Gloria Swanson, Hugh Downs--1980 TV Interview

Gloria Swanson is interviewed in her New York apartment by Hugh Downs in this 1980 TV program, introduced by Frank Blair.

[@jklynb]

81 years old here and she looks better than most 40 year old people today

[@Janine11155]

And nothing fake and no surgeries. She believed in very healthy eating

[@sarahvanwynendaele2265]

@@Janine11155 she did't a eye lift

[@cjordan1161]

How elegant and beautiful she looks at 81. Fabulous. Thank you for posting.

[@troybirch]

Awesome, isn’t it amazing to see something new on Gloria Swanson in 2021?

[@sxnico]

YES!

[@puurrrr]

What do you mean by new?

[@pamelagonzalvez5801]

@@puurrrr maybe the rainbow scarf?

[@マーコマ]

今で言う髪を無理やり染めないでグレーヘアースゴ～イ😂🎉

[@jcnyc9087]

I once had the good fortune to escort Hugh Downs from a stage appearance to his car. What a gentleman: an easy comfortable, conversationalist -- a pro in the best sense of the word!

[@sandrapicton6349]

Compare his interview with the Ms Walters' one a year later. He is a lovely polite, respectful person. Walters the polar opposite.

[@vistaestrada]

Gloria Swanson was so ahead of her time. Thank you for posting this video.

[@tgreen617]

I love her confidence, so way way ahead of her time. Sharp, bright and elegant. Just love her

[@letthesunshinethru2355]

Gloria, caring about saving the planet and protecting it from destruction, wonderful to see.

[@louisdewit4429]

What a gorgeous, elegant, glamorous diva. In the positive alluring sense of the word. Very much still ‘out there’ and didn’t change a bit. Just charmingly ‘ripened’. Witt and intelligence. Ahead of her time. Hat off. Bravo.

[@JM-lw3nx]

Beautiful complexion to the very end.

[@dannyschwartz436]

Amazing skin

[@musculusgarbos]

Amazing sense of style. I am sure her closet must have been incredible!

[@piustwelfth]

She always had beautiful skin, no doubt in part to her eating habits. As this interview makes clear, Gloria Swanson was decades ahead of the rest of the world in advocating for healthy, uncontaminated food.

[@nancyericson4263]

No sugar!

[@rharvey2124]

Staying out of the sun - no sun tans.

[@ruthnail915]

@@nancyericson4263 Big factor in destroying your health. I agree with that.

[@laurastanton7812]

Yes, that and massive amounts of plastic surgery and a lifestyle of vanity and money to promote it and pamper herself. She knew how to take care of herself physically and mentally. All about self preservation. She had moxie

[@piustwelfth]

@@laurastanton7812 What is your source for the "massive amounts of plastic surgery"? Except for the normal aging process, Swanson's face did not change that much from 1930 to 1950 to 1970. I think she took very good care of her skin and had healthy habits which included her diet. Actresses from her era who did undergo lots of plastic surgery were barely recognizable (see Merle Oberon).

[@donaldhernandez5632]

Sunset Blvd. Was a Fan from my 1st time seeing it.

[@tgreen617]

Totally agree with you.. so so elegant and confident

[@TheRealGnolti]

80 in 1980 was very, very old. Gloria was a force of nature not because of how long she lived but how she debunked everything people thought they knew about women, age, and health. Even in 2024, she stuns.

[@stephenrafter1022]

She is beautiful for 81 years old..wow

[@cameojennifer1177]

Love this. I love how Gloria saw life and how to work around the problems in life and just do it.

[@joshuataylor6087]

Wow 81! So vital!

[@January.]

"Executive Decision" channel has a video of the Kraft Suspense Theatre episode "Where Is Jennifer?" (1963?) starring Gloria Swanson. I highly recommend it.

[@rakesfunnyfarm]

I will have to check it out.

[@thomase13]

I just had the chance to see this, and wow; my goodness! Absolutely wonderful interview! I was interested to see another with Gloria, and she was great as ever, though truly one of the most wonderful interviews I've ever seen due to the wonderful interviewer! I'd never heard of the man, but what a kind, gentle, and intelligent soul himself! Will be looking out for more! Highly doubt the Barbara Walters interview will come anywhere close to this! I wish Swanson on Swanson were an audiobook. I will have to record it myself if I don't see it done by anyone else!

[@richardmills1505]

What an inspirational and beautiful woman! So articulate and intelligent.

[@cafeAmericano]

She was a vegan celebrity before it was popular. She was doing yoga in a time when most of her contemporaries were having scotch on the rocks before 11:00. She was ahead of the game then and would have been even now

[@marcdelente2456]

Elle était si belle que le n'a pas altéré ça beauté et à 81 ans elle magnifique et tellement pleine de vie d énergie une star comme il y en a plus .

[@sxnico]

that was marvelous, thank you for the upload (and all your uploads!) x0

[@randysills4418]

Hugh Downs lived to be 99!

[@teetarquin7012]

Gloria was the antithesis of Norma Desmond. She led a fulfilling and active life after films. I just love her.

[@dicedchickenbig7789]

OMG！ thank you sooooo much for sharing！

[@kallen868]

Legend!

[@dannyschwartz436]

You seem to call everyone. Legend!!? Stop. That!!

[@renan.csmaia]

Gorgeous!!

[@Mr17051963]

RIP, Classy Lady! ✨

[@steved4641]

Hello, Sir. Thank you so much for all of the great videos. Any chance Vivian Vance's appearance on Over Easy from 1977 coming up ? Would love to see that. Your videos are the best !!

[@moongoddess1962]

She was way ahead of her time And her healthy beliefs show...she looked great for 81...naturally beautiful elegant...and sharp and witty as ever

[@kathrynbellerose6216]

Wow 81 at that time she looked fabulous. Always interested and always interesting. Once the highest paid actress in Hollywood in the 1920’s how exciting to act with Rudolph Valentino.

[@edwardrodgers9383]

A Star!💐

[@ddaygirl7]

This was so nice to see her. I had heard she was the nicest person. I miss these interviews with celebrities. We get to know them better in these interviews. I also miss Hugh Downs. He was like a hero to me. Always calm and collected, handsomely dressed. Those were the days.❤

[@jmcoffeecat7]

I just love her.

[@alexanderrennon-yc5jc]

Elegance and from the silent age until her semise, ahe was and is a lady. Love Gloria Swanson .Thank

[@Czechbound]

I've never seen such a good looking 81 year old woman. Still a head turner

[@JSB1882]

i was so in love with Gloria Swanson as a boy,

[@danteficeti8180]

Idc if most of her films are silent, ill buy every one I can, i’ll find out as much as possible to keep her name alive! She wasnt just Queen Kelly, shes Queen Gloria

[@JloveLamar]

Tonight or Never is coming back on DVD/BLU-RAY next month

[@colossus112785]

This woman is the closest thing to American Royalty

[@garymattscheck9066]

She was absolute class.Not like today's crowd such as the Kardashians!

[@draginspring]

all i can say is, "wow".

[@nataliemeenakshithegreat7780]

Wow Gloria love you 😍 2024

[@frankcheers7529]

Ms. Swanson was waaay ahead of her time.

[@garymattscheck9066]

I remember this show. Very interesting.

[@kathreilly7050]

💜

[@bobdereimer5210]

I'll look for her book after finding her movies.

[@johnfd0210]

Her book is excellent. It is my favorite movie star autobiography, after that of Myrna Loy's.

[@jillroberts7551]

@@johnfd0210 Just read her bio, and I agree that it is excellent. It's a big book, but I read it in a few days. Couldn't put it down. Keep thinking that she must have had a very high IQ. Very sharp thinker.

[@Janine11155]

I think her greatest "secret" is that she is so gracious

[@dantemedici8179]

So glamorous … sorry to sound old fashioned but I like women to be glamorous

[@blackpinups]

Nothing wrong with that. 🙂

[@ruthnail915]

Where do you find all the great videos? You lucky 🍀 bird!

[@Djpnw]

8:55 fixes curl 😍

[@catlover34fl]

Her hair looks soft and beautifully feminine! Not like all the greasy, straight floor mop hair that makes most women look like old hags today.

[@jacksonanderson7230]

gloria swanson be on that barbra bush vibe

[@247snob6]

My god. Even back then interviews interrupted. Stop talking over her.

[@andrewjurkiewicz4393]

Watching Her Now In AIRPORT 75?

[@Tami-ts1sb]

😍

[@Tomes23]

I always think of the Kennedy men when I think about Gloria Swanson.

[@MJ69ism]

The youngest 81 yro I’ve ever seen

[@boudicca7181]

She thinks like I do.

[@izacnewton5761]

she sounds like patty arquette

[@joseserrano141]

This woman was genius also she was ahead of her time for more than a hundred years amazing