This sumptuous illustrated biography, weighing in at more than four pounds, begins: “Gloria Swanson was ... than Marilyn Monroe.” When Swanson made that latter-day appearance as the has-been movie ...

The director of the new revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Sunset Blvd ... was she made up to look like some old gargoyle a la Gloria Swanson in the film or Glenn Close on stage.

The move came after the first performance of 'Sunset Boulevard,' which marked ... where she was played by Gloria Swanson. Over the years, stars like Patti LuPone, Glenn Close, Diahann Carroll ...