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Gloria May Josephine Swanson was an American actress and producer.
Birth Name
Gloria May Josephine Svensson
Born
Monday, 27 March 1899
Died
Monday, 04 April 1983
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Boulevard! A Hollywood Story | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2021 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Self | 2019 |
| Zeroville | Self | 2019 |
| The Movies | Self | 2019 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| The Hotel | Self | 2016 |
| Million Dollar American Princesses | Self | 2015 |
| The Mack Sennett Collection: Volume One | (archive footage) | 2014 |
| And the Oscar Goes to... | Self | 2014 |
| Prohibition | Self - Roxy Theatre Opening | 2011 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Boulevard! A Hollywood Story | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2021 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Self | 2019 |
| Zeroville | Self | 2019 |
| The Movies | Self | 2019 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| The Hotel | Self | 2016 |
| Million Dollar American Princesses | Self | 2015 |
| The Mack Sennett Collection: Volume One | (archive footage) | 2014 |
| And the Oscar Goes to... | Self | 2014 |
| Prohibition | Self - Roxy Theatre Opening | 2011 |
| Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood | Norma Desmond | 2010 |
| Hollywood on the Tiber | Self | 2009 |
| Life Is a Banquet | Self | 2009 |
| Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self / Self (voice) (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Life Is a Dream in Cinema: Pola Negri | Self | 2006 |
| Billy Wilder Speaks | Self | 2006 |
| Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic | Self - Interviewee | 2004 |
| Sex at 24 Frames Per Second | Sadie Thompson | 2003 |
| Los Angeles Plays Itself | Norma Desmond | 2003 |
| City Confidential | Norma Desmond / Self | 1999 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Herself / Herself (archive footage) | 1996 |
| The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | 1995 |
| American Cinema | Norma Desmond | 1995 |
| Hollywood | Self | 1980 |
| Arena | (archive footage) / Herself (archive footage) | 1975 |
| Dinah! | Self - Guest | 1974 |
| Airport 1975 | Gloria Swanson / Famous Actress Gloria Swanson | 1974 |
| Killer Bees | Madame Maria von Bohlen | 1974 |
| The Age of Ballyhoo | Self - Narrator / Narrator | 1973 |
| Chaplinesque, My Life and Hard Times | Narrator | 1972 |
| Parkinson | Self - Guest / Self | 1971 |
| The David Frost Show | Self - Guest | 1969 |
| The Carol Burnett Show | Self - Guest / Self | 1967 |
| The Woody Woodbury Show | Self - Guest | 1967 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self - Guest | 1967 |
| Hollywood My Home Town | Self | 1965 |
| Gypsy | Self | 1965 |
| The Love Goddesses | Self / (archive footage) | 1965 |
| ABC's Nightlife | Self | 1964 |
| Cinéastes de notre temps | Self | 1964 |
| The Hollywood Palace | Self | 1964 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Mrs. Charlotte Heaton | 1963 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
| Burke's Law | Venus Hekate Walsh / Miss Lily Boles | 1963 |
| Fractured Flickers | Maybelle Silverspoon | 1963 |
| The Match Game | Self - Team Captain | 1962 |
| The Merv Griffin Show | Herself - Guest | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest | 1962 |
| The Beverly Hillbillies | Self | 1962 |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Mrs. Daniels | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show | Self - Guest | 1962 |
| Howard K. Smith | Self | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Herself - Co-Host / Herself - Guest | 1961 |
| Straightaway | Lorraine Carrington | 1961 |
| Ben Casey | Victoria Hoffman | 1961 |
| Dr. Kildare | Julia Colton | 1961 |
| Hollywood: The Golden Years | His Sweetheart | 1961 |
| My Three Sons | Margaret McSterling | 1960 |
| When Comedy Was King | Gloria Dawn - Bobby's Sweetheart / edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage) | 1960 |
| The Big Party | Self - Schick Razor pitchwoman | 1959 |
| The Ben Hecht Show | Self - Guest | 1958 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Herself | 1957 |
| The Mike Wallace Interview | Self - Interviewee | 1957 |
| Nero's Mistress | Agrippina | 1956 |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | Self - Guest | 1956 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| Person to Person | Self | 1953 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
| Three for Bedroom C | Ann Haven | 1952 |
| I've Got a Secret | Self - Guest | 1952 |
| London Entertains | Self | 1951 |
| The Kate Smith Evening Hour | Self | 1951 |
| The Peter Lind Hayes Show | Self - Guest | 1950 |
| Showtime, U.S.A. | Self | 1950 |
| All Star Revue | Self | 1950 |
| TV Club | Self - Actress | 1950 |
| Sunset Boulevard | Norma Desmond | 1950 |
| Sunset Blvd. | Norma Desmond | 1950 |
| The Golden Twenties | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Herself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| The Ken Murray Show | Self | 1950 |
| 20 Questions | Self | 1949 |
| The Ed Wynn Show | Self | 1949 |
| Down Memory Lane | Reluctant bride / archive footage | 1949 |
| Who Said That? | Self | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| The Gloria Swanson Hour | Self - Host | 1948 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Self | 1948 |
| We, the People | Self - Actress | 1948 |
| Dear Miss Gloria | Miss Gloria | 1946 |
| Father Takes a Wife | Leslie Collier Osborne | 1941 |
| Music in the Air | Frieda Hotzfelt | 1934 |
| The Camera Speaks | Herself (archive footage) / (archive footage) | 1934 |
| March of the Movies | Self - film clip | 1933 |
| Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 | Self | 1933 |
| Perfect Understanding | Judy Rogers | 1933 |
| Queen Kelly | Queen Kelly / Kitty Kelly | 1932 |
| The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | 1931 |
| Round About Hollywood | Self | 1931 |
| Indiscreet | Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent | 1931 |
| Tonight or Never | Nella Vago | 1931 |
| The Trespasser | Marion Donnell | 1929 |
| Sadie Thompson | Sadie Thompson | 1928 |
| The Love of Sunya | Sunya Ashling | 1927 |
| Fine Manners | Orchid Murphy | 1926 |
| The Untamed Lady | St. Clair Van Tassel | 1926 |
| Stage Struck | Jennie Hagen / Jenny Hagen | 1925 |
| The Coast of Folly | Joyce Gathway / Nadine Gathway | 1925 |
| Madame Sans-Gêne | Catherine Hubscher / Catherina Hubscher | 1925 |
| Wages of Virtue | Carmelita | 1924 |
| Her Love Story | Princess Marie | 1924 |
| Manhandled | Tessie McGuire | 1924 |
| A Society Scandal | Marjorie Colbert | 1924 |
| The Humming Bird | Toinette | 1924 |
| Zaza | Zaza | 1923 |
| Hollywood | Gloria Swanson | 1923 |
| Prodigal Daughters | Elinor 'Swifty' Forbes / Swifty Forbes | 1923 |
| My American Wife | Natalie Chester | 1922 |
| The Impossible Mrs. Bellew | Betty Bellew | 1922 |
| A Trip to Paramountown | Herself / Self | 1922 |
| Beyond the Rocks | Theodora Fitzgerald | 1922 |
| Her Gilded Cage | Suzanne Ornoff | 1922 |
| Her Husband's Trademark | Lois Miller | 1922 |
| The Affairs of Anatol | Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife) / Vivian Spencer - Anatol's Wife | 1921 |
| The Great Moment | Nada Pelham / Nadine Pelham | 1921 |
| Something to Think About | Ruth Anderson | 1920 |
| Why Change Your Wife? | Beth Gordon | 1920 |
| Male and Female | Lady Mary Lasenby | 1919 |
| For Better, for Worse | Sylvia Norcross | 1919 |
| Don't Change Your Husband | Leila Porter | 1919 |
| Wife or Country | Sylvia Hamilton | 1918 |
| Shifting Sands | Marcia Grey | 1918 |
| Everywoman's Husband | Edith Emerson | 1918 |
| You Can't Believe Everything | Patricia Reynolds | 1918 |
| Station Content | Kitty Manning | 1918 |
| Her Decision | Phyllis Dunbar | 1918 |
| Society for Sale | Phylis Clyne | 1918 |
| The Sultan's Wife | Gloria | 1917 |
| Teddy at the Throttle | His Sweetheart / Gloria Dawn | 1917 |
| The Danger Girl | The Danger Girl - Reggie's Madcap Sister | 1916 |
| His New Job | Stenographer | 1915 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Perfect Understanding | 1933 |
| Queen Kelly | 1932 |
| Sadie Thompson | 1928 |
| The Love of Sunya | 1927 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1964 | Golden Globe | Best TV Star - Female | Nominated |
| 1951 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1951 | Golden Globe | Best Actress - Drama | Won |
| 1929 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
