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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 .
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- Gloria May Josephine Swanson, March 27, 1899, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- 1980
- April 4, 1983 (aged 84), New York City, U.S.
Gloria Swanson. Actress: Sunset Blvd.. Gloria Swanson was born Gloria May Josephine Svensson in Chicago, Illinois. She was destined to be perhaps one of the biggest stars of the silent movie era. Her personality and antics in private definitely made her a favorite with America's movie-going public.
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- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- New York City, New York, USA
Apr 10, 2024 · Gloria Swanson (born March 17, 1899, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died April 4, 1983, New York, New York) was an American motion-picture, stage, and television actress who was known primarily as a glamorous Hollywood star during the 1920s and as the fading movie queen Norma Desmond in the 1950 film Sunset Boulevard. Swanson, Gloria. Gloria Swanson.
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Gloria Swanson. Actress: Sunset Blvd.. Gloria Swanson was born Gloria May Josephine Svensson in Chicago, Illinois. She was destined to be perhaps one of the biggest stars of the silent movie era. Her personality and antics in private definitely made her a favorite with America's movie-going public. Gloria certainly didn't intend on going into show business. After her formal education in the ...
- Actress, Producer, Costume Designer
- April 4, 1983
- March 27, 1899
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 ...
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Apr 5, 1983 · Gloria Swanson, a symbol of enduring glamour who was perhaps the most glittering goddess of Hollywood's golden youth in the 1920's, died of a heart ailment yesterday in New York Hospital. She was ...
Apr 5, 2019 · Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard, 1950. Photograph: c.Everett Collection / Rex Featu. She made several fortunes by playing unhappy, grotesquely sophisticated women.
