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
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.
beautiful tennessee common
Tennessee Williams was a gifted talker with a beautiful accent and we had lots of things in common.
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.
song world mary
I was 25 and the most popular celebrity in the world, with the possible exception of my friend Mary Pickford.
hunting remembered only-time
The only time I ever went hunting I remembered it as a grisly experience.
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.
romance married
I was married when I was 17. I knew nothing. I was full of romance.
book divorce given
I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book.
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.