Gloria Swanson
Known for Acting
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gloria Swanson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Sunset Boulevard
1950
as Norma Desmond
Airport 1975
1974
as Gloria Swanson
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
as Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Music in the Air
1934
as Frieda Hotzfelt
Hollywood
1923
as Gloria Swanson
Nero's Mistress
1956
as Agrippina
Killer Bees
1974
as Madame Maria von Bohlen
Sadie Thompson
1928
as Sadie Thompson
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
as Self (archive footage)
Indiscreet
1931
as Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent
Stage Struck
1925
as Jennie Hagen
The House That Shadows Built
1931
as (archive footage)
Manhandled
1924
as Tessie McGuire
The Trespasser
1929
as Marion Donnell
When Comedy Was King
1960
as edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage)
The Affairs of Anatol
1921
as Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife)
My American Wife
1922
as Natalie Chester
What a Widow!
1930
as Tamarind Brook