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This is the filmography for Blanche Sweet. According to the Internet Movie Database, Sweet appeared in 161 films between 1909 and 1959.[1]
† | Denotes a lost or presumed lost film. |
Biograph (1909–1914)
[edit]Blanche Sweet started working at Biograph in 1909 under contract to director D. W. Griffith. Sweet remained at Biograph until 1914. Sweet starred in 85 films under Biograph, most of which were one or two reels.
1909
[edit]Release date | Title | Role | Director | Studio(s) / Distributor(s) | Notes |
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1909 | A Man with Three Wives † | ||||
December 13, 1913 | A Corner in Wheat | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
December 23, 1909 | In Little Italy | At the Ball | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
December 27, 1909 | To Save Her Soul | Backstage at Debut/At Party | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
December 30, 1909 | The Day After | The New Year | D. W. Griffith Frank Powell |
Biograph Company | |
December 30, 1909 | Choosing a Husband † | One of Gladys' Friends | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company |
1910
[edit]Release date | Title | Role | Director | Studio(s) / Distributor(s) | Notes |
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January 3, 1910 | The Rocky Road | The Daughter, at Eighteen | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
January 15, 1910 | All on Account of the Milk | The Maid | Frank Powell | Biograph Company | |
April 11, 1910 | A Romance of the Western Hills | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
April 14, 1910 | The Kid † | Frank Powell | Biograph Company | ||
July 18, 1910 | A Flash of Light | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
November 17, 1910 | Love in Quarantine † | Frank Powell | Biograph Company |
1911
[edit]Release date | Title | Role | Director | Studio(s) / Distributor(s) | Notes |
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January 2, 1911 | The Two Paths | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
February 6, 1911 | Heart Beats of Long Ago | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
February 23, 1911 | His Daughter † | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
February 27, 1911 | The Lily of the Tenements † | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
March 6, 1911 | A Decree of Destiny | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
March 16, 1911 | Was He a Coward? | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
March 23, 1911 | The Lonedale Operator | Daughter of the Linedale Operator | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | Uncredited |
March 27, 1911 | Priscilla's April Fool Joke † | On Lawn | Frank Powell | Biograph Company | |
March 30, 1911 | The Spanish Gypsy † | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
April 3, 1911 | Priscilla and the Umbrella † | The Sister | Frank Powell Mack Sennett |
Biograph Company | |
April 6, 1911 | The Broken Cross † | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
April 27, 1911 | How She Triumphed † | Mary | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
May 11, 1911 | The Country Lovers † | Mack Sennett | Biograph Company | ||
May 15, 1911 | The New Dress † | At Wedding/At Market | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
May 25, 1911 | The White Rose of the Wilds † | White Rose | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
June 5, 1911 | The Smile of a Child † | The Peasant Woman | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
June 12, 1911 June 15, 1911 |
Enoch Arden | On the Beach | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
June 22, 1911 | The Primal Call † | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
June 29, 1911 | Fighting Blood | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
July 17, 1911 | The Indian Brothers | Indian | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
July 24, 1911 | A Country Cupid | Edith | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
July 27, 1911 | The Last Drop of Water | Mary | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
August 3, 1911 | Out from the Shadow † | Mrs. Vane | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
August 17, 1911 | The Blind Princess and the Poet † | The Princess | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
September 4, 1911 | The Stuff Heroes Are Made Of | Alice | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
October 5, 1911 | The Making of a Man † | Young Woman | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
October 26, 1911 | The Long Road † | Edith | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
October 30, 1911 | Love in the Hills † | The Girl | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
November 6, 1911 | The Battle | The Boy's Sweetheart | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
November 16, 1911 | Through Darkened Vales | Grace | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
November 20, 1911 | The Miser's Heart | Neighbor | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
November 30, 1911 | A Woman Scorned † | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
December 28, 1911 | The Voice of the Child † | The Wife | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company |
1912
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Release date | Title | Role | Director | Studio(s) / Distributor(s) | Notes |
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January 11, 1912 | The Eternal Mother | Martha, the Wife | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
January 18, 1912 | The Old Bookkeeper † | The Old Bookkeeper's Employer's Wife | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
January 22, 1912 | For His Son | The Son's Fiancée | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
February 1, 1912 | The Transformation of Mike | The Tenement Girl | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
February 8, 1912 | A Sister's Love † | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
February 22, 1912 | Under Burning Skies | Emily | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
March 7, 1912 | A String of Pearls † | The Second Woman | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
March 25, 1912 | The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch † | The Goddess | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
April 4, 1912 | The Punishment † | The Fruit Grower's Daughter | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
April 25, 1912 | One Is Business, the Other Crime | Rich Wife | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
April 29, 1912 | The Lesser Evil | The Young Woman | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
May 30, 1912 | An Outcast Among Outcasts † | The Young Woman | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
June 10, 1912 | A Temporary Truce | Alice, the Prospector's Wife | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
June 20, 1912 | The Spirit Awakened † | The Young Woman | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
July 1, 1912 | Man's Lust for Gold † | The Prospector's Daughter | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
August 12, 1912 | The Inner Circle | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
August 19, 1912 | With the Enemy's Help | The Prospector's Wife | Wilfred Lucas | Biograph Company | |
August 22, 1912 | A Change of Spirit † | The Young Woman | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
1912 | A Pueblo Romance † | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
September 12, 1912 | Blind Love † | The Young Woman | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
October 10, 1912 | The Chief's Blanket † | The Young Woman | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
October 24, 1912 | The Painted Lady | the Older Sister | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
November 25, 1912 | A Sailor's Heart | The Wife | Wilfred Lucas | Biograph Company | |
December 26, 1912 | The God Within | The Woman of the Camp | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company General Film Company |
1913
[edit]Release date | Title | Role | Director | Studio(s) / Distributor(s) | Notes |
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January 2, 1913 | Three Friends † | The Wife | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
January 13, 1913 | Pirate Gold † | The Daughter | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
February 6, 1913 | Oil and Water | Mlle. Genova | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
February 24, 1913 | A Chance Deception † | The Wife | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
February 27, 1913 | Love in an Apartment Hotel † | The Young Woman | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
March 8, 1913 | Broken Ways | The Road Agent's Wife | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
March 20, 1913 | Near to Earth † | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
April 3, 1913 | The Hero of Little Italy † | Maria | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
April 7, 1913 | The Stolen Bride † | The Grower's Daughter | Anthony O'Sullivan | Biograph Company | |
May 1, 1913 | If We Only Knew † | The Mother | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
June 14, 1913 | Death's Marathon | The Wife | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
July 12, 1913 | The Mistake † | The Young Woman | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
1913 | The Coming of Angelo † | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
July 28, 1913 | The Vengeance of Galora † | Anthony O'Sullivan | Biograph Company | ||
August 23, 1913 | Two Men of the Desert † | The Authoress | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
November 17, 1913 | A Cure for Suffragettes | Edward Dillon | Biograph Company | ||
November 1913 | The Battle at Elderbush Gulch | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
December 13, 1913 | The House of Discord | The Wife | James Kirkwood Sr. | Biograph Company | |
1913 | Beyond All Law † | Frank Powell | Biograph Company | ||
1913 | Her Wedding Bell † | Biograph Company | |||
1913 | The Wedding Gown | Frank Powell | Biograph Company |
1914
[edit]Release date | Title | Role | Director | Studio(s) / Distributor(s) | Notes |
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1914 | The Sentimental Sister † | Biograph Company | |||
February 14, 1914 | Classmates | Sylvia Randolph | James Kirkwood | Biograph Company | |
February 26, 1914 | The Massacre | Stephen's Ward | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
March 8, 1914 | Judith of Bethulia | Judith | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
March 19, 1914 | Strongheart † | Dorothy Nelson, Frank's Sister | James Kirkwood | Biograph Company | |
April 25, 1914 | Brute Force | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
March 18, 1915 | His Desperate Deed † | Biograph Company |
Mutual Film Corporation (1914)
[edit]Griffith left Biograph in 1914, wanting to continue directing feature films such as Judith of Bethulia. He took his actors with him and joined the Mutual Film Corporation. Most of Sweet's films under Mutual Film are now lost. Of the 14 films, only 3 are known to survive.
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1914
[edit]Release date | Title | Role | Director | Studio(s) / Distributor(s) | Notes |
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1914 | Ashes of the Past † | James Kirkwood Sr. | Mutual Film | ||
May 17, 1914 | Home, Sweet Home | The Wife | D. W. Griffith | Mutual Film | |
1914 | The Soul of Honor † | James Kirkwood Sr. | Mutual Film | ||
June 1, 1914 | The Escape † | May Joyce | D. W. Griffith | Mutual Film | |
August 2, 1914 | The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' | his sweetheart | D. W. Griffith | Mutual Film | |
1914 | The Second Mrs. Roebuck † | Mabel Mack | D. W. Griffith | Mutual Film | |
August 1914 | Men and Women † | Agnes Rodman | James Kirkwood | Biograph Company | |
1914 | For Those Unborn † | Christy Cabanne | Mutual Film | ||
1914 | Her Awakening † | Mary | Christy Cabanne | Mutual Film | |
1914 | For Her Father's Sins † | Mary Ashton | John B. O'Brien | ||
November 8, 1914 | The Tear That Burned † | John B. O'Brien | Mutual Film | ||
1914 | The Odalisque † | May, A Stock Girl | Christy Cabanne | Mutual Film | |
1914 | The Little Country Mouse | Dorothy | Donald Crisp | Mutual Film | |
1914 | The Old Maid † | John B. O'Brien | Mutual Film |
Paramount Pictures (1915–1919)
[edit]Sweet and Griffith parted ways in 1915 and Sweet signed with Famous Players Film Company for a higher pay. The studio would become known as Famous Players-Lasky following a merger in 1916. Films would be distributed by Paramount Pictures. 8 of the 20 films Sweet starred in survive, while 12 are presumed lost.
1915
[edit]Release date | Title | Role | Director | Studio(s) / Distributor(s) | Notes |
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February 15, 1915 | The Warrens of Virginia | Agatha Warren | Cecil B. DeMille | Paramount Pictures | |
April 22, 1915 | The Captive | Sonya Martinovich | Cecil B. DeMille | Paramount Pictures | |
May 24, 1915 | Stolen Goods † | Margery Huntley | George Melford | Paramount Pictures | |
July 8, 1915 | The Clue † | Christine Lesley | James Neill Frank Reicher |
Paramount Pictures | |
August 9, 1915 | The Secret Orchard † | Diane | Frank Reicher | Paramount Pictures | |
September 13, 1915 | The Case of Becky | Dorothy/Becky | Frank Reicher | Paramount Pictures | |
October 21, 1915 | The Secret Sin | Edith Martin/Grace Martin | Frank Reicher | Paramount Pictures | |
January 23, 1916 | The Ragamuffin | Jenny | William C. deMille | Paramount Pictures | |
February 20, 1916 | The Blacklist † | Vera Maroff | William C. deMille | Paramount Pictures | |
March 30, 1916 | The Sowers | Karin Dolokhof | William C. DeMille | Paramount Pictures | |
May 28, 1916 | The Thousand-Dollar Husband † | Olga Nelson | James Young | Paramount Pictures | |
July 2, 1916 | The Dupe † | Ethel Hale | Frank Reicher | Paramount Pictures | |
August 20, 1916 | Public Opinion | Hazel Gray | Paramount Pictures | ||
October 5, 1916 | The Storm † | Natalie Raydon | Frank Reicher | Paramount Pictures | |
1916 | Unprotected † | Barbara King | James Young | Paramount Pictures | |
January 4, 1917 | The Evil Eye | Dr. Katherine Torrance | George Melford | Paramount Pictures | |
March 1, 1917 | Those Without Sin † | Melanie Landry | Marshall Neilan | Paramount Pictures | |
April 12, 1917 | The Tides of Barnegat † | Jane Cobden | Marshall Neilan | Paramount Pictures | |
May 10, 1917 | The Silent Partner † | Jane Colby | Marshall Neilan | Paramount Pictures | |
March 2, 1919 | The Unpardonable Sin † | Alice Parcot/Dimny Parcot | Marshall Neilan | Paramount Pictures |
Pathé Exchange
[edit]Sweet exclusively starred in films made by Pathé Exchange from 1919 to 1921. 6 of the 8 films are presumed lost.
Release date | Title | Role | Director | Studio(s) / Distributor(s) | Notes |
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November 19, 1919 | A Woman of Pleasure † | Alice Dane | Wallace Worsley | Pathé Exchange | |
January 11, 1920 | Fighting Cressy † | Cressy | Robert Thornby | Pathé Exchange | |
March 28, 1920 | The Deadlier Sex | Mary Willard | Robert Thornby | Pathé Exchange | |
May 12, 1920 | Simple Souls † | Molly Shine | Robert Thornby | Pathé Exchange | |
August 5, 1920 | The Girl in the Web † | Esther Maitland | Robert Thornby | Pathé Exchange | |
September 26, 1920 | Help Wanted – Male † | Leona Stafford | Henry King | Pathé Exchange | |
November 21, 1920 | Her Unwilling Husband † | Mavis | Paul Scardon | Pathé Exchange | |
January 1921 | That Girl Montana | Montana Rivers | Robert Thornby | Pathé Exchange |
Later films (1919–1929)
[edit]Of the 17 films, 6 survive and 11 are presumed lost.
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Release date | Title | Role | Director | Studio(s) / Distributor(s) | Notes |
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1919 | The Hushed Hour | Virginia Appleton Blodgett | Edmund Mortimer | Harry Garson Productions | |
December 4, 1922 | Quincy Adams Sawyer † | Alice Pettengill | Clarence G. Badger | Metro Pictures | |
October 22, 1923 | The Meanest Man in the World † | Jane Hudson | Edward F. Cline | Principal Pictures | |
October 28, 1923 | In the Palace of the King † | Delores Mendoza | Emmett J. Flynn | Goldwyn Pictures | |
November 25, 1923 | Anna Christie | Anna Christie | John Griffith Wray | First National Pictures | |
April 28, 1924 | Those Who Dance † | Rose Carney | Lambert Hillyer | First National Pictures | |
August 11, 1924 | Tess of the d'Urbervilles † | Teresa "Tess" Durbeyfield | Marshall Neilman | Pathé Exchange | |
April 13, 1925 | The Sporting Venus | Lady Gwendolyn | Marshall Neilan | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | |
May 3, 1925 | His Supreme Moment † | Carla King | George Fitzmaurice | First National Pictures | |
October 18, 1925 | Why Women Love † | Molla Hansen | Edwin Carewe | First National Pictures | |
November 1, 1925 | The New Commandment † | Renee Darcourt | Howard Higgin | First National Pictures | |
January 13, 1926 | Bluebeard's Seven Wives † | Juliet | Alfred Santell | First National Pictures | |
January 7, 1926 | The Lady from Hell | Lady Margaret Darnely | Stuart Paton | Stuart Paton Productions | |
February 14, 1926 | The Far Cry † | Claire Marsh | Silvano Balboni | First National Pictures | |
September 20, 1926 | Diplomacy | Dora | Marshall Neilan | Paramount Pictures | |
August 23, 1927 | Singed | Dolly Wall | John Griffith Wray | Fox Film Corporation | |
May 24, 1929 | The Woman in White † | Laura Fairlie/Anne | Herbert Wilcox | British and Dominions Imperial Studios |
Sound Films (1929–1959)
[edit]Sweet starred only in five sound films, retiring in 1930. Her final role was uncredited in 1959. All are extant.
Release date | Title | Role | Director | Studio(s) / Distributor(s) | Notes |
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December 31, 1929 | Always Faithful | Mrs. George W. Mason | Alfred A. Cohn | Warner Bros. | *short |
January 24, 1930 | The Woman Racket | Julia Barnes Hayes | Robert Ober Albert H. Kelley |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | |
April 20, 1930 | Showgirl in Hollywood | Donny Harris (Mrs. Buelow) | Mervyn LeRoy | First National Pictures | Final reel was filmed in Technicolor but is now lost. |
October 25, 1930 | The Silver Horde | Queenie | George Archainbaud | RKO Pictures | |
June 18, 1959 | The Five Pennies | Headmistress of School | Melville Shavelson | Paramount Pictures | Uncredited |
References
[edit]- ^ "IMDB.com: Blanche Sweet". IMDb. Retrieved July 1, 2008.