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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).
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The roles that explain the career.
35 credits across 3 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | The Casting Couch | Film | |
| 1980 | Hollywood | Self | TV |
| 1974 | Killer Bees | Madame Maria von Bohlen | Film |
| 1973 | The Age of Ballyhoo | Narrator | Film |
| 1960 | When Comedy Was King | (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film |
| 1956 | Nero's Mistress | Agrippina | Film |
| 1950 | Sunset Boulevard | Norma Desmond | Film |
| 1949 | Down Memory Lane | The Reluctant Bride | Film |
| 1941 | Father Takes a Wife | Leslie Collier Osborne | Film |
| 1934 | The Camera Speaks | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1934 | Music in the Air | Frieda Hotzfelt | Film |
| 1933 | Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film |
| 1933 | Perfect Understanding | Judy Rogers | Film |
| 1933 | Perfect Understanding | Producer | Film |
| 1931 | Tonight or Never | Nella Vago | Film |
| 1931 | Indiscreet | Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent | Film |
| 1929 | Queen Kelly | Kitty Kelly / Queen Kelly | Film |
| 1929 | The Trespasser | Marion Donnell | Film |
| 1929 | Queen Kelly | Producer | Film |
| 1928 | Sadie Thompson | Sadie Thompson | Film |
| 1927 | The Love of Sunya | Sunya Ashling | Film |
| 1925 | Stage Struck | Jennie Hagen | Film |
| 1924 | Manhandled | Tessie McGuire | Film |
| 1923 | Zaza | Zaza | Film |
| 1922 | Beyond the Rocks | Theodora Fitzgerald | Film |
| 1921 | The Affairs of Anatol - Promo Reel | As herself | Film |
| 1921 | The Affairs of Anatol | Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife) | Film |
| 1920 | Why Change Your Wife? | Beth Gordon | Film |
| 1919 | Male and Female | Lady Mary Lasenby | Film |
| 1919 | Don't Change Your Husband | Leila Porter | Film |
| 1918 | Shifting Sands | Marcia Grey | Film |
| 1917 | Teddy at the Throttle | Gloria Dawn | Film |
| 1917 | The Sultan's Wife | Gloria | Film |
| 1916 | The Danger Girl | The Danger Girl - Reggie's Madcap Sister | Film |
| 1915 | His New Job | Stenographer (uncredited) | Film |
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