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Academy Awards, USA. 1951 Nominee Oscar. Best Actress in a Leading Role. Sunset Blvd. 1930 Nominee Oscar. Best Actress in a Leading Role. The Trespasser. 1929 Nominee Oscar. Best Actress in a Leading Role.
- Actress, Producer, Costume Designer
- April 4, 1983
- March 27, 1899
In 1955 and 1957, Swanson was awarded The George Eastman Award, given by George Eastman House for distinguished contribution to the art of film, and in 1966, the museum honored her with a career film retrospective, titled A Tribute to Gloria Swanson, which screened several of her movies.
- Gloria Swanson
- Gloria May Josephine Swanson, March 27, 1899, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- 1980
- April 4, 1983 (aged 84), New York City, U.S.
Apr 10, 2024 · Academy Award nominations (* denotes win) Gloria Swanson | 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.
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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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- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- New York City, New York, USA
Gloria Swanson with the Best Actor winner for Cyrano de Bergerac and Best Actress winner for Born Yesterday
Oct 12, 2021 · Old Hollywood Book Club. Gloria Swanson Was More Than Ready for Her Close-Up. In her delicious (and slightly catty) autobiography Swanson on Swanson, the icon opened up about her feud with...
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.
