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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Golden Globe Awards
Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Known For
Sunset Boulevard
(1950)
Norma Desmond
Airport 1975
(1974)
Gloria Swanson
The Love Goddesses
(1965)
(archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
(2004)
Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage)
Full Filmography
Acting
The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times
(1914)
One of the Club Girls (uncredited)
His New Job
(1915)
Stenographer (uncredited)
The Misjudged Mr. Hartley
(1915)
Maid
The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket
(1915)
Farina, Elvira's Daughter
At the End of a Perfect Day
(1915)
Hands Bouquet to Holmes
The Ambition of the Baron
(1915)
Minor Role (uncredited)
Sweedie Goes to College
(1915)
Betty - College Girl
The Romance of an American Duchess
(1915)
Minor Role (uncredited)
The Broken Pledge
(1915)
Gloria
The Fable of the Syndicate Lover
(1915)
Department Store Customer (uncredited)
The Danger Girl
(1916)
The Danger Girl - Reggie's Madcap Sister
A Social Cub
(1916)
Gloria
The Nick of Time Baby
(1916)
The Blacksmith's Daughter
Sunshine
(1916)
A Dash of Courage
(1916)
The Prominent Citizen
Hearts and Sparks
(1916)
Gloria - Bobby's Sweetheart
Haystacks and Steeples
(1916)
Gloria - the Society Girl
The Sultan's Wife
(1917)
Gloria
Teddy at the Throttle
(1917)
Gloria Dawn
The Pullman Bride
(1917)
The Pullman Bride
Whose Baby?
(1917)
The Wife
Baseball Madness
(1917)
The Heiress
Dangers of a Bride
(1917)
Shifting Sands
(1918)
Marcia Grey
Station Content
(1918)
Kitty Manning
Society for Sale
(1918)
Phylis Clyne
Every Woman's Husband
(1918)
Edith Emerson
Her Decision
(1918)
Phyllis Dunbar
You Can't Believe Everything
(1918)
Patricia Reynolds
The Secret Code
(1918)
Sally Carter Rand
Wife or Country
(1918)
Sylvia Hamilton
Don't Change Your Husband
(1919)
Leila Porter
Male and Female
(1919)
Lady Mary Lasenby
For Better, for Worse
(1919)
Sylvia Norcross
Why Change Your Wife?
(1920)
Beth Gordon
Something to Think About
(1920)
Ruth Anderson
The Affairs of Anatol
(1921)
Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife)
The Great Moment
(1921)
Nada Pelham / Nadine Pelham
Under the Lash
(1921)
Deborah Krillet
Don't Tell Everything
(1921)
Marian Westover
Beyond the Rocks
(1922)
Theodora Fitzgerald
A Trip to Paramountown
(1922)
Self
Her Husband’s Trademark
(1922)
Lois Miller
My American Wife
(1922)
Natalie Chester
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
(1922)
Betty Bellew
Her Gilded Cage
(1922)
Suzanne Ornoff
Zaza
(1923)
Zaza
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
(1923)
Mona deBriac
Prodigal Daughters
(1923)
Swifty Forbes
Hollywood
(1923)
Gloria Swanson
Manhandled
(1924)
Tessie McGuire
The Humming Bird
(1924)
Toinette
A Society Scandal
(1924)
Marjorie Colbert
Her Love Story
(1924)
Princess Marie
Wages of Virtue
(1924)
Carmelita
Stage Struck
(1925)
Jennie Hagen
Madame Sans-Gêne
(1925)
Catherina Hubscher
The Coast of Folly
(1925)
Joyce Gathway / Nadine Gathway
Fine Manners
(1926)
Orchid Murphy
The Untamed Lady
(1926)
St. Clair Van Tassel
The Love of Sunya
(1927)
Sunya Ashling
Sadie Thompson
(1928)
Sadie Thompson
The Trespasser
(1929)
Marion Donnell
What a Widow!
(1930)
Tamarind Brook
Indiscreet
(1931)
Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent
Tonight or Never
(1931)
Nella Vago
The House That Shadows Built
(1931)
(archive footage)
Round About Hollywood
(1931)
Self
Queen Kelly
(1932)
Kitty Kelly / Queen Kelly
Perfect Understanding
(1933)
Judy Rogers
The Film Parade
(1933)
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
(1933)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Music in the Air
(1934)
Frieda Hotzfelt
The Camera Speaks
(1934)
Self (archive footage)
Father Takes a Wife
(1941)
Leslie Collier Osborne
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
(1943)
(archive footage)
Dear Miss Gloria
(1946)
Miss Gloria
Down Memory Lane
(1949)
(archive footage)
Sunset Boulevard
(1950)
Norma Desmond
The Golden Twenties
(1950)
Self (archive footage)
Three for Bedroom C
(1952)
Ann Haven
Nero's Mistress
(1956)
Agrippina
When Comedy Was King
(1960)
edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
(1960)
Self
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
(1961)
Self (archive footage)
The Love Goddesses
(1965)
(archive footage)
The Age of Ballyhoo
(1973)
Narrator
Killer Bees
(1974)
Madame Maria von Bohlen
Airport 1975
(1974)
Gloria Swanson
The Casting Couch
(1995)
(archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
(2004)
Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
(2007)
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Cinéastes de notre temps: Erich von Stroheim
(2012)
Self
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
Production