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Gloria Swanson

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Overview

Date of Death:
4 April 1983, New York, New York, USA (natural causes) more
Mini Biography:
Gloria Swanson went to public schools in Chicago; Key West, Florida; and... more
Trivia:
During the early twenties, she had a falling out with close friend... more
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 1 nomination more
Alternate Names:
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)
        - 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)
        - 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" (1 episode, 1961)
        - A Toast to Yesterday (1961) TV episode

  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 Nero's Big Weekend
    ... aka Nero's Mistress (USA)
    ... aka Nero's Weekend (UK)
    ... aka O.K. Nero (USA)
    ... aka Week-ends de Néron, Les (France)
  12. "Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson" .... Eleanor Hallam / ... (2 episodes, 1954)
    ... aka The Gloria Swanson Show
        - Hands (1954) TV episode .... Emcee
        - My Last Duchess (1954) TV episode .... Eleanor Hallam
  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 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. Don't Tell Everything (1921) .... Marian Westover
  46. Under the Lash (1921) .... Deborah Krillet
    ... aka The Shulamite
  47. The Affairs of Anatol (1921) .... Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife)
    ... aka A Prodigal Knight (UK)
  48. The Great Moment (1921) .... Nada and Nadine Pelham
  49. Something to Think About (1920) .... Ruth Anderson
  50. Why Change Your Wife? (1920) .... Beth Gordon

  51. Male and Female (1919) .... Lady Mary Lasenby
  52. For Better, for Worse (1919) .... Sylvia Norcross
  53. Don't Change Your Husband (1919) .... Leila Porter
  54. Wife or Country (1918) .... Sylvia Hamilton
  55. The Secret Code (1918) .... Sally Carter Rand
  56. Shifting Sands (1918) .... Marcia Grey
  57. Everywoman's Husband (1918) .... Edith Emerson
  58. You Can't Believe Everything (1918) .... Patricia Reynolds
  59. Station Content (1918) .... Kitty Manning
  60. Her Decision (1918) .... Phyllis Dunbar
  61. Society for Sale (1918) .... Phylis Clyne
  62. The Pullman Bride (1917) .... The Girl
  63. The Sultan's Wife (1917) .... Gloria
  64. Whose Baby? (1917/II)
  65. Dangers of a Bride (1917)
  66. Baseball Madness (1917)
  67. Teddy at the Throttle (1917) .... Gloria Dawn, His Sweetheart
  68. Haystacks and Steeples (1916)
  69. The Danger Girl (1916) .... Reggie's madcap sister
  70. A Social Cub (1916)
  71. Hearts and Sparks (1916)
  72. A Dash of Courage (1916)
  73. The Nick of Time Baby (1916)
  74. The Broken Pledge (1915) (as Gloria Mae Swanson)
  75. The Romance of an American Duchess (1915)
  76. Sweedie Goes to College (1915)
  77. The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket (1915)
  78. His New Job (1915) (uncredited) .... Extra, Stenographer
    ... aka Charlie's New Job
  79. The Ambition of the Baron (1915) .... Bit part
  80. At the End of a Perfect Day (1915) (uncredited) .... Extra, hands bouquet to Holmes
  81. The Misjudged Mr. Hartley (1915) .... Maid
  82. The Song of the Soul (1914) (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)
Miscellaneous Crew:
  1. Rosenkönig, Der (1986) (voice: from radio play)
    ... aka Rei das rosas, O (Portugal)
    ... aka Roi des roses, Le (France)
    ... aka The Rose King
Soundtrack:
  1. The Trespasser (1929) (performer: "Love, Your Magic Spell is Everywhere" (uncredited), "I Love You Truly" (uncredited), "Toselli Serenade" (uncredited))
Thanks:
  1. "Hollywood" (1980) (mini) 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. "Ciné regards" .... Herself (1 episode, 1981)
        - Gloria Swanson (1981) TV episode .... Herself
  3. "Friday Night, Saturday Morning" .... Herself (1 episode, 1981)
        - Episode #4.7 (1981) TV episode .... Herself
  4. Men Who Rate a 10 (1980) (TV) .... Herself
  5. "Hollywood" (1980) (mini) TV mini-series .... Herself
    ... aka Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film (USA: video box title)

  6. "Parkinson" .... Herself (1 episode, 1978)
        - Episode #8.14 (1978) TV episode .... Herself
  7. "The Phil Donahue Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1975)
    ... aka Donahue (USA: new title)
        - Episode dated 12 November 1975 (1975) TV episode .... Herself
  8. The Dream Factory (1975) .... Herself
  9. "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
  10. "The Carol Burnett Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1973)
    ... aka Carol Burnett and Friends (USA: repeat compilations title)
        - Episode #7.3 (1973) TV episode .... Herself
  11. "V.I.P.-Schaukel" .... Herself (1 episode, 1973)
        - Episode #3.3 (1973) TV episode .... Herself
  12. The Age of Ballyhoo (1973) (V) (also archive footage) .... Herself/Narrator
  13. Chaplinesque, My Life and Hard Times (1972) .... Narrator
    ... aka The Eternal Tramp (USA: video title)
  14. "The Dick Cavett Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1970)
        - Episode dated 3 August 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Herself

  15. "Dateline: Hollywood" .... Herself (1 episode, 1967)
        - Episode dated 7 August 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Herself
  16. "The Merv Griffin Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1967)
        - Episode dated 5 June 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Herself
  17. "Girl Talk" .... Herself (1 episode, 1967)
        - Episode dated 12 May 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Herself
  18. "The Beverly Hillbillies" .... Herself (1 episode, 1966)
        - The Gloria Swanson Story (1966) TV episode .... Herself
  19. "What's My Line?" .... Mystery Guest / ... (3 episodes, 1950-1965)
        - Episode dated 14 February 1965 (1965) TV episode .... Mystery Guest
        - Episode #2.5 (1950) TV episode .... Herself/Mystery challenger
        - Episode #2.3 (1950) TV episode .... Mystery Guest
  20. "Cinéastes de notre temps" .... Herself (1 episode, 1965)
        - Erich von Stroheim (1965) TV episode .... Herself
  21. "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
  22. "The Hollywood Palace" .... Herself - Sketch Actor (1 episode, 1964)
        - Episode #1.23 (1964) TV episode .... Herself - Sketch Actor
  23. "The Celebrity Game" .... Herself (1 episode, 1964)
        - Episode dated 19 April 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Herself
  24. The World's Greatest Showman: The Legend of Cecil B. DeMille (1963) (TV) .... Herself
  25. "Howard K. Smith" .... Herself - Guest (1 episode, 1963)
        - Hollywood: What's Happened to the Star System? (1963) TV episode .... Herself - Guest
  26. Hedda Hopper's Hollywood (1960) (TV) .... Herself

  27. "This Is Your Life" .... Herself (1 episode, 1957)
        - Gloria Swanson (1957) TV episode .... Herself
  28. "Person to Person" .... Herself (1 episode, 1954)
        - Episode #1.27 (1954) TV episode .... Herself
  29. "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
  30. "Four Star Revue" .... Herself (1 episode, 1952)
    ... aka All Star Revue (USA: new title)
        - Episode dated 23 February 1952 (1952) TV episode .... Herself
  31. "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
  32. "The Ed Wynn Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1950)
        - Episode #1.27 (1950) TV episode .... Herself

  33. Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 8 (1936) .... Herself

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


Additional Details

Other Works:
G. Swanson, "Swanson on Swanson" (1980) more
Publicity Listings:
3 Portrayals | 5 Print Biographies | 49 Articles | 7 Pictorials | 4 Magazine Cover Photos more
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