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
pragmatic persons
I am a very pragmatic person.
islands keys paradise
Key West for me was a tropical island paradise.
want
I didn't want to spend the rest of my life playing Norma Desmond over and over again.
baby parent feels
I feel sure that unborn babies pick their parents.
friends years sculpture
My sculpture is very personal; for years my subjects were family and close, close friends.
successful six film
I had starred in more than 30 successful films, six in a row directed by Cecil B. De Mille.
eugenics people pounds
I consider anybody who weighs over 200 pounds fat, and time was when I could not refrain from telling such people so.
fun next persons
The Sennett system of making pictures was actually fun. You never knew what the person next to you was going to do.
order scene difficulty
I always anticipated difficulties in order to avoid scenes.
safe cosmetics ingredients
I entered the cosmetics industry because I wanted more women to use cosmetics made with safe, healthful ingredients.
mother looks window
My mother and I could always look out the same window without ever seeing the same thing.
stories bills complaining
When I die, my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills. That's the story of my private life.
writing stories teeth
Writing the story of your own life is a bit like drilling your own teeth.
art brain littles
Much as I cared for Joseph Kennedy, he was a classic example of that person in the arts with lots of brains and drive but little taste or talent.