Gloria Swanson

human
Sex or gender	female
Country wey e be citizen	USA
Name in native language	Gloria Swanson
Birth name	Gloria May Josephine Swanson
Given name	Gloria
Family name	Swanson
Date of birth	27 March 1899
Place dem born am	Chicago
Date of death	4 April 1983
Place dem die	Weill Cornell Medical Center
Cause of death	cardiovascular disease
Place wey dem bury am	Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest Columbarium
Puppie	Joseph T. Swanson
Mummie	Adelaide Klanowski
Kiddie	Gloria Somborn, Michelle Bridget Farmer
Native language	English
Languages spoken, written or signed	English
Writing language	English
Educate for	Lake View High School
Work location	USA
Work period (start)	1914
Work period (end)	1983
Political party hin memba	Republican Party
Religion or worldview	Lutheranism
Archives at	Harry Ransom Center
Influenced by	Henry G. Bieler, Lelord Kordel
Award dem receive	star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, The George Pal Memorial Award
Nominated for	Academy Award for Best Actress, Academy Award for Best Actress, Academy Award for Best Actress
Described at URL	https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/05/obituaries/gloria-swanson-dies-20-s-film-idol.html
Documentation files at	SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts

Gloria May Josephine Swanson (March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983) be American actress den producer. Na she first achieve fame for acting chaw silent films for de 1920s inside wey dem nominate am three times for de Academy Award for Best Actress, most famously for ein 1950 return for Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard inside, wey san so earn am ein Golden Globe Award.

Ein early life[edit | edit source]

Dem born Swanson for sum small house for Chicago inside for 1899, na she be de only child of Adelaide (née Klanowski) den Joseph Theodore Swanson (né Svensson), soldier.^[1] Dem raise am for de Lutheran faith inside. Na ein poppie be Swedish American wey ein mummie be German, French, den Polish ancestry.^[2]^[3]

Ein portrayals[edit | edit source]

Swanson play for both television top den for film inside by de actresses wey dey follow:

1971: Carol Burnett for The Carol Burnett Show top^[4]
1984: Diane Venora for The Cotton Club inside^[5]
1990: Madolyn Smith for The Kennedys of Massachusetts inside^[6]
1991: Ann Turkel for White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd inside^[7]
2008: Kristen Wiig for Saturday Night Live inside^[8]
2013: Debi Mazar for Return to Babylon inside^[9]

Stage[edit | edit source]

Note: Dem limit de list below to New York Broadway theatrical productions.

Broadway credits of Gloria Swanson
Title	Date	Role	Ref(s)
A Goose for the Gander	January 23, 1945 – February 3, 1945	Katherine	^[10]
Bathsheba	March 26, 1947 – April 19, 1947		^[11]
Twentieth Century	December 24, 1950 – June 2, 1951	Lily Garland	^[12]
Nina	December 5, 1951 – January 12, 1952	Nina	^[13]
Butterflies Are Free	September 7, 1971 – July 2, 1972	Mrs. Baker	^[14]

Ein filmography[edit | edit source]

Shorts[edit | edit source]

Short subject
Title	Year	Role	Notes Studio/Distributor	Ref(s)
The Song of the Soul	1914		Unconfirmed	^[15]
The Misjudged Mr. Hartley	1915	Maid		^[16]
At the End of a Perfect Day	1915	Hands Bouquet to Holmes	Uncredited, actual release date for January 26, 2015	^[17]
The Ambition of the Baron	1915	Bit part	Essanay Film wey dey star Francis X. Bushman	^[18]
His New Job	1915	Stenographer	Essanay Film Charlie Chaplin wey rep den direct am	^[19]
The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket	1915	Farina, Elvira ein Daughter	Dem credit am as Gloria Mae Essanay Film	^[19]
Sweedie Goes to College	1915	College Girl	Wallace Beery play Sweedie for series of shorts inside Essanay Film	^[20]
The Romance of an American Duchess	1915	Minor Role	Uncredited Essanay Film	^[21]
The Broken Pledge	1915	Gloria	Essanay Film	^[22]
A Dash of Courage	1916		Keystone/Triangle plus Bobby Vernon Clarence G. Badger direct am	^[23]
Hearts and Sparks	1916		Keystone/Triangle plus Bobby Vernon Clarence G. Badger direct am	^[24]
A Social Cub	1916		Keystone/Triangle plus Bobby Vernon Clarence G. Badger direct am	^[25]
The Danger Girl	1916	Reggie ein madcap sisto	Keystone/Triangle plus Bobby Vernon Clarence G. Badger direct am	^[26]
Haystacks and Steeples	1916		Keystone/Triangle plus Bobby Vernon Clarence G. Badger direct am	^[27]
The Nick of Time Baby	1916		Keystone/Triangle plus Bobby Vernon Clarence G. Badger direct am	^[28]
Teddy at the Throttle	1917	Gloria Dawn, Ein Sweetheart	Uncredited plus Bobby Vernon Keystone/Triangle Clarence G. Badger direct am	^[29]
Baseball Madness	1917		Victor Film/Universal	^[30]
Dangers of a Bride	1917		Keystone/Triangle Clarence G. Badger direct am	^[31]
Whose Baby?	1917		Keystone/Triangle plus Bobby Vernon Clarence G. Badger direct am	^[31]
The Sultan's Wife	1917	Gloria	Keystone/Triangle plus Bobby Vernon Clarence G. Badger direct am	^[31]
The Pullman Bride	1917	The Girl	Paramount-Mack Sennett Clarence G. Badger direct am	^[32]
A Trip to Paramountown	1922	Ein body	Paramount	^[33]

Ein features[edit | edit source]

Gloria Swanson ein feature film credits
Title	Year	Role	Notes Studio/Distributor	Ref(s)
Society for Sale	1918	Phylis Clyne	Triangle Film Corporation	^[34]
Her Decision	1918	Phyllis Dunbar	Triangle Film Corporation Jack Conway direct am	^[35]
You Can't Believe Everything	1918	Patricia Reynolds	Triangle Film Corporation Jack Conway direct am	^[36]
Station Content	1918	Kitty Manning	Triangle Film Corporation Arthur Hoyt direct am	^[36]
Everywoman's Husband	1918	Edith Emerson	Triangle Film Corporation Gilbert P. Hamilton direct am	^[36]
Shifting Sands	1918	Marcia Grey	Triangle Film Corporation Albert Parker direct am	^[37]
The Secret Code	1918	Sally Carter Rand	Triangle Film Corporation Albert Parker direct am	^[36]
Wife or Country	1918	Sylvia Hamilton	Triangle Film Corporation E. Mason Hopper direct am	^[36]
Don't Change Your Husband	1919	Leila Porter	Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Cecil B. DeMille direct am	^[37]
For Better, for Worse	1919	Sylvia Norcross	Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Cecil B. DeMille direct am	^[36]
Male and Female	1919	Lady Mary Lasenby	Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Cecil B. DeMille direct am	^[38]
Why Change Your Wife?	1920	Beth Gordon	Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Cecil B. DeMille direct am	^[38]
Something to Think About	1920	Ruth Anderson	Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Cecil B. DeMille direct am	^[38]
The Affairs of Anatol	1921	Vivian Spencer – Anatol's Wife	Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Cecil B. DeMille direct am	^[38]^[39]
The Great Moment	1921	Nada Pelham/Nadine Pelham	Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Sam Wood direct am	^[38]
Under the Lash	1921	Deborah Krillet	Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Sam Wood direct am	^[40]
Don't Tell Everything	1921	Marian Westover	Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Sam Wood direct am	^[41]
Her Husband's Trademark	1922	Lois Miller	Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Sam Wood direct am	^[41]
Her Gilded Cage	1922	Suzanne Ornoff	Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Sam Wood direct am	^[41]
Beyond the Rocks	1922	Theodora Fitzgerald	Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Sam Wood direct am	^[41]
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew	1922	Betty Bellew	Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Sam Wood direct am	^[41]
My American Wife	1922	Natalie Chester	Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Sam Wood direct am	^[42]
Prodigal Daughters	1923	Swifty Forbes	Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Sam Wood direct am	^[43]
Bluebeard's 8th Wife	1923	Mona deBriac	Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Sam Wood direct am	^[43]
Hollywood	1923	Cameo role	Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount	^[44]
Zaza	1923	Zaza	Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Allan Dwan direct am	^[43]
The Humming Bird	1924	Toinette	Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Sidney Olcott direct am	^[43]
A Society Scandal	1924	Marjorie Colbert	Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Allan Dwan direct am	^[43]
Manhandled	1924	Tessie McGuire	Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Allan Dwan direct am	^[43]
Her Love Story	1924	Princess Marie	Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Allan Dwan direct am	^[45]
Wages of Virtue	1924	Carmelita	Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Allan Dwan direct am	^[45]
Madame Sans-Gêne	1925	Madame Sans-Gêne	Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Léonce Perret direct am	^[45]
The Coast of Folly	1925	Joyce Gathway/Nadine Gathway	Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Allan Dwan direct am	^[45]
Stage Struck	1925	Jennie Hagen	Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Allan Dwan direct am	^[45]
The Untamed Lady	1926	St. Clair Van Tassel	Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Frank Tuttle direct am	^[46]
Fine Manners	1926	Orchid Murphy	Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Richard Rosson direct am	^[46]
The Love of Sunya	1927	Sunya Ashling	Swanson Producing Corporation/United Artists Albert Parker direct am	^[46]
Sadie Thompson	1928	Sadie Thompson	Gloria Swanson Productions/United Artists Raoul Walsh direct am	^[46]
Queen Kelly	1928	Kitty Kelly/Queen Kelly	Joseph P. Kennedy/United Artists Erich von Stroheim direct am	^[46]
The Trespasser	1929	Marion Donnell	Gloria Productions/United Artists Edmund Goulding direct am Dem release am for two versions inside, one silent, den de oda plus sound	^[47]
What a Widow!	1930	Tamarind Brook	Gloria Productions/United Artists Allan Dwan direct am	^[48]
Indiscreet	1931	Geraldine "Gerry" Trent	Feature Productions, Inc. A DeSylva, Brown & Henderson Production Leo McCarey direct am	^[48]
Tonight or Never	1931	Nella Vago	Feature Productions, Inc./United Artists Mervyn LeRoy direct am	^[48]
Perfect Understanding	1933	Judy Rogers	Gloria Swanson British Productions, Ltd./United Artists Cyril Gardner direct am	^[49]
Music in the Air	1934	Frieda Hotzfelt	Erich Pommer Productions/Fox Film Joe May direct am	^[50]
Father Takes a Wife	1941	Leslie Collier Osborne	Marcus Lee/RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. William Dorfman direct am	^[50]
Sunset Boulevard	1950	Norma Desmond	Charles Brackett/Paramount Billy Wilder direct am	^[50]
3 for Bedroom "C"	1952	Ann Haven/costume designer	Brenco Pictures Corporation/Warner Bros. Milton H. Bren direct am	^[51]
Nero's Weekend (aka Nero's Mistress)	1956	Agrippina	Les Films Marceau and Titanus/Manhattan Films International Steno direct am	^[52]
Airport 1975	1974	Herself	Universal Pictures Jack Smight direct am	^[52]

Television[edit | edit source]

Television
Title	Year	Role	Notes
The Gloria Swanson Hour	1948	Hostess	Variety show
The Peter Lind Hayes Show	1950	Ein body	Episode #1.1 sitcom show
Hollywood Opening Night	1953		Episode: "The Pattern"
Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson	1954–1955	Hostess	25 episodes
The Steve Allen Show	1957	Norma Desmond	Episode #3.8
Straightaway	1961	Lorraine Carrington	Episode: "A Toast to Yesterday"
Dr. Kildare	1963	Julia Colton	Episode: "The Good Luck Charm"
Burke's Law	1963–1964	Various roles	2 episodes
Kraft Suspense Theatre	1964	Mrs. Charlotte Heaton	Segment: "Who Is Jennifer?"
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	1964	Mrs. Daniels	Episode: "Behind the Locked Door"
My Three Sons	1965	Margaret McSterling	Episode: "The Fountain of Youth"
Ben Casey	1965	Victoria Hoffman	Episode: "Minus That Rusty Old Hacksaw"
The Beverly Hillbillies	1966	Ein body	Episode: "The Gloria Swanson Story"
The Eternal Tramp Special	1972	Narrator	aka Chaplinesque, My Life and Hard Times
The Carol Burnett Show	1973	Ein body	Episode #7.3
Killer Bees	1974	Madame Maria von Bohlen	Television movie
The Great Debate	1974	Ein body	Canadian interview show with James Bawden
Hollywood	1980	Ein body	Television documentary

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Quirk 1984, pp. 15, 17.
↑ Quirk 1984, p. 17.
↑ Harzig & Matovic 2018, p. 283.
↑ https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=cbs&p=243&item=T:59457
↑ Holbrook 2011, p. 158.
↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1990/02/17/tv-preview/aaa86f87-22ac-42fa-b620-1bd2e2b2f2a2/
↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1991/05/05/white-hot-the-unsolved-murder-of-thelma-todd/66a83d12-b5ea-4e27-9bb7-d71fccf5d4d8/
↑ https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/portsmouth-herald/2008/10/26/jon-hamm-is-mad-funny/52219880007/
↑ https://cinema.usc.edu/events/event.cfm?id=14335
↑ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/if-i-were-king-5505#OpeningNightCast
↑ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/bathsheba-1537#OpeningNightCast
↑ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/twentieth-century-1899#OpeningNightCast
↑ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/nina-1980#OpeningNightCast
↑ https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/butterflies-are-free-3299#Replacements
↑ Shearer 2013, p. 14.
↑ Shearer 2013, p. 19.
↑ Welsch 2013, p. 14.
↑ Welsch 2013, p. 14.
↑ ^19.0 ^19.1 Shearer 2013, p. 19.
↑ Welsch 2013, p. 18.
↑ Welsch 2013, p. 15.
↑ Shearer 2013, p. 21.
↑ Welsch 2013, p. 22.
↑ Shearer 2013, p. 29.
↑ King 2009, p. 172.
↑ Welsch 2013, pp. 24, 36, 355.
↑ Shearer 2013, p. 30.
↑ Shearer 2013, p. 31.
↑ Shearer 2013, p. 34.
↑ Welsch 2013, p. 399n36.
↑ ^31.0 ^31.1 ^31.2 Shearer 2013, p. 35.
↑ Welsch 2013, pp. 34–35.
↑ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51160929/trip-to-paramountown-is-stellar-traffif/
↑ https://catalog.afi.com/Film/15178-SOCIETY-FOR-SALE?cxt=filmography
↑ Welsch 2013, p. 438.
↑ ^36.0 ^36.1 ^36.2 ^36.3 ^36.4 ^36.5 Welsch 2013, p. 439.
↑ ^37.0 ^37.1 Welsch 2013, p. 39.
↑ ^38.0 ^38.1 ^38.2 ^38.3 ^38.4 Welsch 2013, p. 440.
↑ Birchard 2009, p. 162.
↑ Welsch 2013, pp. 440–441.
↑ ^41.0 ^41.1 ^41.2 ^41.3 ^41.4 Welsch 2013, p. 441.
↑ Welsch 2013, pp. 441–442.
↑ ^43.0 ^43.1 ^43.2 ^43.3 ^43.4 ^43.5 Welsch 2013, p. 442.
↑ https://catalog.afi.com/Film/9785-HOLLYWOOD?cxt=filmography
↑ ^45.0 ^45.1 ^45.2 ^45.3 ^45.4 Welsch 2013, p. 443.
↑ ^46.0 ^46.1 ^46.2 ^46.3 ^46.4 Welsch 2013, p. 444.
↑ Welsch 2013, pp. 444–445.
↑ ^48.0 ^48.1 ^48.2 Welsch 2013, p. 445.
↑ Welsch 2013, pp. 445–446.
↑ ^50.0 ^50.1 ^50.2 Welsch 2013, p. 446.
↑ Welsch 2013, pp. 446–447.
↑ ^52.0 ^52.1 Welsch 2013, p. 447.

[1] Quirk 1984, pp. 15, 17.

[2] Quirk 1984, p. 17.

[3] Harzig & Matovic 2018, p. 283.

[4] ttps://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=cbs&p=243&item=T:59457

[5] Holbrook 2011, p. 158.

[6] ttps://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1990/02/17/tv-preview/aaa86f87-22ac-42fa-b620-1bd2e2b2f2a2/

[7] ttps://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1991/05/05/white-hot-the-unsolved-murder-of-thelma-todd/66a83d12-b5ea-4e27-9bb7-d71fccf5d4d8/

[8] ttps://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/portsmouth-herald/2008/10/26/jon-hamm-is-mad-funny/52219880007/

[9] ttps://cinema.usc.edu/events/event.cfm?id=14335

[10] ttps://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/if-i-were-king-5505#OpeningNightCast

[11] ttps://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/bathsheba-1537#OpeningNightCast

[12] ttps://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/twentieth-century-1899#OpeningNightCast

[13] ttps://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/nina-1980#OpeningNightCast

[14] ttps://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/butterflies-are-free-3299#Replacements

[15] Shearer 2013, p. 14.

[16] Shearer 2013, p. 19.

[17] Welsch 2013, p. 14.

[18] Welsch 2013, p. 14.

[:0-19] 19.0 ^19.1 Shearer 2013, p. 19.

[20] Welsch 2013, p. 18.

[21] Welsch 2013, p. 15.

[22] Shearer 2013, p. 21.

[23] Welsch 2013, p. 22.

[24] Shearer 2013, p. 29.

[25] King 2009, p. 172.

[26] Welsch 2013, pp. 24, 36, 355.

[27] Shearer 2013, p. 30.

[28] Shearer 2013, p. 31.

[29] Shearer 2013, p. 34.

[30] Welsch 2013, p. 399n36.

[:1-31] 31.0 ^31.1 ^31.2 Shearer 2013, p. 35.

[32] Welsch 2013, pp. 34–35.

[33] ttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/51160929/trip-to-paramountown-is-stellar-traffif/

[34] ttps://catalog.afi.com/Film/15178-SOCIETY-FOR-SALE?cxt=filmography

[35] Welsch 2013, p. 438.

[:2-36] 36.0 ^36.1 ^36.2 ^36.3 ^36.4 ^36.5 Welsch 2013, p. 439.

[:3-37] 37.0 ^37.1 Welsch 2013, p. 39.

[:4-38] 38.0 ^38.1 ^38.2 ^38.3 ^38.4 Welsch 2013, p. 440.

[39] Birchard 2009, p. 162.

[40] Welsch 2013, pp. 440–441.

[:5-41] 41.0 ^41.1 ^41.2 ^41.3 ^41.4 Welsch 2013, p. 441.

[42] Welsch 2013, pp. 441–442.

[:6-43] 43.0 ^43.1 ^43.2 ^43.3 ^43.4 ^43.5 Welsch 2013, p. 442.

[44] ttps://catalog.afi.com/Film/9785-HOLLYWOOD?cxt=filmography

[:7-45] 45.0 ^45.1 ^45.2 ^45.3 ^45.4 Welsch 2013, p. 443.

[:8-46] 46.0 ^46.1 ^46.2 ^46.3 ^46.4 Welsch 2013, p. 444.

[47] Welsch 2013, pp. 444–445.

[:9-48] 48.0 ^48.1 ^48.2 Welsch 2013, p. 445.

[49] Welsch 2013, pp. 445–446.

[:10-50] 50.0 ^50.1 ^50.2 Welsch 2013, p. 446.

[51] Welsch 2013, pp. 446–447.

[:11-52] 52.0 ^52.1 Welsch 2013, p. 447.

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