tassel
  29. Stage Struck (1925) .... Jennie Hagen
  30. The Coast of Folly (1925) .... Joyce Gathway/Nadine Gathway
  31. Madame Sans-Gêne (1924) .... Catherine Hubscher
  32. Wages of Virtue (1924) .... Carmelita
  33. Her Love Story (1924) .... Princess Marie
  34. Manhandled (1924) .... Tessie McGuire
  35. A Society Scandal (1924) .... Marjorie Colbert
  36. The Humming Bird (1924) .... Toinette
  37. Zaza (1923) .... Zaza
  38. Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1923) .... Mona deBriac
  39. Prodigal Daughters (1923) .... Swifty Forbes
  40. My American Wife (1922) .... Natalie Chester
  41. The Impossible Mrs. Bellew (1922) .... Betty Bellew
  42. Beyond the Rocks (1922) .... Theodora Fitzgerald
  43. Her Gilded Cage (1922) .... Suzanne Ornoff
  44. Her Husband's Trademark (1922) .... Lois Miller
  45. Gloria Swanson and Thomas Meighan (1922)
  46. Don't Tell Everything (1921) .... Marian Westover
  47. Under the Lash (1921) .... Deborah Krillet
    ... aka The Shulamite
  48. The Affairs of Anatol (1921) .... Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife)
    ... aka A Prodigal Knight (UK)
  49. The Great Moment (1921) .... Nada and Nadine Pelham
  50. Something to Think About (1920) .... Ruth Anderson
  51. Why Change Your Wife? (1920) .... Beth Gordon

  52. Male and Female (1919) .... Lady Mary Lasenby
  53. For Better, for Worse (1919) .... Sylvia Norcross
  54. Don't Change Your Husband (1919) .... Leila Porter
  55. Wife or Country (1918) .... Sylvia Hamilton
  56. The Secret Code (1918) .... Sally Carter Rand
  57. Shifting Sands (1918) .... Marcia Grey
  58. Everywoman's Husband (1918) .... Edith Emerson
  59. You Can't Believe Everything (1918) .... Patricia Reynolds
  60. Station Content (1918) .... Kitty Manning
  61. Her Decision (1918) .... Phyllis Dunbar
  62. Society for Sale (1918) .... Phylis Clyne
  63. The Pullman Bride (1917) .... The Girl
  64. The Sultan's Wife (1917) .... Gloria
  65. Whose Baby? (1917/II)
  66. Dangers of a Bride (1917)
  67. Baseball Madness (1917)
  68. Teddy at the Throttle (1917) .... Gloria Dawn, His Sweetheart
  69. Haystacks and Steeples (1916)
  70. The Danger Girl (1916) .... Reggie's madcap sister
  71. A Social Cub (1916)
  72. Hearts and Sparks (1916)
  73. A Dash of Courage (1916)
  74. Sunshine (1916)
  75. The Nick of Time Baby (1916)
  76. The Broken Pledge (1915) (as Gloria Mae Swanson)
  77. The Romance of an American Duchess (1915) (uncredited) .... Minor Role
  78. Sweedie Goes to College (1915) .... College Girl
  79. The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket (1915) (as Gloria Mae) .... Farina, Elvira's Daughter
  80. His New Job (1915) (uncredited) .... Extra, Stenographer
    ... aka Charlie's New Job
  81. The Ambition of the Baron (1915) .... Bit part
  82. At the End of a Perfect Day (1915) (uncredited) .... Minor Role - Hands bouquet to Holmes
  83. The Misjudged Mr. Hartley (1915) .... Maid
  84. The Song of the Soul (1914/I) (unconfirmed)
Producer:
  1. Perfect Understanding (1933) (producer)
  2. What a Widow! (1930) (producer)

  3. Queen Kelly (1929) (producer) (uncredited)
  4. Sadie Thompson (1928) (producer) (uncredited)
  5. The Love of Sunya (1927) (producer)
Soundtrack:
  1. Sunset Blvd. (1950) (performer: "La Cumparsita" (1916) (uncredited)) ("Sobre las Olas (Over the Waves)" (1887) (uncredited))
    ... aka Sunset Boulevard (UK) (USA: alternative spelling)

  2. Music in the Air (1934) (performer: "One More Dance", "The Song Is You")
  3. Indiscreet (1931) (performer: "Come to Me")

  4. The Trespasser (1929) (performer: "Love, Your Magic Spell is Everywhere" (uncredited), "I Love You Truly" (uncredited), "Serenade" (uncredited))
Miscellaneous Crew:
  1. Der Rosenkönig (1986) (voice: from radio play)
    ... aka Le roi des roses (France)
    ... aka O Rei das rosas (Portugal)
    ... aka The Rose King
Thanks:
  1. "Hollywood" (1980) TV mini-series (acknowledgment: film source)
    ... aka "Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film" (USA: video box title)

  2. Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961) (TV) (acknowledgment: film source)
Self:
  1. Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (2004) (TV) .... Herself/interviewee (1976 and 1981 interviews)
  2. "City Confidential" .... Norma Desmond (1 episode, 2002)
        - Beverly Hills: Brothers in Arms (2002) TV episode .... Norma Desmond

  3. "Ciné regards" .... Herself (1 episode, 1981)
        - Gloria Swanson (1981) TV episode .... Herself
  4. "Looks Familiar" .... Herself - Guest (1 episode, 1981)
        - Episode dated 17 March 1981 (1981) TV episode .... Herself - Guest
  5. "Friday Night, Saturday Morning" .... Herself (1 episode, 1981)
        - Episode #4.7 (1981) TV episode .... Herself
  6. Men Who Rate a 10 (1980) (TV) .... Herself
  7. "Hollywood" (1980) TV mini-series .... Herself
    ... aka "Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film" (USA: video box title)

  8. "Parkinson" .... Herself (1 episode, 1978)
        - Episode #8.14 (1978) TV episode .... Herself
  9. "The Phil Donahue Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1975)
    ... aka "Donahue" (USA: new title)
        - Episode dated 12 November 1975 (1975) TV episode .... Herself
  10. The Dream Factory (1975) .... Herself
  11. "ABC's Wide World of Entertainment" .... Herself (1 episode, 1974)
    ... aka "ABC Late Night" (USA: new title)
        - That's Entertainment! 50 Years of MGM (1974) TV episode .... Herself
  12. "The Carol Burnett Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1973)
    ... aka "Carol Burnett and Friends" (USA: repeat compilations title)
        - Episode #7.3 (1973) TV episode .... Herself
  13. "V.I.P.-Schaukel" .... Herself (1 episode, 1973)
        - Episode #3.3 (1973) TV episode .... Herself
  14. The Age of Ballyhoo (1973) (V) (also archive footage) .... Herself/Narrator
  15. Chaplinesque, My Life and Hard Times (1972) .... Narrator
    ... aka The Eternal Tramp (USA: video title)
  16. Johnny Carson Presents the Sun City Scandals '70 (1970) (TV) .... Herself
  17. "The Dick Cavett Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1970)
        - Episode dated 3 August 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Herself

  18. "Dateline: Hollywood" .... Herself (1 episode, 1967)
        - Episode dated 7 August 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Herself
  19. "The Merv Griffin Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1967)
        - Episode dated 5 June 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Herself
  20. "Girl Talk" .... Herself (5 episodes, 1965-1967)
        - Episode dated 12 May 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 30 March 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 19 January 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 27 August 1965 (1965) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 1 July 1965 (1965) TV episode .... Herself
  21. "The Beverly Hillbillies" .... Herself (1 episode, 1966)
        - The Gloria Swanson Story (1966) TV episode .... Herself
  22. "Hollywood Talent Scouts" .... Herself (1 episode, 1966)
    ... aka "Art Linkletter's Hollywood Talent Scouts" (USA)
        - Episode dated 10 January 1966 (1966) TV episode .... Herself
  23. "What's My Line?" .... Mystery Guest / ... (3 episodes, 1950-1965)
        - Episode dated 14 February 1965 (1965) TV episode .... Mystery Guest
        - Episode dated 29 October 1950 (1950) TV episode .... Herself/Mystery challenger
        - Episode dated 15 October 1950 (1950) TV episode .... Mystery Guest
  24. "Cinéastes de notre temps" .... Herself (1 episode, 1965)
        - Erich von Stroheim (1965) TV episode .... Herself
  25. "The Mike Douglas Show" .... Co-host / ... (2 episodes, 1964)
        - Episode dated 7 September 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 24 August 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Co-host
  26. "The Hollywood Palace" .... Herself - Sketch Actor (1 episode, 1964)
        - Episode #1.23 (1964) TV episode .... Herself - Sketch Actor
  27. "The Celebrity Game" .... Herself (1 episode, 1964)
        - Episode dated 19 April 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Herself
  28. The World's Greatest Showman: The Legend of Cecil B. DeMille (1963) (TV) .... Herself
  29. "Howard K. Smith" .... Herself - Guest (1 episode, 1963)
        - Hollywood: What's Happened to the Star System? (1963) TV episode .... Herself - Guest
  30. Hedda Hopper's Hollywood (1960) (TV) .... Herself

  31. "This Is Your Life" .... Herself (1 episode, 1957)
        - Gloria Swanson (1957) TV episode .... Herself
  32. "Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson" .... Herself - Host (7 episodes, 1954-1955)
    ... aka "The Gloria Swanson Show"
        - Up Ferguson Way (1955) TV episode .... Herself - Host
        - Hands (1954) TV episode .... Herself - Host
        - A Fond Farewell (1954) TV episode .... Herself - Host
        - Uncle Harry (1954) TV episode .... Herself - Host
        - This Day Is Yours (1954) TV episode .... Herself - Host
          (2 more)
  33. "Person to Person" .... Herself (1 episode, 1954)
        - Episode #1.27 (1954) TV episode .... Herself
  34. "The Milton Berle Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1954)
    ... aka "Texaco Star Theater" (USA)
    ... aka "The Buick-Berle Show" (USA: new title)
        - Episode #6.12 (1954) TV episode .... Herself
  35. "Four Star Revue" .... Herself (1 episode, 1952)
    ... aka "All Star Revue" (USA: new title)
        - Episode dated 23 February 1952 (1952) TV episode .... Herself
  36. "Toast of the Town" .... Herself (3 episodes, 1950-1951)
    ... aka "The Ed Sullivan Show" (USA: new title)
        - Episode #5.16 (1951) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode #4.20 (1951) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode #4.2 (1950) TV episode .... Herself
  37. "The Ed Wynn Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1950)
        - Episode #1.27 (1950) TV episode .... Herself

  38. Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 8 (1936) .... Herself
  39. Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933) .... Herself

  40. Gloria Swanson Dialogue (1925) .... Herself
  41. Hollywood (1923) .... Herself, Cameo appearance
    ... aka Joligud
  42. A Trip to Paramountown (1922) .... Herself
Archive Footage:
  1. Diálogos de cine (2008) (TV) .... Norma Desmond
  2. Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007) (voice) .... Herself
  3. Old Hollywood: Silent Stars, Deadly Secrets (2007) (TV) (uncredited) .... Norma Desmond
  4. Billy Wilder Speaks (2006) (TV) .... Herself
  5. "Silenci?"
        - Episode #5.8 (2005) TV episode .... Norma Desmond
  6. Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003) (V) (uncredited) .... Herself (from Sadie Thompson)
  7. "E! True Hollywood Story"
        - The Kennedys: Power, Seduction and Hollywood (1998) TV episode .... Herself
  8. Judy Garland's Hollywood (1997) (V)
  9. Gloria Swanson: The Greatest Star (1997) (TV) .... Herself
  10. The Casting Couch (1995) (V)
  11. The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1982) (V) .... Herself
  12. "The Hollywood Palace"
        - Episode #7.17 (1970) TV episode .... Herself
  13. The Love Goddesses (1965) .... Herself
  14. Hollywood My Home Town (1965) .... Herself
  15. When Comedy Was King (1960) .... edited from 'teddy at the throttle'
  16. Screen Snapshots: The Great Director (1951) .... Herself
  17. Down Memory Lane (1949) .... Reluctant bride
  18. Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943) (uncredited)
  19. Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 1 (1937) .... Herself
  20. Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 11 (1937) .... Herself
  21. The Film Parade (1933) (uncredited) .... Herself, film clip
  22. The Camera Speaks (1932)
  23. The House That Shadows Built (1931)


Additional Details

Other Works:
Radio series: Guest-starred in "Theater Guild on the Air", episode "Promise", with Hume Cronyn, 2/18/51. more
Publicity Listings:
3 Portrayals | 5 Print Biographies | 49 Articles | 7 Pictorials | 19 Magazine Cover Photos more

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