Gloria Swanson
Gloria Swanson
Gloria May Josephine Swansonwas an American actress and producer best known for her role as Norma Desmond, a reclusive silent film star, in the critically acclaimed 1950 film Sunset Boulevard...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth27 March 1899
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
real artist agents
Sam Wood, the director, made most of his money as a real estate agent; there was nothing of the temperamental artist about him.
taken two months
In two months Joseph Kennedy had taken over my entire life, and I trusted him implicitly to make the most of it.
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One of the networks sent me a TV set to watch. I didn't care for the medium. It depressed me.
beautiful tennessee common
Tennessee Williams was a gifted talker with a beautiful accent and we had lots of things in common.
talking world firsts
The English press treated the world premiere of my first talking picture as a major event.
age firsts necks
The first feminine feature that goes, with advancing age, is the neck.
sunset publicity euthanasia
The Paramount executives were so pleased with Sunset Boulevard that they asked me to do a publicity tour.
office corporations directors
I doubted that there were Communists hiding behind every corporation desk and director's chair.
firsts marrying
I was the first celebrity in pictures to be marrying a titled European.
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All they had to do was put my name on a marquee and watch the money roll in.
father military world
There was no place at all for me in my father's military world.
shooting firsts sides
From the first moment on the set I was consumed with curiousity about the technical side of shooting a sound picture.
years ifs deprived
If you're 40 years old and you've never had a failure, you've been deprived.
divorce caves desert
The day I initiated divorce proceedings against Michael Farmer, I was ready to retire to a desert cave and rethink my life.