Gloria Swanson
Gloria Josephine Mae Swanson[1] (March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983) be American actress den producer. Na she first achieve fame for acting chaw silent films for de 1920s insyd 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 insyd, wey san so earn am ein Golden Globe Award.
Ein sex anaa gender | female |
---|---|
Country wey e be citizen | United States |
Name in native language | Gloria Swanson |
Birth name | Gloria May Josephine Swanson |
Name wey dem give am | Gloria |
Family name | Swanson |
Ein date of birth | 27 March 1899 |
Place dem born am | Chicago |
Date wey edie | 4 April 1983 |
Place wey edie | Weill Cornell Medical Center |
Cause of death | cardiovascular disease |
Place wey dem bury am | Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest Columbarium |
Ein poppie | Joseph T. Swanson |
Mummie | Adelaide Klanowski |
Kiddie | Gloria Somborn, Michelle Bridget Farmer |
Native language | English |
Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign | English |
Writing language | English |
Educate for | Lake View High School |
Work location | United States |
Work period (start) | 1914 |
Work period (end) | 1983 |
Political party ein member | Republican Party |
Religion anaa worldview | Lutheranism |
Dey archive for | Harry Ransom Center |
Influenced by | Henry G. Bieler, Lelord Kordel |
Award e receive | star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, The George Pal Memorial Award |
Dem nominate 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 |
Ein early life
editDem born Swanson for sam small house for Chicago insyd for 1899, na she be de only child of Adelaide (née Klanowski) den Joseph Theodore Swanson (né Svensson), soldier.[2] Dem raise am for de Lutheran faith insyd. Na ein poppie be Swedish American wey ein mommie be German, French, den Polish ancestry.[3][4]
Ein portrayals
editSwanson play for both television top den for film insyd by de actresses wey dey follow:
- 1971: Carol Burnett for The Carol Burnett Show top[5]
- 1984: Diane Venora for The Cotton Club insyd[6]
- 1990: Madolyn Smith for The Kennedys of Massachusetts insyd[7]
- 1991: Ann Turkel for White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd insyd[8]
- 2008: Kristen Wiig for Saturday Night Live insyd[9]
- 2013: Debi Mazar for Return to Babylon insyd[10]
Stage
editNote: Dem limit de list below to New York Broadway theatrical productions.
Title | Date | Role | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|
A Goose for the Gander | January 23, 1945 – February 3, 1945 | Katherine | [11] |
Bathsheba | March 26, 1947 – April 19, 1947 | [12] | |
Twentieth Century | December 24, 1950 – June 2, 1951 | Lily Garland | [13] |
Nina | December 5, 1951 – January 12, 1952 | Nina | [14] |
Butterflies Are Free | September 7, 1971 – July 2, 1972 | Mrs. Baker | [15] |
Ein filmography
edit† | Dey denote lost anaa presumed lost film. |
Shorts
editTitle | Year | Role | Notes Studio/Distributor |
Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Song of the Soul † | 1914 | Unconfirmed | [16] | |
The Misjudged Mr. Hartley † | 1915 | Maid | [17] | |
At the End of a Perfect Day † | 1915 | Hands Bouquet to Holmes | Uncredited, actual release date of January 26, 2015 | [16] |
The Ambition of the Baron | 1915 | Bit part | Essanay Film starring Francis X. Bushman |
[18] |
His New Job | 1915 | Stenographer | Essanay Film Charlie Chaplin wey wrep den direct am |
[17] |
The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket † | 1915 | Farina, Elvira's Daughter | Credited as Gloria Mae Essanay Film |
[17] |
Sweedie Goes to College † | 1915 | College Girl | Wallace Beery play Sweedie insyd series of shorts Essanay Film |
[19] |
The Romance of an American Duchess † | 1915 | Minor Role | Uncredited Essanay Film |
[20] |
The Broken Pledge † | 1915 | Gloria | Essanay Film | [21] |
A Dash of Courage † | 1916 | Keystone/Triangle plus Bobby Vernon wey Clarence G. Badger direct am |
[22] | |
Hearts and Sparks † | 1916 | Keystone/Triangle plus Bobby Vernon wey Clarence G. Badger direct am |
[23] | |
A Social Cub † | 1916 | Keystone/Triangle plus Bobby Vernon wey Clarence G. Badger direct am |
[24] | |
The Danger Girl | 1916 | Reggie's madcap sister | Keystone/Triangle plus Bobby Vernon wey Clarence G. Badger direct am |
[25] |
Haystacks and Steeples † | 1916 | Keystone/Triangle plus Bobby Vernon wey Clarence G. Badger direct am |
[26] | |
The Nick of Time Baby | 1916 | Keystone/Triangle plus Bobby Vernon wey Clarence G. Badger direct am |
[27] | |
Teddy at the Throttle | 1917 | Gloria Dawn, His Sweetheart | Uncredited plus Bobby Vernon wey Clarence G. Badger direct am |
[28] |
Baseball Madness † | 1917 | Victor Film/Universal | [29] | |
Dangers of a Bride † | 1917 | Keystone/Triangle wey Clarence G. Badger direct am | [30] | |
Whose Baby? | 1917 | Keystone/Triangle plus Bobby Vernon wey Clarence G. Badger direct am |
[30] | |
The Sultan's Wife | 1917 | Gloria | Keystone/Triangle plus Bobby Vernon wey Clarence G. Badger direct am |
[30] |
The Pullman Bride | 1917 | The Girl | Paramount-Mack Sennett by Clarence G. Badger direct am | [31] |
A Trip to Paramountown | 1922 | Ein self | Paramount | [32] |
Features
editTitle | Year | Role | Notes Studio/Distributor |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Society for Sale † | 1918 | Phylis Clyne | Triangle Film Corporation | [33] |
Her Decision † | 1918 | Phyllis Dunbar | Triangle Film Corporation Jack Conway direct am |
[34] |
You Can't Believe Everything † | 1918 | Patricia Reynolds | Triangle Film Corporation Jack Conway direct am |
[35] |
Station Content | 1918 | Kitty Manning | Triangle Film Corporation Arthur Hoyt direct am One reel survives |
[35] |
Everywoman's Husband | 1918 | Edith Emerson | Triangle Film Corporation Gilbert P. Hamilton direct am |
[35] |
Shifting Sands | 1918 | Marcia Grey | Triangle Film Corporation Albert Parker direct am |
[36] |
The Secret Code † | 1918 | Sally Carter Rand | Triangle Film Corporation Albert Parker direct am |
[35] |
Wife or Country † | 1918 | Sylvia Hamilton | Triangle Film Corporation E. Mason Hopper direct am |
[35] |
Don't Change Your Husband | 1919 | Leila Porter | Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Cecil B. DeMille direct am |
[36] |
For Better, for Worse | 1919 | Sylvia Norcross | Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Cecil B. DeMille direct am |
[35] |
Male and Female | 1919 | Lady Mary Lasenby | Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Cecil B. DeMille direct am |
[37] |
Why Change Your Wife? | 1920 | Beth Gordon | Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Cecil B. DeMille direct am |
[37] |
Something to Think About | 1920 | Ruth Anderson | Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Cecil B. DeMille direct am |
[37] |
The Affairs of Anatol | 1921 | Vivian Spencer – Anatol's Wife | Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Cecil B. DeMille direct am |
[37][38] |
The Great Moment † | 1921 | Nada Pelham/Nadine Pelham | Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Sam Wood direct am |
[37] |
Under the Lash † | 1921 | Deborah Krillet | Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Sam Wood direct am |
[39] |
Don't Tell Everything † | 1921 | Marian Westover | Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Sam Wood direct am |
[40] |
Her Husband's Trademark | 1922 | Lois Miller | Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Sam Wood direct am |
[40] |
Her Gilded Cage † | 1922 | Suzanne Ornoff | Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Sam Wood direct am |
[40] |
Beyond the Rocks | 1922 | Theodora Fitzgerald | Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Sam Wood direct am |
[40] |
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew † | 1922 | Betty Bellew | Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Sam Wood direct am |
[40] |
My American Wife † | 1922 | Natalie Chester | Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Sam Wood direct am |
[41] |
Prodigal Daughters † | 1923 | Swifty Forbes | Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Sam Wood direct am |
[42] |
Bluebeard's 8th Wife † | 1923 | Mona deBriac | Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Sam Wood direct am |
[42] |
Hollywood † | 1923 | Cameo role | Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount | [43] |
Zaza | 1923 | Zaza | Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Allan Dwan direct am |
[42] |
The Humming Bird | 1924 | Toinette | Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Sidney Olcott direct am |
[42] |
A Society Scandal † | 1924 | Marjorie Colbert | Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Allan Dwan direct am |
[42] |
Manhandled | 1924 | Tessie McGuire | Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Allan Dwan direct am |
[42] |
Her Love Story † | 1924 | Princess Marie | Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Allan Dwan direct am |
|
Wages of Virtue † | 1924 | Carmelita | Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Allan Dwan direct am |
|
Madame Sans-Gêne † | 1925 | Madame Sans-Gêne | Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Léonce Perret direct am |
|
The Coast of Folly † | 1925 | Joyce Gathway/Nadine Gathway | Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Allan Dwan direct am |
|
Stage Struck | 1925 | Jennie Hagen | Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Allan Dwan direct am |
|
The Untamed Lady † | 1926 | St. Clair Van Tassel | Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Frank Tuttle direct am |
|
Fine Manners | 1926 | Orchid Murphy | Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Richard Rosson direct am |
|
The Love of Sunya | 1927 | Sunya Ashling | Swanson Producing Corporation/United Artists Albert Parker direct am |
|
Sadie Thompson | 1928 | Sadie Thompson | Gloria Swanson Productions/United Artists Raoul Walsh direct am |
|
Queen Kelly | 1928 | Kitty Kelly/Queen Kelly | Joseph P. Kennedy/United Artists Erich von Stroheim direct am |
|
The Trespasser | 1929 | Marion Donnell | Gloria Productions/United Artists Edmund Goulding direct am Dem release am insyd two versions, one silent, den de oda plus sound |
|
What a Widow! † | 1930 | Tamarind Brook | Gloria Productions/United Artists Allan Dwan direct am |
|
Indiscreet | 1931 | Geraldine "Gerry" Trent | Feature Productions, Inc. A DeSylva, Brown & Henderson Production Leo McCarey direct am |
|
Tonight or Never | 1931 | Nella Vago | Feature Productions, Inc./United Artists Mervyn LeRoy direct am |
|
Perfect Understanding | 1933 | Judy Rogers | Gloria Swanson British Productions, Ltd./United Artists Cyril Gardner direct am |
|
Music in the Air | 1934 | Frieda Hotzfelt | Erich Pommer Productions/Fox Film Joe May direct am |
|
Father Takes a Wife | 1941 | Leslie Collier Osborne | Marcus Lee/RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. William Dorfman direct am |
|
Sunset Boulevard | 1950 | Norma Desmond | Charles Brackett/Paramount Billy Wilder direct am |
|
3 for Bedroom "C" | 1952 | Ann Haven/costume designer | Brenco Pictures Corporation/Warner Bros. Milton H. Bren direct am |
|
Nero's Weekend (aka Nero's Mistress) | 1956 | Agrippina | Les Films Marceau and Titanus/Manhattan Films International Steno direct am |
|
Airport 1975 | 1974 | Einself | Universal Pictures Jack Smight direct am |
Television
editTitle | Year | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Gloria Swanson Hour | 1948 | Hostess | Variety show | |
The Peter Lind Hayes Show | 1950 | Herself | 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 | Herself | Episode: "The Gloria Swanson Story" | |
The Eternal Tramp Special | 1972 | Narrator | aka Chaplinesque, My Life and Hard Times | |
The Carol Burnett Show | 1973 | Herself | Episode #7.3 | |
Killer Bees | 1974 | Madame Maria von Bohlen | Television movie | |
The Great Debate | 1974 | Herself | Canadian interview show plus James Bawden | |
Hollywood | 1980 | Herself | Television documentary |
Awards den nominations
editYear | Award | Result | Category | Film or series | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1929 | Academy Award | Dem nominate am | Best Actress | Sadie Thompson | |
1931 | The Trespasser | ||||
1951 | Sunset Boulevard | ||||
1951 | Golden Globe Award | She win | Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama | ||
1964 | Dem nominate am | Best TV Star – Female | Burke's Law | ||
1951 | Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | She win | Best Actress – Foreign Film (Migliore Attrice Straniera) | Sunset Boulevard | |
1951 | Jussi Award | She win | Best Foreign Actress | ||
1950 | National Board of Review of Motion Pictures | She win | Best Actress | ||
1980 | Career Achievement Award | - | |||
1975 | Saturn Award | She win | Special Award | - |
References
edit- ↑ "Gloria Swanson". tcm.com. Turner Classic Movies, Inc. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
- ↑ Quirk 1984, pp. 15, 17.
- ↑ Quirk 1984, p. 17.
- ↑ Harzig & Matovic 2018, p. 283.
- ↑ "Paley Center for Media". www.paleycenter.org. Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
- ↑ Holbrook 2011, p. 158.
- ↑ Shales, Tom (February 17, 1990). "TV PREVIEW". Washington Post. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ↑ Brennan, Patricia (May 5, 1991). "'WHITE HOT' THE UNSOLVED MURDER OF THELMA TODD". Washington Post. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ↑ Carbone, Gina (October 26, 2008). "Jon Hamm is mad funny! 'Mad Men' hero hams it up on SNL". seacoastonline.com. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ↑ "Return to Babylon". cinema.usc.edu. USC Cinematic Arts, School of Cinematic Arts Events. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ↑ "A Goose for the Gander". IBDB. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ↑ "Bathsheba". IBDB. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ↑ "Twentieth Century". IBDB. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ↑ "Nina". IBDB. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ↑ "Butterflies Are Free". IBDB. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Shearer 2013, p. 14.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Shearer 2013, p. 19.
- ↑ Welsch 2013, p. 14.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 Shearer 2013, p. 35.
- ↑ Welsch 2013, pp. 34–35.
- ↑ "Trip to Paramountown is Stellar Traffic Jam". The Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ↑ "Society for Sale". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ↑ Welsch 2013, p. 438.
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.4 35.5 Welsch 2013, p. 439.
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 Welsch 2013, p. 39.
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 37.3 37.4 Welsch 2013, p. 440.
- ↑ Birchard 2009, p. 162.
- ↑ Welsch 2013, pp. 440–441.
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 40.3 40.4 Welsch 2013, p. 441.
- ↑ Welsch 2013, pp. 441–442.
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 42.2 42.3 42.4 42.5 Welsch 2013, p. 442.
- ↑ "Hollywood". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
External links
editGloria Swanson at Wikipedia ein sisto projects:
General
edit- Gloria Swanson at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Gloria Swanson at IMDb
- Gloria Swanson at de Internet Broadway Database
- Gloria Swanson at de TCM Movie Database
- Gloria Swanson Archived December 21, 2016, at de Wayback Machine at de Women Film Pioneers Project
- Glorious Gloria Swanson – Tribute site
- Gloria Swanson's papers Archived January 16, 2013, at de Wayback Machine at de Harry Ransom Center at de University of Texas at Austin
- Gloria Swanson photographs den bibliography
Interviews
edit- Gloria Swanson, video of The Mike Wallace Interview, April 28, 1957
- Gloria Swanson, interview on Dick Cavett Show for YouTube top, August 3, 1970