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Best Actress in a Leading Role. Sadie Thompson. Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA. 1975 Winner Special Award. Golden Globes, USA. 1964 Nominee Golden Globe. Best TV Star - Female. Burke's Law. 1951 Winner Golden Globe. Best Actress - Drama. Sunset Blvd. Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists. 1951 Winner Silver Ribbon.
- Actress, Producer, Costume Designer
- April 4, 1983
- March 27, 1899
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 .
- Gloria Swanson
- 1980
May 14, 2024 · She was nominated for the first-ever Academy Award for best actress for Sadie Thompson and received another nomination for The Trespasser. After several lighter vehicles, she tired of the poor scripts available, stopped making films, and started several business ventures outside the motion-picture industry. Sunset Boulevard.
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Gloria Swanson with the Best Actor winner for Cyrano de Bergerac and Best Actress winner for Born Yesterday. Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Best Directing and Original Screenplay winner for All about Eve. Dr. Mario Ungaro.
Gloria was 30 when the sound revolution hit, and there was speculation as to whether she could adapt. She did. In 1928, she received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her role of Sadie Thompson in the film of the same name but lost to Janet Gaynor for 3 different films.
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Oct 12, 2021 · In her iconic comeback role as has-been Norma Desmond in 1950’s Sunset Boulevard, Gloria Swanson raves, “I am big.It’s the pictures that got small.” Though only 4’11”, this statement ...
Nominated Work. Academy Award for Best Actress. Sadie Thompson. Check all the awards won and nominated for by Gloria Swanson - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Drama (1951) , National Board of Review Award for Best Actress (1950) and more awards.
