Gloria Swanson (March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983) was an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning American Hollywood actress. She was prolific during the silent film era, but her career declined with the advent of "talkies". She is now best known for her performance in the film Sunset Boulevard (1950), in which—mirroring her own life—she portrayed a former silent movie star largely forgotten by audiences of the day.
After Mae West and several former silent screen actresses (including Mary Pickford, Pola Negri, and Greta Garbo) all declined the role, Swanson, gamely acknowledging reality, was featured in 1950's Sunset Blvd., and made history with her remarkable, if brief, return. For the performance she was nominated for her third Best Actress Oscar but lost to Judy Holliday for Born Yesterday.
She received several subsequent acting offers but turned most of them down, saying they tended to be pale imitations of Norma Desmond. Her last major Hollywood motion picture role was in Three for Bedroom "C" in 1952. Swanson played an aging movie star in the Warner Bros. comedy. With disappointing reviews and ticket sales, the failure ended Swanson's return as a movie actress.
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