Gloria Swanson - Filmfansite

Birth name: Gloria May Josephine Svensson
Birth: 27 March 1899
Died: 4 April 1983
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Hollywood Walk Star: Yes
Gloria Swanson

Career / Biography

Gloria Swanson was an actress with a long career starting in 1915 in the silent era and spaning 60 years into the the 1970's. She was married 6 times. Her first husband was Wallace Beery. She was nominated for three Best Actress Oscars. She initially started as a comic actor but under the direction of Cecil B Demille she expanded into more dramatic roles and became a style icon.

Films

Indiscreet (1931)
Tonight Or Never (1931)
The Trespasser (1929)
Sadie Thompson (1928)
The Love Of Sunya (1927) - Silent
Stage Struck (1925) - Silent
Manhandled (1924) - Silent
Zaza (1923) - Silent
Beyond The Rocks (1922) - Silent
The Affairs Of Anatol (1921) - Silent
Why Change Your Wife? (1920) - Silent
Male And Female (1919) - Silent
For Better, For Worse (1919) - Silent
Don't Change Your Husband (1919) - Silent
The Sultan's Wife (1917) - Silent
Teddy At The Throttle (1917) - Silent
The Danger Girl (1916) - Silent

Oscars

Nomination - Best Actress - Sunset Blvd (1950)
Nomination - Best Actress - The Trespasser (1929)
Nomination Best Actress - Sadie Thompson (1928)

Quote

I have gone through enough of being a nobody. I have decided that when I am a star I will be every inch and every moment the star! Everybody from the studio gateman to the highest executive will know it.
Fame was thrilling only until it became grueling. Money was fun only until you ran out of things to buy.