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Gloria Swanson

Born 27 March 1897 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, as Gloria May Josephine Svensson.
Died 4 April 1983 in New York, New York, USA, of heart failure.

Daughter of Joseph Theodore Svensson and Adelaide Svensson.

Married actor Wallace Beery, 27 March 1916; divorced, 12 December 1918.
Married restauranteur Herbert Klee Somborn, 20 December 1919; divorced, [?] 9 August 1922 or 19 September 1923?; daughter, Gloria Swanson Somborn.
Married Marquis Henri de la Falaise, 29 January 1925; divorced, 9 November 1931.
Married Michael Farmer, 9 November 1931; divorced, 7 November 1934; daughter, actress Michelle Farmer.
Married George William Davey, 29 January 1945; divorced, 28 December 1948.
Married writer William Dufty, 2 February 1976; until Gloria’s death, 4 April 1983.

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Silent era Gloria Swanson films available on home video
 
Book : Swanson on Swanson by Gloria Swanson

Book : Gloria Swanson: Ready for Her Close-Up by Tricia Welsch

Book : Gloria Swanson: The Ultimate Star by Stephen Michael Shearer

Book : Gloria Swanson: Hollywood’s First Glamour Queen by Stephen Michael Shearer

Book : Gloria Swanson by Raymond Lee and Richard M. Hudson

Book : The Films of Gloria Swanson by Lawrence J. Quirk
 
[Film Daily, 5 November 1925, page 1] Gloria Arrives / Gloria Swanson returned to New York last night on the Paris.
 
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