Gloria Swanson went to public schools in Chicago; Key West, Florida; and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Her film debut was an extra in The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket (1915). From the following year on, she had leading roles in pictures for Keystone, and then a year with Triangle and, in 1919, a contract with Cecil B. DeMille. DeMille transformed her from a typical Mack Sennett comedienne to a lively, provocative, even predatory, star. She collected husbands (e.g., the indigent He ...[Read Story]
Gloria Swanson Dialogue
(1925)
A Trip to Paramountown
(1922)
Baseball Madness
(1917)
The Song of the Soul
(1914)
