The 68-year-old,who will return to the West End in Sunset Boulevard, came late to acting, and but a talent for commanding roles has kept her reputation growing Gloria Swanson was 50 years old when she played Norma Desmond,the deluded antiheroine of Sunset Boulevard. Director Billy Wilder said of Swanson that there was a lot of Norma in her”. The parallels between Swanson –a former goddess of the silent screen who all but disappeared with the advent of the talkies – and her character were not lost on 1950s viewers, even whether the film’s success ironically brought for her the renewed recognition her character so tragically craves. Related: Glenn Close: Sunset Boulevard heroine is 'fragment of fabric of my being' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com