Task 2 - Initial Research Subject

 

Gloria Swanson
( Gloria Josephine Mae Swanson )
( AKA – Gloria Mae )

Birth – Death – Hometown

ž  She was born in 1897

ž  She was from Chicago – In a place called Illinois.

ž  She died on April 4^Th 1983

Film

ž  She began filming on 1913 in Chicago.

ž  She progressed from silent film to sound movies.

ž  She played in a film called Airport 75 where she starred herself.

ž  She won an Oscar in the film The Trespasser.

ž  In 1920 she became a megastar.

ž  She retired from film in 1934.

Lifestyle outside of film

ž  Was designed coats and jackets by Sonia Delainey.

ž  She was married to her co-player Wallace Berry in 1916.

ž  They went to Hollywood together and starred in a run of Mack Sennett romantic comedies.

Lifestyle outside of film – Cont.

ž  She later switched to Paramount and starred in Cecil B. Demilles adult screwball comedies.

ž  In 1927, her banker ( Lover ), Joseph Kennedy backed her as a producer – Leading to the Oscar.

ž  “I am big, it’s the pictures that got small”.

ž  “I’m ready for my close-up Mr DeM,ille”.