ACTOR

Gloria Swanson

1899 - 1983

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Gloria Josephine Mae Swanson (March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983) was an American actress. She first achieved fame acting in dozens of silent films in the 1920s and was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, most famously for her 1950 turn in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard, which also earned her a Golden Globe Award. Swanson was born in Chicago and raised in a military family that moved from base to base. Her infatuation with Essanay Studios actor Francis X. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gloria Swanson has received more than 4,258,942 page views. Her biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Gloria Swanson is the 450th most popular actor (down from 384th in 2019), the 812th most popular biography from United States (down from 734th in 2019) and the 224th most popular American Actor.

Gloria Swanson was a popular actress in the 1920s and 1930s. She is most famous for her role as Norma Desmond in the film Sunset Boulevard.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 74

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Gloria Swansons by language

Over the past year Gloria Swanson has had the most page views in the with 563,677 views, followed by German (34,109), and French (31,939). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Czech (741.72%), Swedish (382.12%), and Urdu (207.14%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gloria Swanson ranks 450 out of 13,578. Before her are Pat Morita, Renée Zellweger, Bill Nighy, Robert Wagner, Halle Berry, and Hugh Laurie. After her are William Hurt, Charlize Theron, Jean Rochefort, William H. Macy, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Rade Šerbedžija.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Gloria Swanson ranks 32. Before her are Gustav Heinemann, Fritz Albert Lipmann, Cevdet Sunay, Bertil Ohlin, Max Theiler, and Alfred Schütz. After her are Charles Laughton, Ferhat Abbas, Jean Moulin, Georg von Békésy, Suzanne Lenglen, and John Hasbrouck Van Vleck. Among people deceased in 1983, Gloria Swanson ranks 23. Before her are David Niven, George Cukor, Haldan Keffer Hartline, Buckminster Fuller, Gerhard Barkhorn, and Alfred Tarski. After her are Ulf von Euler, Aleksandar Ranković, John Fante, Klaus Nomi, Luis Monti, and Anna Seghers.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gloria Swanson ranks 812 out of 20,380. Before her are Renée Zellweger (1969), Davy Crockett (1786), Robert Wagner (1930), Halle Berry (1966), Robert E. Howard (1906), and George F. Kennan (1904). After her are William Hurt (1950), Kris Jenner (1955), David Lee (1931), Nancy Sinatra (1940), Carl Barks (1901), and William H. Macy (1950).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Gloria Swanson ranks 224. Before her are John Goodman (1952), Frances McDormand (1957), Pat Morita (1932), Renée Zellweger (1969), Robert Wagner (1930), and Halle Berry (1966). After her are William Hurt (1950), William H. Macy (1950), Robert Downey Jr. (1965), Tim Robbins (1958), Don Johnson (1949), and Linda Hunt (1945).

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Television and Movie Roles

Sunset Boulevard
Norma Desmond
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Aug 17o 19508.329 / 10
Sadie Thompson
Sadie Thompson
A young, beautiful prostitute named Sadie Thompson arrives on the South Pacific island of Pago Pago looking for honest work and falls for Timothy O'Hara, an American sailor who is unfazed by her unsavory past. However, Mr. Davidson, a missionary who arrived on the island at the same time, aims to "save" Sadie from her sinful life and petitions to have her separated from her beau and deported back to San Francisco.
Jan 7o 19286.8 / 10
Queen Kelly
Kitty Kelly / Queen Kelly
A prince betrothed to a mad queen falls in love with an orphan girl from a convent.
Oct 18o 19326.6 / 10