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Also known as Sarah Blanche Sweet

American actress (1896–1986)

Film & TV

Acting · Chicago, Illinois, USA

From Wikipedia Sarah Blanche Sweet (June 18, 1896 – September 6, 1986) was an American silent film actress who began her career in the earliest days of the Hollywood motion picture film industry. Sweet is renowned for her energetic, independent roles, at variance with the 'ideal' Griffith type of vulnerable, often fragile, femininity. After many starring roles, her first real landmark film was…

Known for

  • Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter — Narrator (voice)1982
  • Hollywood — Self1980
  • The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis1959
  • The Thin Man1957
  • Make Mine Memories1945
  • Twenty Years After — (archive footage)1944
  • Show Girl in Hollywood — Donny Harris1930
  • The Woman Racket — Julia Barnes Hayes1930
  • The Silver Horde — Queenie1930
  • The Woman in White — Laura Fairlie / Anne Catherick1929

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1968
Active to
1982
bubblegum popclassic rockglamglam rockhard rockmetal

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1
Total plays
1

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Academic profile · OpenAlex

1h-index
Works
2
Cited by
134

Research areas

Mental healthPsychiatryPhysicsPaleontologyMeteorology

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Key facts

Born
Sarah Blanche Sweet , ( 1896-06-18 ) June 18, 1896, Chicago, Illinois , U.S.
Died
September 6, 1986 (1986-09-06) (aged 90), New York City, U.S.
Other names
Sarah Blanche Alexander, Blanche Alexander, Daphne Wayne, Blanche Hackett
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1909–1930, 1958–1960
Notable work
Full list
Spouses
Marshall Neilan ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1922 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1929 ) ​ Raymond Hackett ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1935 ; died 1958 ) ​

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Encyclopedic overview

Sarah Blanche Sweet (June 18, 1896 – September 6, 1986) was an American silent film actress who began her career in the early days of the motion picture film industry. Throughout her career, Sweet appeared in 121 silent films and three sound films.

Early life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blanche Sweet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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