Blanche Sweet circa 1916

This is the filmography for Blanche Sweet. According to the Internet Movie Database, Sweet appeared in 161 films between 1909 and 1959.[1]

Key
Denotes a lost or presumed lost film.

Biograph (1909–1914)

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

Release date Title Role Director Studio(s) / Distributor(s) Notes
1909A Man with Three Wives
December 13, 1913A Corner in WheatD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
December 23, 1909In Little ItalyAt the BallD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
December 27, 1909To Save Her SoulBackstage at Debut/At PartyD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
December 30, 1909The Day AfterThe New YearD. W. Griffith
Frank Powell
Biograph Company
December 30, 1909Choosing a Husband One of Gladys' FriendsD. W. GriffithBiograph Company

1910

Release date Title Role Director Studio(s) / Distributor(s) Notes
January 3, 1910The Rocky RoadThe Daughter, at EighteenD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
January 15, 1910All on Account of the MilkThe MaidFrank PowellBiograph Company
April 11, 1910A Romance of the Western HillsD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
April 14, 1910The Kid Frank PowellBiograph Company
July 18, 1910 A Flash of LightD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
November 17, 1910Love in Quarantine Frank PowellBiograph Company

1911

Release date Title Role Director Studio(s) / Distributor(s) Notes
January 2, 1911The Two PathsD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
February 6, 1911Heart Beats of Long Ago D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
February 23, 1911His Daughter D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
February 27, 1911The Lily of the Tenements D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
March 6, 1911A Decree of DestinyD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
March 16, 1911Was He a Coward?D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
March 23, 1911The Lonedale OperatorDaughter of the Linedale OperatorD. W. GriffithBiograph CompanyUncredited
March 27, 1911Priscilla's April Fool Joke On LawnFrank PowellBiograph Company
March 30, 1911The Spanish Gypsy D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
April 3, 1911Priscilla and the Umbrella The SisterFrank Powell
Mack Sennett
Biograph Company
April 6, 1911The Broken Cross D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
April 27, 1911How She Triumphed MaryD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
May 11, 1911The Country Lovers Mack SennettBiograph Company
May 15, 1911The New Dress At Wedding/At MarketD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
May 25, 1911The White Rose of the Wilds White RoseD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
June 5, 1911The Smile of a Child The Peasant WomanD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
June 12, 1911
June 15, 1911
Enoch ArdenOn the BeachD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
June 22, 1911The Primal Call D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
June 29, 1911 Fighting BloodD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
July 17, 1911The Indian BrothersIndianD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
July 24, 1911A Country CupidEdithD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
July 27, 1911The Last Drop of WaterMaryD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
August 3, 1911Out from the Shadow Mrs. VaneD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
August 17, 1911The Blind Princess and the Poet The PrincessD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
September 4, 1911The Stuff Heroes Are Made OfAliceD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
October 5, 1911The Making of a Man Young WomanD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
October 26, 1911The Long Road EdithD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
October 30, 1911Love in the Hills The GirlD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
November 6, 1911The BattleThe Boy's SweetheartD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
November 16, 1911Through Darkened ValesGraceD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
November 20, 1911The Miser's HeartNeighborD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
November 30, 1911 A Woman Scorned D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
December 28, 1911The Voice of the Child The WifeD. W. GriffithBiograph Company

1912

c.1912
Release date Title Role Director Studio(s) / Distributor(s) Notes
January 11, 1912The Eternal MotherMartha, the WifeD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
January 18, 1912The Old Bookkeeper The Old Bookkeeper's Employer's WifeD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
January 22, 1912For His SonThe Son's FiancéeD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
February 1, 1912The Transformation of MikeThe Tenement GirlD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
February 8, 1912A Sister's Love D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
February 22, 1912Under Burning SkiesEmilyD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
March 7, 1912 A String of Pearls The Second WomanD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
March 25, 1912The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch The GoddessD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
April 4, 1912The Punishment The Fruit Grower's DaughterD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
April 25, 1912One Is Business, the Other CrimeRich WifeD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
April 29, 1912The Lesser EvilThe Young WomanD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
May 30, 1912An Outcast Among Outcasts The Young WomanD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
June 10, 1912A Temporary TruceAlice, the Prospector's WifeD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
June 20, 1912The Spirit Awakened The Young WomanD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
July 1, 1912Man's Lust for Gold The Prospector's DaughterD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
August 12, 1912The Inner CircleD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
August 19, 1912With the Enemy's HelpThe Prospector's WifeWilfred LucasBiograph Company
August 22, 1912A Change of Spirit The Young WomanD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
1912A Pueblo Romance D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
September 12, 1912 Blind Love The Young WomanD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
October 10, 1912The Chief's Blanket The Young WomanD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
October 24, 1912The Painted Ladythe Older SisterD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
November 25, 1912A Sailor's HeartThe WifeWilfred LucasBiograph Company
December 26, 1912The God WithinThe Woman of the CampD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
General Film Company

1913

Release date Title Role Director Studio(s) / Distributor(s) Notes
January 2, 1913Three Friends The WifeD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
January 13, 1913 Pirate Gold The DaughterD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
February 6, 1913 Oil and WaterMlle. GenovaD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
February 24, 1913A Chance Deception The WifeD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
February 27, 1913Love in an Apartment Hotel The Young WomanD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
March 8, 1913Broken WaysThe Road Agent's WifeD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
March 20, 1913Near to Earth D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
April 3, 1913The Hero of Little Italy MariaD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
April 7, 1913The Stolen Bride The Grower's DaughterAnthony O'SullivanBiograph Company
May 1, 1913If We Only Knew The MotherD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
June 14, 1913Death's MarathonThe WifeD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
July 12, 1913The Mistake The Young WomanD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
1913The Coming of Angelo D. W. GriffithBiograph Company
July 28, 1913The Vengeance of Galora Anthony O'SullivanBiograph Company
August 23, 1913Two Men of the Desert The AuthoressD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
November 17, 1913A Cure for Suffragettes Edward DillonBiograph Company
November 1913The Battle at Elderbush GulchD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
December 13, 1913The House of DiscordThe WifeJames Kirkwood Sr.Biograph Company
1913Beyond All Law Frank PowellBiograph Company
1913Her Wedding Bell Biograph Company
1913The Wedding GownFrank PowellBiograph Company

1914

Release date Title Role Director Studio(s) / Distributor(s) Notes
1914The Sentimental Sister Biograph Company
February 14, 1914 ClassmatesSylvia Randolph James KirkwoodBiograph Company
February 26, 1914The MassacreStephen's WardD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
March 8, 1914Judith of BethuliaJudithD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
March 19, 1914Strongheart Dorothy Nelson, Frank's SisterJames KirkwoodBiograph Company
April 25, 1914 Brute ForceD. W. GriffithBiograph Company
March 18, 1915His Desperate Deed Biograph Company

Mutual Film Corporation (1914)

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.

The Avenging Conscience scene.

1914

Release date Title Role Director Studio(s) / Distributor(s) Notes
1914Ashes of the Past James Kirkwood Sr.Mutual Film
May 17, 1914 Home, Sweet HomeThe WifeD. W. GriffithMutual Film
1914The Soul of Honor James Kirkwood Sr.Mutual Film
June 1, 1914The Escape May JoyceD. W. GriffithMutual Film
August 2, 1914The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill'his sweetheartD. W. GriffithMutual Film
1914The Second Mrs. Roebuck Mabel MackD. W. GriffithMutual Film
August 1914 Men and Women Agnes RodmanJames KirkwoodBiograph Company
1914For Those Unborn Christy CabanneMutual Film
1914Her Awakening MaryChristy CabanneMutual Film
1914For Her Father's Sins Mary AshtonJohn B. O'Brien
November 8, 1914The Tear That Burned John B. O'BrienMutual Film
1914The Odalisque May, A Stock GirlChristy CabanneMutual Film
1914The Little Country MouseDorothyDonald CrispMutual Film
1914The Old Maid John B. O'BrienMutual Film

Paramount Pictures (1915–1919)

Sweet and Griffith parted ways in 1915 and 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

Release date Title Role Director Studio(s) / Distributor(s) Notes
February 15, 1915The Warrens of VirginiaAgatha WarrenCecil B. DeMilleParamount Pictures
April 22, 1915The CaptiveSonya MartinovichCecil B. DeMilleParamount Pictures
May 24, 1915Stolen Goods Margery HuntleyGeorge MelfordParamount Pictures
July 8, 1915The Clue Christine Lesley James Neill
Frank Reicher
Paramount Pictures
August 9, 1915The Secret Orchard DianeFrank ReicherParamount Pictures
September 13, 1915The Case of BeckyDorothy/BeckyFrank ReicherParamount Pictures
October 21, 1915The Secret SinEdith Martin/Grace MartinFrank ReicherParamount Pictures
January 23, 1916The RagamuffinJennyWilliam C. deMilleParamount Pictures
February 20, 1916The Blacklist Vera MaroffWilliam C. deMilleParamount Pictures
March 30, 1916The SowersKarin DolokhofWilliam C. DeMilleParamount Pictures
May 28, 1916The Thousand-Dollar Husband Olga Nelson James YoungParamount Pictures
July 2, 1916The Dupe Ethel HaleFrank ReicherParamount Pictures
August 20, 1916 Public OpinionHazel GrayParamount Pictures
October 5, 1916The Storm Natalie RaydonFrank ReicherParamount Pictures
1916Unprotected Barbara KingJames YoungParamount Pictures
January 4, 1917The Evil EyeDr. Katherine TorranceGeorge MelfordParamount Pictures
March 1, 1917Those Without Sin Melanie LandryMarshall NeilanParamount Pictures
April 12, 1917The Tides of Barnegat Jane CobdenMarshall NeilanParamount Pictures
May 10, 1917The Silent Partner Jane ColbyMarshall NeilanParamount Pictures
March 2, 1919The Unpardonable Sin Alice Parcot/Dimny ParcotMarshall NeilanParamount Pictures

Pathé Exchange

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
November 19, 1919A Woman of Pleasure Alice DaneWallace WorsleyPathé Exchange
January 11, 1920Fighting Cressy CressyRobert ThornbyPathé Exchange
March 28, 1920The Deadlier SexMary WillardRobert ThornbyPathé Exchange
May 12, 1920Simple Souls Molly ShineRobert ThornbyPathé Exchange
August 5, 1920The Girl in the Web Esther MaitlandRobert ThornbyPathé Exchange
September 26, 1920Help Wanted – Male Leona Stafford Henry KingPathé Exchange
November 21, 1920Her Unwilling Husband MavisPaul ScardonPathé Exchange
January 1921That Girl MontanaMontana RiversRobert ThornbyPathé Exchange

Later films (1919–1929)

Of the 17 films, 6 survive and 11 are presumed lost.

Help Wanted-Male lobby card
Blanche Sweet in Anna Christie 1923
The Deadlier Sex - newspaper ad
Release date Title Role Director Studio(s) / Distributor(s) Notes
1919The Hushed HourVirginia Appleton Blodgett Edmund MortimerHarry Garson Productions
December 4, 1922Quincy Adams Sawyer Alice PettengillClarence G. BadgerMetro Pictures
October 22, 1923The Meanest Man in the World Jane HudsonEdward F. Cline Principal Pictures
October 28, 1923In the Palace of the King Delores MendozaEmmett J. FlynnGoldwyn Pictures
November 25, 1923 Anna ChristieAnna ChristieJohn Griffith WrayFirst National Pictures
April 28, 1924Those Who Dance Rose CarneyLambert HillyerFirst National Pictures
August 11, 1924Tess of the d'Urbervilles Teresa "Tess" DurbeyfieldMarshall NeilmanPathé Exchange
April 13, 1925The Sporting VenusLady GwendolynMarshall NeilanMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
May 3, 1925His Supreme Moment Carla KingGeorge FitzmauriceFirst National Pictures
October 18, 1925Why Women Love Molla HansenEdwin CareweFirst National Pictures
November 1, 1925The New Commandment Renee DarcourtHoward HigginFirst National Pictures
January 13, 1926Bluebeard's Seven Wives JulietAlfred SantellFirst National Pictures
January 7, 1926The Lady from HellLady Margaret DarnelyStuart Paton Stuart Paton Productions
February 14, 1926The Far Cry Claire MarshSilvano BalboniFirst National Pictures
September 20, 1926 DiplomacyDoraMarshall NeilanParamount Pictures
August 23, 1927SingedDolly WallJohn Griffith WrayFox Film Corporation
May 24, 1929The Woman in White Laura Fairlie/AnneHerbert WilcoxBritish and Dominions Imperial Studios

Sound Films (1929–1959)

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
December 31, 1929Always FaithfulMrs. George W. MasonAlfred A. CohnWarner Bros.
January 24, 1930The Woman RacketJulia Barnes HayesRobert Ober
Albert H. Kelley
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
April 20, 1930Showgirl in HollywoodDonny Harris (Mrs. Buelow)Mervyn LeRoyFirst National PicturesFinal reel was filmed in Technicolor but is now lost.
October 25, 1930The Silver HordeQueenieGeorge ArchainbaudRKO Pictures
June 18, 1959The Five PenniesHeadmistress of SchoolMelville ShavelsonParamount PicturesUncredited

References

  1. "IMDB.com: Blanche Sweet". IMDb. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
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