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Films that discuss Sunset Boulevard in their screenplays or pay homage in scenes or dialogue include Soapdish (1991), The Player (1992), Gods and Monsters (1998), Mulholland Drive (2001), [7] Inland Empire (2006) and Be Cool (2005). The ending of Cecil B. Demented (2000) is a parody of Sunset Boulevard's final scene.
Gloria Josephine Mae Swanson [1] (March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983) was an American actress. She first achieved fame acting in dozens of silent films in the 1920s and was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, most famously for her 1950 turn in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard, which earned her a Golden Globe Award.
In 1950's Sunset Boulevard, directed by Billy Wilder, Olson played Betty Schaefer, an ambitious young screenwriter trying to find her place in the industry. She becomes entangled with William ...
William Franklin Holden (né Beedle Jr.; April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor and one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1950s.Holden won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film Stalag 17 (1953) and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for the television miniseries The Blue Knight (1973).
Nancy Olson Livingston was 22 when "Sunset Boulevard" was released in 1950 and made her a sought-after actress. The movie, which starred Gloria Swanson and William Holden, earned 11 Oscar ...
Death Becomes Herses: “Sunset Boulevard”, “The Substance”, and the tragedy/triumph of being 50 going on 25 Lester Fabian Brathwaite November 10, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Linda Balgord (February 18, 1960 – March 5, 2024) was an American Broadway actress and singer, most notable for playing Norma Desmond in the 1996 United States tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Sunset Boulevard, being the last actress to portray Grizabella in the original Broadway run of Cats, and originating the role of Queen Elizabeth I in The Pirate Queen on Broadway.
Olson's success in Sunset Boulevard also led to her being cast in the September 15, 1950, episode of the radio program Dimension X, titled "Hello Tomorrow". Other film credits include several films for Warner Bros. such as Big Jim McLain (1952), So Big (1953) and Battle Cry (1955). Olson made several appearances in films for the Walt Disney studio.