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The film stars William Holden as Joe Gillis, a struggling screenwriter, and Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, a former silent-film star who draws him into her deranged fantasy world, where she dreams of making a triumphant return to the screen.
Swanson received renewed praise for her return to the screen in her role as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard (1950). She made only three more films, but guest starred on several television shows, and acted in road productions of stage plays.
- Gloria Swanson
- 1980
Desperate for cash, screenwriter Joe Gillis has a chance meeting with a faded silent film star. Norma Desmond lives in her crumbling Sunset Boulevard mansion with only her butler to keep her company. She has become a sad demented recluse convinced that the outside world is clamoring for her dramatic return.
- (237K)
- Drama, Film-Noir
- Billy Wilder
- 1950-08-04
Aug 8, 2022 · So says Norma Desmond, the forgotten silent-movie queen at the center of “Sunset Boulevard.” Desmond is written as an inconceivably ancient fifty—the age of Gloria Swanson, the actress who...
- Dana Goodyear
May 14, 2024 · Gloria Swanson (born March 17, 1899, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died April 4, 1983, New York, New York) was an American motion-picture, stage, and television actress who was known primarily as a glamorous Hollywood star during the 1920s and as the fading movie queen Norma Desmond in the 1950 film Sunset Boulevard. Swanson, Gloria. Gloria Swanson.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Gloria Swanson was a silent movie star who became a Hollywood legend with her role as Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd. (1950). She was nominated for three Oscars and had six marriages, among other achievements and controversies.
Gloria Swanson starred as Norma Desmond, a faded silent film star, in Sunset Boulevard (1950). See her photos, quotes, and trivia on IMDb.
