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Gloria Swanson

Born 27 March 1897 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, as Gloria May Josephine Svensson.
Died 4 April 1983 in New York, New York, USA, of natural causes.

Married actor Wallace Beery, 1916; divorced, 1919.
Married restauranteur Herbert K. Somborn, 20 December 1919; daughter, Gloria Swanson Somborn; divorced, 9 August 1922.
Married Marquis Henri de la Falaise, January 1925; divorced, 1931.
Married Michael Farmer, 1931; daughter, actress Michelle Farmer; divorced, 1934.
Married William Davey, 1945; divorced, 1948.
Married writer William Dufty, 1976; until Gloria’s death, 4 April 1983.

References: Website-IMDb.