We once had "stars" - not like today's celebrities and so-called influencers, but what were real stars: talented, charismatic, beautiful. Gloria Swanson was one of them.

she was 66 in this interview and looks amazing

No matter her age, Gloria Swanson had a timeless sexiness about her.

My goodness for a 65 year old woman she looks amazing!!!!

She looks younger here than she did in Sunset Blvd.

She was beautiful, especially her eyes. She was a great actress. Gloria Swanson will always be my favorite actress and movie star of ALL time.

Miss Swanson is one of the greatest, most gifted and wonderful actress of all time. She was incredibly beautiful up until her last years. I adore her completely.

Gloria here is as incredible looking a woman as has ever lived. Just gorgeous.

This woman was pure class. So witty, honest and genuine and what a lovely speaking voice. I could listen to her entertaining anecdotes all day long.

She is so beautiful in this clip.

I just discovered the icon that is Gloria Swanson in 2019 and I am Obsessed

Hard to believe that she was 65...What a beautiful woman 😍

Besides being a beautiful lady, she speaks in a such an interesting way. She seemed so humble, wise and down to earth.

She was phenomenal in Sunset Boulevard and she looked really good in this interview.

I used to live in her old penthouse in rundown part of Los Angeles, where she lived in the 1950's... I saw Sunset Blvd for the first time when I was there. Ive been in love with her for the past 25 years.

Absolutely Gorgeous. 66 years old.

Great interview. She is so on point and looks every bit the legend.

and she is 65 at this time. gorgeous!

One of the most articulate, well-enunciated persons in any interview ever. And she looks fabulous.

She's stunningly beautiful at 65! Her memories of Von Sternberg are fascinating and generous, considering she never recovered financially from Queen Kelly. A great role can be a curse as well as a gift. To the guys in the biz, she was forever Norma Desmond. She should have done many more class-A films. Instead she had to cobble together a career from scraps: Bev Hillbillies, lots of summer stock, speaking at lady's clubs and finally, the book, which was a best-seller. She knew how to survive, but she deserved better.

This is probably the best interview of Gloria's I've ever seen, no posturing, no pushing health foods or lamenting dull marriages, just clear, concise and to the point

Gorgeous. Health wise she took very good care of herself and it shows.

So gorgeous here!

I could hear her talk all day she was an amazing woman

When a person is born with such strongly defined facial features like a pointy nose or arched eyebrows, age wouldn't show on their faces, their features would retain their edginess and crisp with age... timeless beauty! love Gloria!

Gloria Swanson was the first true movie star. The glamour, the beauty and the popularity. Before Joan Crawford, Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor, Swanson established herself as the archetypal Hollywood star.

She was an extraordinary woman - brave and honest about her life and choices.

Gloria Swanson was so classy and elegant !

I never realized what a gorgeous lady she was ! 😍

wow. her look is so beautiful..

Nothing like old Hollywood....so classy

Omg she looks absolutely stunning with that whole 60s look!!! Gloria exuded glamour and elegance ♥️♥️♥️♥️

Gloria Swanson looks so luminous here. Never understood why she didn’t continue on with her movie career.

I admire Miss Swanson!

Swanson is grace and professionalism-she helped to build Hollywood - at a time when it was near impossible for women to do anything let alone wield any kind of influence or power. Good lord, she’s stunning in her older years and I’m so sickened that she was not working during the time of this interview.

Tellement magnifique la grande dame Gloria Swanson la divine et tellement intelligente gracieuse et humble et si précise lorsqu' elle parle de ça carrière.

Just watched Sunset Blvd again. Swanson is magnificent!

Gloria looks amazing for 66ish !!

Such an intelligent, interesting person to listen to and learn from! Thank you very much for this.

I Love Gloria Swanson. She was so beautiful and so amazing. I love all Her movies. May She R.I.P. ❤✝️❤️🕊🙏🏼🌹🌸🌺

What a wonderful interview!! Ans I thought I knew everything about "Sunset Blvd."!

the fact that the bankers came right away after she warned them is a tribute to the respect that she had in the industry. like Mary Pickford, etc.

What an actress...

Really enjoyed this. What an articulate well spoken woman.

This must be the original’ Bob’ hairstyle that took over the salons about 8 years ago. Another brilliant Hollywood star of long ago. Well spoken and stylish.

Priceless interview. Gloria Swanson talks from her firsthand experience as a movie star about how making a movie was much bigger a deal than it is nowadays. She was a great and intelligent actress, and a timeless beauty. With regard to the latter, she was like the best wine in that she aged gracefully and never lost her sex appeal.Thank you for posting.

I have such a soft spot for Gloria Swanson. So matter of fact and to the point but yet oozes elegance.

Such a purely beautiful woman. Very much unlike Norma Desmond as well which is a testament to her performance. She could not be more opposite. She gracefully realized her career in film had ended and took it in stride. They don’t make actresses like this anymore.

Lovely interview with the glorious Gloria Swanson! ❤

She was one beautiful and sexy woman in her day. Sexy eyes, voice and mannerisms. I see why men tripped over themselves when in her presence.

Such a gorgeous woman

Memerizing eyes. Steichens photo of them behind black lace is iconic.

What an amazing interview....a wonderful story about one of my all time favorite films!! And WOW she was gorgeous right up until her 80's.

She was not timeless! She was ahead of her time.

This made for fantastic viewing! Thank you for posting this treasure.

Read Gloria's Swanson's autobiography. It's out of print but can be found from third party sellers on Amazon, at least that's where I found a hardbound edition of it. It's filled with wonderful stories about old Hollywood and her personal insights about life and living. She had one abortion and her telling of that story is bone chilling; it was a regret she lived everyday with for the rest of her life. She was an early advocate of healthy eating. I loved "Sunset Boulevrad" and love it even more now than i know more about tGloria Swanson.

I first watched Sunset boulevard only about one and a half years ago which instantly became one of my favourite films. Afterwards Gloria stuck in my mind and I couldn't stop thinking of how brilliant she was. I rewatched it a few months after and I have since started to watch her earlier work. So far I have seen 6 of her films and she is now without any doubt my favourite actress, I plan to watch as much as I can of her. There's something completely enchanting and mesmerizing about her performances and her beauty that is unlike anything I've ever seen. Every time I see her on the screen I feel like I'm witnessing something divine. I have no doubts she will stay close to my heart for the rest of my life, and I'm so thankful I decided to dive deeper into film and discovered this amazing woman.

She literally doesn't look like someone who had worked in silent film upto that point. Immaculately gorgeous

Classy movie star: beautiful, intelligent and talented. They don't make many of those anymore.

This is a great interview, thank you so much for posting it. Gloria Swanson was a talented, intriguing and beautiful woman. She had a very interesting career as well as a very interesting life.

Dazzling. Her and her story. Artists at the top of their game.

she had an incredible diamond and Jewelry collection.

Saved the film/producers a lot of money - by foreseeing an issue that no one else had apparently noticed. Great interview and story about "Convent Girl."

PURE CLASS. Miss Swanson looks divine. Hairstyles and fashions made women in general younger than they looked in the early 1950s. Check her out in the 1990's and she still looks beautiful.

She was a very sharp and intelligent lady

Such a beautiful woman my goodness!!! 💖💖 So glamorous I love just watching her ❤️ Her hand movements her expressions her eyes Only a an actress from silent movies could capture and project such without speaking She was only 4’11” 🌞

Gorgeous 🌹

She made me obsessed with silent movies. Such an interesting, intelligent, modern woman with a lot of stories to tell. Plus She was really beautiful in every age PS: Watch Zaza!

She is timeless!!1

Classy lady.

I love her. ❤❤❤

GREAT STAR

She was marvelous actress and an exceptional human being.

Such a beautiful woman unlike the character she played in Sunset Blvd

wonderful video! thank you so much for posting it

This is brilliant, so interesting

If you have seen Sunset Boulevard before you watch this interview (like me), Gloria Swanson's achievement comes into full relief. In SB, she truly was a woman in decline; here, she is timelessly sexy and on her game.

...so chic

En 1965 elle était encore très belle . A l époque de l âge d or elle était la plus belle et grande star d Hollywood.

Incredible interview.... class all the way

Thank you for posting. What a great interview, do you know if more exist? I love her, what a character! Why is the talent of Hollywood so impoverished today? They are corporate and 'brands', back then Hollywood produced artists.

Gloria Swanson had beautiful sneaky cat eyes!

She was a remarkable star and women..she stayed beautiful her whole life..very principled or disciplined with her looks..as an actor should be .but shouldn't we all?

65 years old. Wow. Amazing.

She looked so youthful and beautiful I couldn’t help falling in love with her myself.

Film Bulwar Zachodzącego Słońca, obejrzałem ,gdy byłem dzieckiem, wywarł na mnie takie wielkie wrażenie, że po 50 latach, co jakiś czas wracam do niego.Gloria jest wspaniałą ponadczasowa aktorka o wielkiem blasku, gwiazda, której współczesne aktorki nigdy nie dorównają.

THE ICONIC NORMA DESMOND!!! ✨

Class, grace, beauty and one of a kind. Sunset Blvd got me hooked on old movies. She is the Queen of all Motion Pictures! So smart and just pure class! Forever my favorite actress and human being!

What almost every man fears in a woman - The combination of ,Beauty, Creativity, and above all, Inteligence. And that is whatwe have in this Lady

What a sweet, intelligent, charming lady.

What a marvelous interview! So many great stories!

I cannot get over how classy this woman is...

FABULOUS

Norma Desmond should have WON the Oscar

I've seen the reconstructed first part of "Queen Kelly," which was fabulous. The "dance hall" was actually a house of prostitution, and that "drooling scene" is included at the very end.

16 years earlier (in 195O), she appeared on "What's My Line?" & looks far younger in this segment

She looks younger prettier and healthier here than she did in the 50s.

A real big star.

I'm just reading her autobiography, Swanson on Swanson, nearly finished it in fact & she's a fascinating lady, great actress, great character.

2020 here! Thanks for the upload! Fascinating to watch these old interviews! So interesting!