Gloria Josephine May Swanson (March , â€" April , ) was an American
actress, producer and business woman. She starred in dozens of silent
films and was nominated three times for an Academy Award as Best
Actress. She was born in Chicago and raised in a military family that
moved from base to base.Her schoolgirl crush on Essanay Studios actor
Francis X. Bushman led to her aunt taking her to tour the actor's
Chicago studio. The then -year-old Swanson was offered a brief walk-on
for one film as an extra, beginning her life's career in front of the
cameras. Swanson was soon hired to work in California for Mack
Sennett's Keystone Studios comedy shorts opposite Bobby Vernon. She
was eventually recruited by Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Pictures,
where she was put under contract for seven years.
actress, producer and business woman. She starred in dozens of silent
films and was nominated three times for an Academy Award as Best
Actress. She was born in Chicago and raised in a military family that
moved from base to base.Her schoolgirl crush on Essanay Studios actor
Francis X. Bushman led to her aunt taking her to tour the actor's
Chicago studio. The then -year-old Swanson was offered a brief walk-on
for one film as an extra, beginning her life's career in front of the
cameras. Swanson was soon hired to work in California for Mack
Sennett's Keystone Studios comedy shorts opposite Bobby Vernon. She
was eventually recruited by Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Pictures,
where she was put under contract for seven years.
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