Gloria+Swanson+(actress)

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** Gloria Swanson **

__//**Date of Birth:**//__ //March 27, 1899, Chicago Illinois, USA// __**Date of Death:**__ //April 4, 1983, New York City,USA//


 * Stephanie Soares De Souza- pd.7**

Gloria Swanson was a women with great talent and passion and had a beautiful voice as an opera singer, but she was also a "star" to remember. She was number 8 out 10 first star to be a "star". The old tourists attraction site since the 1920, was the famous "Hollywood's Master Showman". Stars placed their prints in cement in front of the Chinese Theater's forecourt (http://www.filmsite.org/20sintro.html)."...One of the biggest star in silent movie era...."

media type="youtube" key="mmzjubEGIi4?fs=1" height="385" width="480" align="left" Gloria attended many schools as a child because of her fathers career in the army.
 * Interview from film "MALE AND FEMALE"**

At 16 she discovered her film making passion while working in Essanay Studios.

She appeared in many series of romantic comedies and melodramatics tearjerkers in 1916, when working with Triangle Studios.

In 1919 she worked with one of Hollywood's greatest directors Cecil B. De Mille in "Don't Change Your Husbands." She did 6 more films after and was known as queen of Paramount Studios leading her career to rise. She was married six times.

In 1927 she began her own films but were unsuccessful and lead her nearly to bankruptcy.

In the video above Gloria is interviewed where she reveals her devotion and passion for one of her successful films in the 1920s, "Male and Female". I am surprised on how she took the risk of being under the paws of a deadly and dangerous lion to play her part. Now that is acting!
 * (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmzjubEGIi4&feature=related)**

She was successful with her first silent film in "The Trespasser", which revealed her singing talent.

"Her decade of splendor had ended with the depression era audience after "Music In The Air" in 1934."

She made a comeback, in 1971, with a few more unsuccessful films butt made a memorable television film called **Killer Bees** and **Airport 75**.

She later was on talk shows and promoted health food, and starred in Broadway in "Butterflies Are Free".

She died in her sleep in 1983.


 * Geraldin G.- pd5**



===Her birth name was //**__Gloria Josephine May Swanson__**// she was born in small house in Chicago, Illinois and her parents were Adelaine and Joseph Thodore Swanson, he was a soldier. she attended the Hawthome Scholastic Academy even that she also attended public schools. her father had a nickname which was "svensson" Which was a Lutheran Swedish American family and her mother had German. French and Polish ancestry. but Gloria Grew up mostly in San Juan Puerto Rico, Chicago, and Key West, Florida. Swanson's intention was never to belong to the entertainment world. She work in a department store as a sales clerk.=== === She began her career as an actress making her first role as an extra in The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket in 1915. In 1919, she asserted a contract with Cecil B. DeMille. W hen she was transformed into a " star." first of all appeared on their several titles directed by De Mille as " male and female " in 1919, " why change your wife " in 1920 , and " The Affairs of Anatole " in 1921. in the same year she worked on titles such as " men", " under the whip ", " knight without reproach " in 1921, " women"in 1922 , "A Connecticut Yankee in Argentina " in 1922 , " the Bluebeard's eighth wife "in 1923 ," his first love " 1924," a favorite of the legion in 1924 , " toy of pleasure " in 1924, " The slave of the past " in 1925 , and " inkitchen to the stage " in 1925 . S wanson these titles work a lot with Sam Wood who was who directs all these titles .=== ===A t that time Gloria was erected as one of the symbols of the glamorous Hollywood star and one of the most recognized in the cinematography industry . L ater she was romantically with producer relacioanada Joseph P. Kennedy who was the father of former president of U.S. John F . Kennedy. W ith the help of Joseph P. Kennedy she began to perform as a production program. Being with Kennedy and she had been married twice. === === Swanson was nominated for an Oscar for his great performance in " The fragile" will in 1928 which was directed by Raoul Walsh. the arrival of talkies, was not satisfied with Gloria, she decided in 1934 to withdraw from the screens. abstante butnot decided to return again in the decade of the 40 participating in " potato house " was a comedy in 1941 by Adolphe Menjou protaonizada that was the only job that the actress did in the decade. === ===A ppreciate more then five titles including the most prominent was " the twilight of the gods " I do in 1950 this film was directed by Billy Wilder this movie gloria was followed with huge William Holden. Her fourth husband Michael Farmer fur the Irish and other husbands were, William Davey and the author and screenwriter William Duffy , whom Gloria Swanson left a widower on 4 April 1983 by his death in New York at the age of 86 years. ===

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===Filming Gloria Swanson in the 1950 Paramount film //Sunset Boulevard// at a borrowed mansion. "See how the camara crew is working on a platform over the swimming pool.A microphone on a long boom picks up Swanson's voice. Two sunlight reflectors light up her face."===

=== //__**Television Roles**__// She hosted a televison anthology series like Crown Theater with Gloria Swanson, where she occasionally acted. Gloria Swanson in the 1971 appeared in Broadway production of butterflies are free at the Booth Theater. Swanson make her last acting in the made- for TV horrors film Killer Bees in 1974. She also appeared as herself in the movie Airport in 1975. In the 1970s and the early 1980s, swanson appeared on various talk an variety shows such as The carol Burnett show andThe Tonight show starring Johnny to recollect her films. Her most famous television appearance was a 1996 episode of The Beverly Hillbillies Titled " The Gloria Swanson Story. === === __**//Relationships//**__ Her frist husband was Walace Beery, whom she merried on her 17th Birthday . But they divorces two years later. In (1881-1934) she merried with Herbert K. Sombornpresident of Equity pictures of Corporation. their have a daughter that her name was Gloria Swanson Somborn she bork in 1920. they divorced in late January 1925, was something sensational . Somborn accused her of adultery even Cecil B. De Mille , Rudolph Valentino , an Marshall Neilan . her during her divorce she wanted to adopt a baby whose name was Sonny Smith and during (1922-975) she changed the name and called him Joseph Patrick Swanson. married her third husband Henri de la Falaise in 1925 after the divorce finalzo Somborn she made a film executive in France. Her Conceived child with De la Falaise but had an abortion whichshe mentioned in his biography " Swanson on Swanson. " ===

===  //__Death__//  Gloria Swanson died in New York City in April 1983 of natural causes. she was cremated and her ashes interred at the Episcopal Chuch of the Heavenly rest on Fifth Ave.  She has two stars in hollywood one for motion pictures at 6748 Hollywood Boulevard an another for television at 6301 Hollywood Boulevard. before she died he sold her films, photographs , files her papers to a university in Texas. ===

== Awards and nominations ||~ Year ||~ Award ||~ Result ||~ Category ||~ Film or series || || 1929 || [|Academy Award] || **Nominated** || [|Best Actress in a Leading Role] || //Sadie Thompson// 1930, //The Trespasser// || || 1951,//Sunset Boulevard// || || 1951 || [|Golden Globe Award] || **Won** || [|Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama] || //Sunset Boulevard// || || 1964 ||^ || **Nominated** || Best TV Star - Female || //Burke's Law// || || 1951 || [|Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists] || **Won** || Best Actress - Foreign Film (Migliore Attrice Straniera) || //Sunset Boulevard// || || 1951 || [|Jussi Award] || **Won** || Foreign Actress || //Sunset Boulevard// || || 1950 || [|National Board of Review of Motion Pictures] || **Won** || [|Best Actress] || //Sunset Boulevard// || || 1980 ||^ ||^ || Career Achievement Award || - || || 1975 || [|Saturn Award] || **Won** || Special Award || - || ==

__ Filmography __
== Society for Sale (1918) //Her Decision // (1918) //Station Content // (1918) //You Can't Believe Everything // (1918) //Everywoman's Husband // (1918) //Shifting Sands // (1918) //The Secret Code // (1918) //Wife or Country //<span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0"> (1918) //<span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0">Don't Change Your Husband //<span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0"> (1919) //<span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0">For Better, for Worse //<span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0"> (1919) //<span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0">Male and Female //<span class="goog_qs-tidbit goog_qs-tidbit-0"> (1919) //Why Change Your Wife?// (1920) //Something to Think About// (1920) //The Great Moment// (1921) //The Affairs of Anatol// (1921) //Under the Lash// (1921) //Don't Tell Everything// (1921) //Her Husband's Trademark// (1922) //Her Gilded Cage// (1922) //Beyond the Rocks// (1922) //The Impossible Mrs. Bellew// (1922) //My American Wife// (1922) //Prodigal Daughters// (1923) //Bluebeard's Eighth Wife// (1923) //Hollywood// (1923) (Cameo) //Zaza// (1923) //The Humming Bird// (1924) //A Society Scandal// (1924) //Manhandled// (1924) //Her Love Story// (1924) //Wages of Virtue// (1924) //Madame Sans-Gêne// (1924) //The Coast of Folly// (1925) //Stage Struck// (1925) //The Untamed Lady// (1926) //Fine Manners// (1926) //The Love of Sunya// (1927) //Sadie Thompson// (1928) //Queen Kelly// (1929) //The Trespasser// (1929) //What a Widow!// (1930) //Indiscreet// (1931) //Tonight or Never// (1931) //Perfect Understanding// (1933) //Music in the Air// (1934) //Father Takes a Wife// (1941) //Sunset Boulevard// (1950) //Three for Bedroom "C"// (1952) //Nero's Mistress// (1956) //Chaplinesque, My Life and Hard Times// (1972) (documentary) (narrator) //Airport 1975// (1974) ==

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