Gloria Swanson and Bob Hope Signed Photo Lot 2 7″ x 5″ , 8″ x 10″ Gloria Josephine Mae Swanson was an American actress. She first achieved fame acting in dozens of silent films in the 1920s and was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, most famously for her 1950 turn in Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard, which also earned her a Golden Globe Award Leslie Townes “Bob” Hope (May 29, 1903 Đ July 27, 2003) was a British-born American comedian, actor, entertainer and producer with a career that spanned nearly 80 years and achievements in vaudeville, network radio, television, and USO Tours. He appeared in more than 70 short and feature films, starring in 54. These included a series of seven Road to … musical comedy films with Bing Crosby as his partner.