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Gloria Swanson

Gloria Swanson
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About

Gloria Swanson (1899-1983) was an American actress who became one of Hollywood's highest-paid stars of the silent era and a defining fashion icon of the 1920s. Trained under Cecil B. DeMille at Paramount, she later formed her own production company and earned a nomination at the very first Academy Awards for Sadie Thompson (1928). After years away from the screen, she made a celebrated return as Norma Desmond in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard (1950) - a performance ranked among cinema's greatest and her third Oscar nomination.

3×
Oscar nomination (Sadie Thompson 1929, The Trespasser 1930, Sunset Boulevard 1951)
#16
Sunset Boulevard in the AFI ranking of 100 greatest American films
2×
stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
11
Oscar nominations for the film Sunset Boulevard (including best film, directing, actress)

What's new

  • 2025-02

    On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the premiere of Sunset Boulevard, extensive retrospectives were released, reminding that the film still occupies leading positions in the rankings of the greatest films of all time.

  • 1980

    Swanson published an autobiography Swanson on Swanson, for which she reportedly received a fee of one million dollars.

Tracks

Sunset Boulevard (1950)Wilder's film noir, role of Norma Desmond - Swanson's most famous performance, #16 on the AFI list
Sadie Thompson (1928)first Oscar nomination in the history of the Academy Awards, Swanson as producer and actress
Male and Female (1919)breakthrough film with Cecil B. DeMille, which made her a Paramount star
The Trespasser (1929)Swanson's first sound film, second Oscar nomination
Queen Kelly (1929)unfinished project with Erich von Stroheim, legendary curiosity of silent Hollywood

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