Gloria Swanson

Gloria Swanson (March 27, 1897 – April 4, 1983) was an American actress.

Silent films

Her film debut was in 1915 as an extra in The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket, but she was a star the next year in A Dash of Courage. She played in many Mack Sennett slapstick comedies, and in 1919 she signed with Cecil B. DeMille, who turned her into a romantic lead. She starred in the 1922 silent film Beyond the Rocks with Rudolph Valentino (this film had been believed lost but was rediscovered in 2004 in a private collection in The Netherlands.)

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The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket - A Dash of Courage - Mack Sennett - Slapstick - Cecil B. DeMille - 1922 - Silent film - Beyond the Rocks - Rudolph Valentino - 2004 - The Netherlands

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Swanson's 1929 film Queen Kelly was directed by Erich von Stroheim and produced by Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., father of President John F. Kennedy. She was romantically linked to the elder Kennedy at the time.

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1929 - Queen Kelly - Erich von Stroheim - Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. - President - John F. Kennedy

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Swanson ultimately made it into the "talkies," even singing in Music in the Air.

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