Gloria Swanson in Fur Fred Astaire This black and white photograph

This black and white photograph captures Brigitte Bardot seated outdoors

Betty Furness

Known as the "King of Rock and Roll"

and his music and stagecraft had a significant impact on popular music

six short-story collections and two non-fiction works have become classics of American literature

Gloria Swanson in Fur Fred Astaire This black and white photographBlack and white studio portrait of actress Gloria Swanson in a floor length fur coat, circa 1950. Gloria 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.