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Description
Order Number
00112569
Title
Gloria
Swanson
at
pool
Collection ID
Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession
HE
box
1534
Date
1970
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;27
x
21
cm
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger.
;
Photograph
was
edited
for
publication
purposes
.
Historical Data
Gloria
Swanson
was
born
Gloria
May
Josephine
Svensson
in
Chicago
,
Illinois
on
March
27th
,
1897
, into a
military
family
that
moved
frequently
. She was
educated
in
Chicago
,
Puerto
Rico
and
Florida
. At
age
15
she
began
acting
,
taking
bit
parts
in
films
.
Early
on, she
played
mostly
comedic
roles
and
slapstick
.
Director
Cecil
B
.
DeMille
noticed
Gloria
and
took
her
under
his
wing
as a
dramatic
actress
. She
starred
in
several
successful
films
for
DeMille
and
became
one
of the
most
popular
actresses
of the
silent
film
era
.
Swanson
also
became
known
for her
fashion
style
, on
screen
and
off
,
becoming
one
of the
most
famous
and
photographed
women
in the
world
.
Swanson
also
produced
several
films
.
After
the
silent
film
era
,
Swanson's
popularity
began
to
decline
. She was
nominated
for
Academy
Awards
for
Best
Actress
in
1929
and
1930
, but
acted
sporadically
during
the
1930s
and
40s
. Her
career
was
revived
when
she was
nominated
again
for the
Academy
Award
for
Best
Actress
for the
role
of
Norma
Desmond
in the
1950
film
"
Sunset
Boulevard.
"
After
that she
appeared
mostly
in
television
and
theater
.
Swanson
was
married
six
times
and had
two
daughters
and
one
adopted
son
. She was
active
socially
until
her
death
on
April
4
,
1983
.
Description
Actress
Gloria
Swanson
is
pictured
sitting
on a
lounge
chair
beside
a
pool
. There are
columns
, a
statue
and
several
trees
on the
opposite
side
of the
pool
.
Photograph
dated
July
24
,
1970
.
Subject
Swanson, Gloria,--1897-1983.
Swimming pools--California--Los Angeles.
Statues--California--Los Angeles.
Trees--California--Los Angeles.
Women--California--Los Angeles.
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States.
Portrait photographs
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs.
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
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