1899 - 1983
Gloria May Josephine Swanson (March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983) was an American actress and producer. 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 3,663,734 page views. Her biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Gloria Swanson is the 385th most popular actor (down from 384th in 2019), the 734th most popular biography from United States (up from 744th in 2019) and the 193rd 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 385 out of 9,996. Before her are Françoise Dorléac, Curd Jürgens, Roy Scheider, Desmond Llewelyn, Frances Farmer, and Chow Yun-fat. After her are Richard Griffiths, Bolo Yeung, Gene Wilder, Vincent Cassel, Ryan O'Neal, and Tippi Hedren.
1942 - 1967
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 379
1915 - 1982
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 380
1932 - 2008
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 381
1914 - 1999
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 382
1913 - 1970
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 383
1955 - Present
HPI: 64.18
Rank: 384
1899 - 1983
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 385
1947 - 2013
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 386
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 387
1933 - 2016
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 388
1966 - Present
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 389
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 390
1930 - Present
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 391
Among people born in 1899, Gloria Swanson ranks 25. Before her are Erich Kästner, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Béla Guttmann, Fritz Albert Lipmann, Albert Claude, and Paul Hermann Müller. After her are George Cukor, Cevdet Sunay, Jean Moulin, Paul-Henri Spaak, Bertil Ohlin, and Gustav Heinemann. Among people deceased in 1983, Gloria Swanson ranks 18. Before her are Meyer Lansky, Nikolai Podgorny, Felix Bloch, Arthur Koestler, Raymond Aron, and Albert Claude. After her are George Cukor, Gerhard Barkhorn, Buckminster Fuller, Alfred Tarski, John Fante, and Anna Seghers.
1899 - 1974
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 19
1899 - 1974
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 20
1899 - 1981
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 21
1899 - 1986
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 22
1899 - 1983
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 23
1899 - 1965
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 24
1899 - 1983
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 25
1899 - 1983
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 26
1899 - 1982
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 27
1899 - 1943
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 28
1899 - 1972
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 29
1899 - 1979
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 30
1899 - 1976
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 31
1902 - 1983
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 12
1903 - 1983
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 13
1905 - 1983
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 14
1905 - 1983
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 15
1905 - 1983
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 16
1899 - 1983
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 17
1899 - 1983
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 18
1899 - 1983
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 19
1919 - 1983
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 20
1895 - 1983
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 21
1901 - 1983
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 22
1909 - 1983
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 23
1900 - 1983
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 24
Among people born in United States, Gloria Swanson ranks 734 out of 18,182. Before her are Robert H. Goddard (1882), Robert Nozick (1938), Frances Farmer (1913), Patricia Highsmith (1921), Kamehameha I (1758), and Vivian Maier (1926). After her are George Eastman (1854), Nellie Bly (1864), George Cukor (1899), Keith Haring (1958), David Fincher (1962), and W. Edwards Deming (1900).
1882 - 1945
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 728
1938 - 2002
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 729
1913 - 1970
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 730
1921 - 1995
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 731
1758 - 1819
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 732
1926 - 2009
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 733
1899 - 1983
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 734
1854 - 1932
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 735
1864 - 1922
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 736
1899 - 1983
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 737
1958 - 1990
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 738
1962 - Present
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 739
1900 - 1993
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 740
Among actors born in United States, Gloria Swanson ranks 193. Before her are Carole Lombard (1908), Jamie Lee Curtis (1958), Robert Downey Jr. (1965), John Goodman (1952), Roy Scheider (1932), and Frances Farmer (1913). After her are Gene Wilder (1933), Ryan O'Neal (1941), Tippi Hedren (1930), Edward Norton (1969), Burgess Meredith (1907), and Mark Hamill (1951).
1908 - 1942
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 187
1958 - Present
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 188
1965 - Present
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 189
1952 - Present
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 190
1932 - 2008
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 191
1913 - 1970
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 192
1899 - 1983
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 193
1933 - 2016
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 194
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 195
1930 - Present
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 196
1969 - Present
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 197
1907 - 1997
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 198
1951 - Present
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 199