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Norma Desmond is a fictional character in the film Sunset Boulevard directed by Billy Wilder. Desmond is an aging silent film star who has watched her career fade away with the advent of "talkies", films with sound, and is slowly loosing her mind. The character of the silent film star Norma Desmond was played by real life silent film star Gloria Swanson.

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