1899 - 1983
Gloria May Josephine Swanson (March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983) was an American actress, producer, and businesswoman. 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 return 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 3,301,846 page views. Her biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Gloria Swanson is the 384th most popular actor (up from 438th in 2019), the 744th most popular biography from United States (up from 903rd in 2019) and the 201st 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.
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Among actors, Gloria Swanson ranks 384 out of 10,030. Before her are Charles Dance, James Cromwell, Maurice Chevalier, Brian Dennehy, Emmanuelle Riva, and Lino Ventura. After her are Chespirito, Jayne Mansfield, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jonathan Pryce, John Belushi, and Fernando Rey.
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 378
1940 - Present
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 379
1888 - 1972
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 380
1938 - 2020
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 381
1927 - 2017
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 382
1919 - 1987
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 383
1899 - 1983
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 384
1929 - 2014
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 385
1933 - 1967
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 386
1932 - 2007
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 387
1947 - Present
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 388
1949 - 1982
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 389
1917 - 1994
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 390
Among people born in 1899, Gloria Swanson ranks 25. Before her are Béla Guttmann, Adnan Menderes, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Charles Laughton, and Paul Hermann Müller. After her are Alfred Schütz, Gustav Heinemann, Cevdet Sunay, George Cukor, Albert Claude, and Bertil Ohlin. Among people deceased in 1983, Gloria Swanson ranks 19. Before her are Arthur Koestler, Raymond Aron, Nikolai Podgorny, Meyer Lansky, Gerhard Barkhorn, and Alfred Tarski. After her are John Fante, George Cukor, Albert Claude, Ulf von Euler, Anna Seghers, and George Balanchine.
1899 - 1981
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 19
1899 - 1961
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 20
1899 - 1972
HPI: 73.74
Rank: 21
1899 - 1974
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 22
1899 - 1962
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 23
1899 - 1965
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 24
1899 - 1983
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 25
1899 - 1959
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 26
1899 - 1976
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 27
1899 - 1982
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 28
1899 - 1983
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 29
1899 - 1983
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 30
1899 - 1979
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 31
1905 - 1983
HPI: 73.99
Rank: 13
1905 - 1983
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 14
1903 - 1983
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 15
1902 - 1983
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 16
1919 - 1983
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 17
1901 - 1983
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 18
1899 - 1983
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 19
1909 - 1983
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 20
1899 - 1983
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 21
1899 - 1983
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 22
1905 - 1983
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 23
1900 - 1983
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 24
1904 - 1983
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 25
Among people born in United States, Gloria Swanson ranks 744 out of 15,968. Before her are James Woods (1947), Bill Bixby (1934), James Cromwell (1940), Gilbert N. Lewis (1875), Wes Craven (1939), and Brian Dennehy (1938). After her are Adam Sandler (1966), Georgia O'Keeffe (1887), Charles Cooley (1864), Ray Manzarek (1939), Jayne Mansfield (1933), and Ambrose Bierce (1842).
1947 - Present
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 738
1934 - 1993
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 739
1940 - Present
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 740
1875 - 1946
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 741
1939 - 2015
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 742
1938 - 2020
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 743
1899 - 1983
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 744
1966 - Present
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 745
1887 - 1986
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 746
1864 - 1929
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 747
1939 - 2013
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 748
1933 - 1967
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 749
1842 - 1914
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 750
Among actors born in United States, Gloria Swanson ranks 201. Before her are Danny Glover (1946), Anne Baxter (1923), James Woods (1947), Bill Bixby (1934), James Cromwell (1940), and Brian Dennehy (1938). After her are Jayne Mansfield (1933), John Belushi (1949), Lex Barker (1919), George Kennedy (1925), Mark Hamill (1951), and Sally Field (1946).
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 195
1923 - 1985
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 196
1947 - Present
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 197
1934 - 1993
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 198
1940 - Present
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 199
1938 - 2020
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 200
1899 - 1983
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 201
1933 - 1967
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 202
1949 - 1982
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 203
1919 - 1973
HPI: 72.24
Rank: 204
1925 - 2016
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 205
1951 - Present
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 206
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 207