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I didn't want to spend the rest of my life playing Norma Desmond over and over again.
Gloria Swanson
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Gloria Swanson
Age: 84 †
Born: 1899
Born: March 27
Died: 1983
Died: April 4
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Gloria May Josephine Svensson
Gloria Josephine May Swanson
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