Gloria Swanson Papers [18--]-1988 (bulk 1920-1983)

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Gloria Swanson Papers [18--]-1988 (bulk 1920-1983)

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/uthrc/00154/00154-P.html

The papers of this well-known American actress encompass her long film and theater career, her extensive business interests, and her interest in health and nutrition, as well as personal and family matters.

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Swanson, Gloria, 1899-1983

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Actress Gloria Swanson was born Gloria May Josephine Swanson on March 27, 1899, in Chicago, the only child of Joseph Theodore and Adelaide Klanowsky Swanson. Her father's position as a civilian supply officer with the army took the family to Key West, FL and San Juan, Puerto Rico, but the majority of Swanson's childhood was spent in Chicago. It was in Chicago at Essanay Studios in 1914 that she began her lifelong association with the motion picture industry. She moved to...