Gloria Swanson

Swanson in 1941

Gloria Swanson^[1] (Gloria Josephine Mae, March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983) was an American movie, television, stage, voice, radio, silent movie actress, singer and movie producer. She played Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard. She won a Golden Globe Award in 1951 and a Saturn Award in 1975. She was known for having an affair with Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.. Swanson was born in Chicago, Illinois.^[2] She studied at Hawthorne Scholastic Academy. She was married six times, having a relationship with Wallace Beery (1916-1919), Herbert K. Somborn (1919-1922), Henri de la Falaise (1925-1930), Michael Farmer (1931-1934), William Davey (1945-1946) and William Dufty (1976-1983). Swanson had three children. She died of heart failure. She was buried at the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest in New York City.

Gloria Swanson Media

Actress Gloria Swanson, on page 124 of Screen Acting.
Swanson and Rudolph Valentino in a scene from Beyond the Rocks (1922)
Swanson on the March 7, 1925, cover of Liberty magazine
Portrait of Gloria Swanson by Milena Pavlović-Barili
Swanson (left) in Indiscreet
Swanson and John Boles in Music in the Air (1934)
Swanson and Laurence Olivier in Perfect Understanding (1933)
Swanson and William Holden in Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Swanson with Fred MacMurray in the promo of My Three Sons (1965)

References

↑ Cornell Sarvady, Andrea; Miller, Frank; Haskell, Molly; Osborne, Robert (2006). Leading Ladies: The 50 Most Unforgettable Actresses of the Studio Era. Chronicle Books. pp. 185. ISBN 0-8118-5248-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ Harzig, Christiane (1996). Peasant Maids, City Women. Cornell University Press. p. 283. ISBN 0-8014-8395-6.

Other websites

Gloria Swanson on IMDb
Gloria Swanson at the TCM Movie Database
Gloria Swanson at the Internet Broadway Database

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[1] Cornell Sarvady, Andrea; Miller, Frank; Haskell, Molly; Osborne, Robert (2006). Leading Ladies: The 50 Most Unforgettable Actresses of the Studio Era. Chronicle Books. pp. 185. ISBN 0-8118-5248-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] Harzig, Christiane (1996). Peasant Maids, City Women. Cornell University Press. p. 283. ISBN 0-8014-8395-6.

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