- Films
- 23
- Avg rating
- 6.77
- Peak run
- 1922’29
- Oscar noms
- 3
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Gloria by the numbers
Average
6.77
14 rated films
Vote weighted
6.86
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.58
rating spread
Career
39y
1918 to 1956
Total votes
295K
across every film
Best
8.4
Sunset Boulevard
Worst
5.9
Music in the Air
Newest first
Filmography
| 1956 | Nero's Mistress | Agrippina | · | 665 |
| 1950 |  Sunset Boulevard | Norma Desmond | 8.4 | 264K |
| 1941 | Father Takes a Wife | Leslie Collier | · | 694 |
| 1934 | Music in the Air | Frieda Hotzfelt | 5.9 | 1,062 |
| 1933 | Perfect Understanding | Judy Rogers | · | 813 |
| 1931 | Indiscreet | Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent | 6.2 | 1,630 |
| 1931 | Tonight or Never | Nella Vago | 6.5 | 1,864 |
| 1929 | Queen Kelly | Kitty Kelly | 7.1 | 3,609 |
| 1929 | The Trespasser | Marion Donnell | 6.4 | 1,536 |
| 1928 | Sadie Thompson | Sadie Thompson | 7.2 | 3,028 |
| 1927 | The Love of Sunya | Sunya Ashling | · | 867 |
| 1926 | Fine Manners | Orchid Murphy | · | 848 |
| 1925 | Stage Struck | Jenny Hagen | 6.8 | 1,219 |
| 1924 | Manhandled | Tessie McGuire | 6.7 | 1,221 |
| 1923 | Zaza | Zaza | · | 971 |
| 1922 | Beyond the Rocks | Theodora Fitzgerald | 6.7 | 2,485 |
| 1921 | The Affairs of Anatol | Vivian Spencer - Anatol's Wife | 6.6 | 1,482 |
| 1920 | Something to Think About | Ruth Anderson | · | 684 |
| 1920 | Why Change Your Wife? | Beth Gordon | 6.7 | 1,570 |
| 1919 | Don't Change Your Husband | Leila Porter | 6.6 | 1,328 |
Better together?
Gloria Swanson's regulars
- Cecil B. DeMilleDirector and actor · 6 films · 6.73 avg●−0.01
- Sylvia AshtonCo-star · 4 films · 6.80 avg▼−0.13
- Elliott DexterCo-star · 4 films · 6.60 avg▼−0.08
- Theodore RobertsCo-star · 3 films · 6.80 avg●+0.04
- Allan DwanDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.75 avg▲+0.08
- Albert ParkerDirector and actor · 2 films
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Gloria Swanson
3 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Actress · Academy Awards 1951Gloria Swanson
- NominatedBest Actress · Academy Awards 1930Gloria Swanson
- NominatedBest Actress · Academy Awards 1929Gloria Swanson
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