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Gloria Swanson

1899 - 1983

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Gloria Mae Josephine Swanson (March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983) was an American actress. She first achieved fame acting in dozens of silent films in the 1920s and was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, most famously for her 1950 turn in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard, which earned her a Golden Globe Award. Swanson was born in Chicago and raised in a military family that moved from base to base. Her infatuation with Essanay Studios actor Francis X. Bushman led to her aunt taking her to tour the actor's Chicago studio. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gloria Swanson is the 531st most popular actor (down from 450th in 2019), the 1,110th most popular biography from United States (down from 812th in 2019) and the 279th most popular American Actor.

Gloria Swanson was a popular actress in the 1920s and 1930s. She is most famous for her role as Norma Desmond in the film Sunset Boulevard.

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Among actors, Gloria Swanson ranks 531 out of 13,578. Before her are Bruno Cremer, Marla Maples, John Cassavetes, Marie Laforêt, Geena Davis, and Jürgen Prochnow. After her are Gena Rowlands, Françoise Dorléac, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Bill Nighy, Mahershala Ali, and Hugh Jackman.

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Among people born in 1899, Gloria Swanson ranks 39. Before her are Fritz Albert Lipmann, Chang Myon, Cevdet Sunay, Alfred Schütz, Ferhat Abbas, and Erwin Bowien. After her are John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, Charles Best, Emma Morano, Charles Laughton, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, and Jean Moulin. Among people deceased in 1983, Gloria Swanson ranks 28. Before her are Meyer Lansky, Alfred Tarski, George Cukor, Haldan Keffer Hartline, Anna Seghers, and Aleksandar Ranković. After her are George O. Abell, Luis Monti, Mercè Rodoreda, John Fante, Pridi Banomyong, and Gerhard Barkhorn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gloria Swanson ranks 1,110 out of 20,380. Before her are John Cassavetes (1929), Marilyn vos Savant (1946), Robert H. Grubbs (1942), Geena Davis (1956), Percival Lowell (1855), and Robert Whittaker (1920). After her are Tori Amos (1963), Lawrence Klein (1920), Robert F. Furchgott (1916), Hamilton O. Smith (1931), Sam Harris (1967), and James Gunn (1966).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Gloria Swanson ranks 279. Before her are Richard Crenna (1926), Shelley Duvall (1949), Gene Wilder (1933), Marla Maples (1963), John Cassavetes (1929), and Geena Davis (1956). After her are Gena Rowlands (1930), Mahershala Ali (1974), Phylicia Rashad (1948), Barbara Stanwyck (1907), Mike Wallace (1918), and Steve Buscemi (1957).

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