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
shooting firsts sides
From the first moment on the set I was consumed with curiousity about the technical side of shooting a sound picture.
pragmatic persons
I am a very pragmatic person.
names watches marquee
All they had to do was put my name on a marquee and watch the money roll in.
firsts marrying
I was the first celebrity in pictures to be marrying a titled European.
office corporations directors
I doubted that there were Communists hiding behind every corporation desk and director's chair.
sunset publicity euthanasia
The Paramount executives were so pleased with Sunset Boulevard that they asked me to do a publicity tour.
talking world firsts
The English press treated the world premiere of my first talking picture as a major event.
taken two months
In two months Joseph Kennedy had taken over my entire life, and I trusted him implicitly to make the most of it.
real artist agents
Sam Wood, the director, made most of his money as a real estate agent; there was nothing of the temperamental artist about him.
long enough-chances able
Never say never, for if you live long enough, chances are you will not be able to abide by the simplest of such injunctions.
years skeletons buried
After 16 years in pictures I could not be intimidated easily, because I knew where all the skeletons were buried.
yesterday-and-today debt stories
My greatest debt will always be to the movie-going public of yesterday and today, without whose love and devotion I would have had no story to tell.
dream taken dark
So they were turning, after all - those cameras. Life, which can be strangely merciful, had taken pity on Norma Desmond. The dream she had clung to so desperately had enfolded her. Norma: You see, this is my life. It always will be! (In a whisper) There's nothing else - just us - and the cameras - and those wonderful people out there in the dark. All right, Mr. De Mille, I'm ready for my close-up.
sunset swimming people
It's amazing to find that so many people, who I thought really knew me, could have thought that 'Sunset Boulevard' was autobiographical. I've got nobody floating in my swimming pool.