![[Swanson Picture 1]](Swanson_02.JPG) Early silent movie still (1920s) | .... |
![[Swanson Picture 2]](Swanson_03.JPG) "Sunset Boulevard" (1950) |
Swanson, Gloria (1898-1983)
Gloria Swanson (mother's maiden name was Klanowski), early silent film star. Started her career with Mack Sennett, playing roles in melodramas and comedies - "For Better, For Worse," "The Hummingbird," "Manhandled," "The Coast of Folly." She also worked with Cecil B. DeMille and Erich von Stroheim. Among her off-screen romances was a well-publicised one with Joseph Kennedy who sponsored her ill fated "Queen Kelly." She made a true screen comeback in (1950) Billy Wilder's "Sunset Boulevard" starring alongside William Holden.
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