Gloria Swanson was born on March 27, 1897 in Chicago, Illinois.
On April 4, 1983 Gloria Swanson passed away in New York City
from natural causes.
Sometimes Gloria Swanson is credited as Gloria Mae Swanson.
Even though her birth name is Gloria May Josephine Svensson.
Gloria Swanson is the mother of actress Michele Farmer.
With the help of seven marriages Gloria Swanson was able
to keep her fans guessing about her escapades for over 60 years.
In a rebuttal Gloria Swanson wrote her own autobiography to
clear up certain claims made by Rose Kennedy in her 1974 memoirs.
Swanson's 1980 autobiography is titled Swanson on Swanson.
At a Chicago movie studio with an aunt to see how motion
pictures were made, Gloria Swanson was picked out of the crowd,
because of her beauty, to be included in the film THE FABLE
OF ELVIRA. In 1928, Gloria Swanson received an Oscar nomination
for Best Actress for her role in SADIE THOMPSON, the following
year she again was nominated for the same award in THE TRESPASSER.
The last film Gloria Swanson did on the silver screen was
AIRPORT 1975 where she played herself.
In the 1960s Gloria Swanson toured with the play REPRISE,
and starred on Broadway in BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE in 1971.
Throughout the 1960s and 70s Gloria Swanson made television
appearances, doing cameos and pushing health foods. As the
films were switching to talkies, Gloria Swanson was able
to make the transition that alot of actors were not able do.
Gloria even learned how to sing for MUSIC IN THE AIR (1934).
A clothing designer and artist, Gloria Swanson founded Essence
of Nature Cosmetics.
Gloria Swanson's other notable credits include...
