Gloria Swanson may not have been the world's best actress, but she was certainly one of the screen's greatest personalities. The daughter of a peripatetic army officer, she was educated in public schools from Chicago to Puerto Rico. Read Full Biography
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Fine Manners
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Why Be Good? Sexuality and Censorship in Early Cinema
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Zaza
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Airport 1975
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Beyond the Rocks
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Male and Female
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Queen Kelly
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Sadie Thompson
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Judy Garland's Hollywood
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Sunset Boulevard
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Hollywood
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American Documents, Vol. 1: The Age of Ballyhoo
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Killer Bees
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The Age of Ballyhoo
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Chaplinesque: My Life and Hard Times
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Who Is Jennifer
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The Eternal Tramp
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The Love Goddesses
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Candid Hollywood
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When Comedy Was King
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Mio figlio Nerone
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Three for Bedroom C
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Down Memory Lane
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Father Takes a Wife
| Year | Award | Category | Movie | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Best Actress | Sunset Boulevard | Nominated |
| 1950 | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | Sunset Boulevard | Won |
| 1950 | National Board of Review | Best Actress | Sunset Boulevard | Won |
| 1929 | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Best Actress | The Trespasser | Nominated |
| 1927 | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Best Actress | Sadie Thompson | Nominated |
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