It is through Norma that Gloria Swanson, who began in the movies as an extra in 1913, is a star again in 1950, playing with the exaggeration, the intensity and some of the extraordinary technique ...

A crush on a movie star inspired teenage Gloria to talk her way onto her first film set. Advertisement By the dawn of the 1920s, Gloria was among Hollywood’s biggest silent-movie stars.

These days, Gloria Swanson is most famous for her star turn in the 1950 film Sunset Boulevard, where she played Norma Desmond, a delusional, champagne-swilling movie star whose best days have long ...

Welcome to "Saturday Night at the Movies". I'm your host, Glenn Holland. Tonight's movie is the 1950 black comedy, film noir, takedown of Hollywood, "Sunset Boulevard".

Two decades later, Gloria Swanson — one of the biggest movie stars of the 1920s — purchased a pair of Cartier rock crystal and diamond bracelets.

While the scene itself is simply remarkable, Swanson's final line, "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close up," is considered to be one of the most famous movie lines of all time.

Gloria Swanson biography and filmography. Night of the Zoopocalypse is a nice surpise - movie review Night of the Zoopocalypse pleasantly surprises with a solid story, fun characters and a great ...

Gloria Swanson (March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983) was an American actress. She was one of the most prominent stars during the silent film era as both an actress and a fashion icon, especially ...

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The movie, which starred Gloria Swanson and William Holden, earned 11 Oscar nominations, including one for best actress in a supporting role for Olson Livingston.

Gloria Swanson might have been a pioneer within the film industry, as the star of the film Sunset Boulevard (which inspired the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical) among many other credits, but it wasn't ...