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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 also earned her a Golden Globe Award.
Best Actress: Gloria Swanson Nominated Online Film & Television Association Awards Film Hall of Fame: Productions Inducted [58] Picturegoer Awards: Best Actor William Holden Nominated Best Actress Gloria Swanson Nominated Writers Guild of America Awards: Best Written American Drama: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, and D. M. Marshman Jr. Won [59]
Reluctant to accept the roles, in fear of being typecast as a faded actress, she agreed to be in Three for Bedroom "C" because it offered something different — it was a comedy. This was her first film in color, and she was also costume designer for the project. Swanson hoped to duplicate her previous success.
Actor Lora Hogan plays silent film star Gloria Swanson in a Town & Gown theater promotional video for "A Day In The Life of Adolph Zuckor" (Jul. 8-11)
On March 27, 1916, at the age of 30, Beery married 17-year-old actress Gloria Swanson in Los Angeles. [18] The two had co-starred in Sweedie Goes to College . [ 6 ] Although Beery had enjoyed popularity with his Sweedie shorts, his career had taken a dip, and during the marriage to Swanson, he relied on her as a breadwinner.
Allegedly, the superstar redhead had many times requested that Crawford be replaced with Gloria Swanson, who was originally set to guest star on the show but could not do so due to health concerns ...
Killer Bees is a 1974 American made-for-television horror film starring Gloria Swanson. Directed by Curtis Harrington, the cast includes Kate Jackson, Craig Stevens, John Getz, and Edward Albert. The film originally aired as the ABC Movie of the Week on February 26, 1974.
Her Gilded Cage is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Gloria Swanson. The film was based on the play The Love Dreams by Elmer Harris and Anne Nichols . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]