Gloria Swanson
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. In 1929, Swanson successfully transitioned to talkies with The Trespasser. However, personal problems and changing tastes saw her popularity wane during the 1930s when she moved into Theater and TV. Today she is best known for her role as Norma Desmond, a faded silent film start, in the critically aclaimed film Sunset Boulevard (1950). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gloria Swanson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Sunset Boulevard
as Norma DesmondA hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into...
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Airport 1975
as Gloria SwansonWhen an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles,...
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The Trespasser
as Marion DonnellA stenographer who works for a lawyer falls in love with and marries a wealthy young man. His...
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Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage)From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop...
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The Love Goddesses
as (archive footage)This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the...
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Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
as Self (archive footage)Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, two young composers and romantic partners, are caught in the...
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Sadie Thompson
as Sadie ThompsonA young, beautiful prostitute named Sadie Thompson arrives on the South Pacific island of Pago...
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Indiscreet
as Geraldine 'Gerry' TrentA young woman jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her...
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Manhandled
as Tessie McGuireComedy which concerns the struggles of an ambitious department store sales clerk who is caught...
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Zaza
as ZazaZaza is an actress and the favorite at an open-air theater in a small French town. When diplomat...
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The Affairs of Anatol
as Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife)Socialite Anatol Spencer, finding his relationship with his wife lackluster, goes in search of...
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Hollywood
as Gloria SwansonAngela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa....
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His New Job
as Stenographer (uncredited)When one of the actors on a movie set doesn't show up, Charlie gets his chance to be on camera...
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Down Memory Lane
as (archive footage)This film is a compilation, with narration by Steve Allen, of comedies from the old Mack Sennett...
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Tonight or Never
as Nella VagoA young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances,...
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Stage Struck
as Jennie HagenDaydreaming waitress Jennie Hagen fantasizes about becoming a famous actress, while in reality...
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Nero's Mistress
as AgrippinaNero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Nero is...
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as SelfA look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist.
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The Golden Twenties
as Self (archive footage)Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports,...
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Prodigal Daughters
as Swifty ForbesElinor "Swifty" Forbes and her younger sister Marjory are the carefree daughters of wealthy J....
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A Social Cub
as GloriaA Social Cub is a 1916 short silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring...
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Why Change Your Wife?
as Beth GordonRobert and Beth Bordon are married but share little. He runs into Sally at a cabaret and the...
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The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)A documentary of Hollywood's first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life,...
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Father Takes a Wife
as Leslie Collier OsborneA famous actress has to win over her ready-made family when she weds a shipping magnate.
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The Love of Sunya
as Sunya AshlingA young woman at life's crossroads is granted mystic visions of how her decisions will affect...
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The Casting Couch
as (archive footage)An unprecedented anthology of never-before-told true stories by and about some of Hollywood's...
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Queen Kelly
as Kitty Kelly / Queen KellyA prince betrothed to a mad queen falls in love with an orphan girl from a convent.
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Killer Bees
as Madame Maria von BohlenA strong-willed woman not only dominates her family of California winegrowers, but also has a...
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The Great Moment
as Nada Pelham / Nadine PelhamSir Edward Pelham, married to a Russian Gypsy, fears that his daughter will follow in her...
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Perfect Understanding
as Judy RogersA young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That...
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What a Widow!
as Tamarind BrookA young woman's elderly husband dies and leaves her $5 million. She travels to Paris and becomes...
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Sweedie Goes to College
as Betty - College GirlSweedie, the cook, reads an ad in the newspaper for a maid to give her services in exchange for...
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Male and Female
as Lady Mary LasenbyWhen an aristocratic family and their servants are shipwrecked, the butler becomes their ruler.
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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (voice) (archive footage)Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was,...
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Station Content
as Kitty ManningA wayward wife abandons her husband but finds redemption by preventing a railway accident and...
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Beyond the Rocks
as Theodora FitzgeraldA young woman dutifully marries an older millionaire and then falls in love with a handsome...
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Shifting Sands
as Marcia GreyMarcia Grey is wrongly convicted on trumped-up evidence of a German. After serving her term, she...
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Music in the Air
as Frieda HotzfeltA songwriter's young daughter (June Lang) begins to dream of stardom when she's offered the lead...
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Teddy at the Throttle
as Gloria DawnGloria Dawn lives down the hall from her sweetheart, Bobbie Knight. The dishonest Henry Black is...
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The Film Parade
as (archive footage) (uncredited)Pioneer filmmaker J. Stuart Blackton was intrigued by the idea of a film about the history of...
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Happy Times and Jolly Moments
as (archive footage)This short film takes a nostalgic look at the Mack Sennett comedies of the silent cinema era.
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Her Love Story
as Princess MarieWhen Princess Marie of the Balkan kingdom of Viatavia falls in love with Captain Rudi of the...
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Round About Hollywood
as SelfThis short travelogue depicts snippets of locations in Hollywood, California, most of them as...
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The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)The House That Shadows Built (1931) is a short feature, roughly 48 minutes long, from Paramount...
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The Coast of Folly
as Joyce Gathway / Nadine GathwaySilent film drama...
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For Better, for Worse
as Sylvia NorcrossDr. Edward Meade and friend Richard Burton both love Sylvia Norcross. Both enlist in the...
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Her Husband’s Trademark
as Lois MillerJames Berkeley (who wants to get rich) and Allan Franklin (determined to be a great engineer)...
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Whose Baby?
as The WifeBobby Vernon is fooled into a mock bigamist gag and chaos assures.
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Bluebeard's 8th Wife
as Mona deBriacJohn Brandon, an American millionaire, has been married seven times but never found love. Then,...
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A Society Scandal
as Marjorie ColbertHector Colbert sues his wife Marjorie for a divorce after Peters, an admirer of Marjorie,...
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A Trip to Paramountown
as SelfDocumentary short film depicting the filmmaking activity at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood,...
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Comedian Lloyd Hamilton escorts a group of beauty contest winners to various Hollywood night spots.
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Don't Change Your Husband
as Leila PorterLeila Porter comes to dislike her husband James, a glue king who is always eating onions and...
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Three for Bedroom C
as Ann HavenAfter beginning their train trip to California, a famous film actress and her daughter discover...
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The Sultan's Wife
as GloriaOn a sailing trip, sweethearts Bobby and Gloria arrive in a very sinister-looking India, where...
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The Misjudged Mr. Hartley
as MaidIn honor of his return from abroad, Mrs. Worthington invites her cousin, Brian Hartley, to...
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Her Gilded Cage
as Suzanne OrnoffA romance about a dancer seeking love and fame from Paris cabarets to New York society.
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When Comedy Was King
as edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage)A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Fatty Arbuckle, Charles...
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Fine Manners
as Orchid MurphyThe film depicts what happens when a rich boy accidentally meets a crude girl on New Year's Eve.
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The Danger Girl
as The Danger Girl - Reggie's Madcap SisterMadcap Gloria disguises herself as a man, in order to lure a "dangerous" vamp away from her...
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Every Woman's Husband
as Edith EmersonA young woman whose domineering mother almost ruins her marriage eventually learns that mother...
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Don't Tell Everything
as Marian WestoverTwo men in love with the same woman are further complicated by the arrival of a second woman.
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Society for Sale
as Phylis ClyneSuccessful model, Phyllis Clyne, convinces a down-and-out nobleman, Billy, to pass her off in...
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The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
as Betty BellewLance Bellew ignores his wife, Betty, for his mistress, Naomi Templeton, but becomes so enraged...
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The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times
as One of the Club Girls (uncredited)Once a lot of grown-up girls organized a club for the discussion of current evils. The principal...
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Wages of Virtue
as CarmelitaA carnival strongman and his girlfriend flee to Algiers to escape a murder charge but there they...
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Something to Think About
as Ruth AndersonWealthy cripple Markley finances the education of blacksmith's daughter Ruth. When she returns...
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The Untamed Lady
as St. Clair Van TasselA spoiled rich girl is brought down to earth by the man who loves her.
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Madame Sans-Gêne
as Catherina HubscherA French washerwoman becomes a duchess and a friend of Napoleon.
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Under the Lash
as Deborah KrilletThe wife of a tyrannical Boer husband discovers what life could be like when a handsome...
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The Secret Code
as Sally Carter RandSally Carter Rand, married to an elderly senator, is accused of espionage, but she is able to...
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At the End of a Perfect Day
as Hands Bouquet to HolmesThe story opens with an old couple in the evening of life, sitting by the fireside reminiscing...
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The Humming Bird
as ToinetteA pickpocket falls in love with a newspaperman. When he is sent off to war and she disguises...
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Wife or Country
as Sylvia HamiltonSylia Hamilton rehabilitates an alcoholic attorney and marries him. When World War I breaks out,...
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The Camera Speaks
as Self (archive footage)In this short film, an elderly cameraman and his camera reminisce about their days shooting...
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The Pullman Bride
as The Pullman BrideThe Pullman Bride is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and...
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The Nick of Time Baby
as The Blacksmith's DaughterThe Nick of Time Baby is a 1916 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and...
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The Fable of the Syndicate Lover
as Department Store Customer (uncredited)Kate had a very devoted beau known as George. George loved the girl so hard that he loved all...
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Haystacks and Steeples
as Gloria - the Society GirlA farm boy falls for a glamorous society girl who is engaged to another man.
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Dangers of a Bride
as uncreditedDangers of a Bride is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence Badger and Bobby...
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The Age of Ballyhoo
as NarratorA television documentary about the Twenties told through the use of Hollywood movies, audio...
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The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket
as Farina, Elvira's DaughterThe Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket is a 1915 silent film directed by Richard...
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Dear Miss Gloria
as Miss GloriaA short subject, intended as the first of a series, where Gloria Swanson plays "Miss Gloria,"...
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The Romance of an American Duchess
as Minor Role (uncredited)The Duke de Longtour, a European nobleman, with impoverished estates, comes to America and wins...
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Mrs. DanielsA continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of...
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The Beverly Hillbillies
as SelfJed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells...
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The Mike Douglas Show
as SelfThe Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...
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Burke's Law
as Venus Hekate WalshBurke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...
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Burke's Law
as Miss Lily BolesBurke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as SelfA talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Mrs. Charlotte HeatonKraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on...
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The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - GuestThe Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...
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The Merv Griffin Show
as SelfThe Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran...
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What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery GuestFour panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...
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The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - GuestThe Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol...
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as SelfThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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This Is Your Life
as SelfThis Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally...
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The Hollywood Palace
as SelfThe Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly...
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Dr. Kildare
as Julia ColtonThe story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...
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Ben Casey
as Victoria HoffmanBen Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was...
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Arena
as Self (archive footage)Arena is a British television documentary series, made and broadcast by the BBC. Voted by...
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The Oscars
as uncreditedAn annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...
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Hollywood
as SelfA 1980 documentary series exploring the establishment and development of the Hollywood studios...
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Straightaway
as Lorraine CarringtonStraightaway is a 26-week half-hour adventure/drama television series which aired on ABC during...
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