Portrait of Blanche Sweet

Acting

Blanche Sweet

Career

Active from 1909 to 1982, with a break from 1931 to 1981, busiest in 1912 with 16 main titles.

Leading roles
95
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Lonedale Operator
The Lonedale Operator
GoodWatch score62/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Blanche Sweet Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.9, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.6, average 3.0
  • Pop Culture
    0.8, average 2.2
  • Situational Comedy
    1.4, average 2.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Early Cinema 11
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Melodrama 4
  • Silent Film 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Historical Setting 4
  • Historical Romance 3
  • Silent Era Romance 3
  • Dramatic Pacing 2
  • Forbidden Love 2
  • Silent Era 2
  • Historical Artifact 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

109
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
The Lady from Hell
The Lady from Hell

as Lady Margaret Darnely

1980s

1 title
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter (1982)

as Narrator (voice)

1950s

2 titles · average score 71
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show

The Thin Man
The Thin Man (1957)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show

1940s

1 title
Twenty Years After
Twenty Years After (1944)

as (archive footage)

1930s

3 titles · average score 55
Show Girl in Hollywood
Show Girl in Hollywood (1930)
GoodWatch score 59

as Donny Harris

The Woman Racket
The Woman Racket (1930)
GoodWatch score 59

as Julia Barnes Hayes

The Silver Horde
The Silver Horde (1930)
GoodWatch score 47

as Queenie

1920s

22 titles
Always Faithful
Always Faithful (1929)

as Mrs. George W. Mason

The Woman in White
The Woman in White (1929)

as Laura Fairlie / Anne Catherick

Diplomacy
Diplomacy (1926)

as Dora Weymouth

The Sporting Venus
The Sporting Venus (1925)

as Lady Gwendolyn

His Supreme Moment
His Supreme Moment (1925)

as Carla King

Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1924)

as Teresa "Tess" Durbeyfield

Anna Christie
Anna Christie (1923)

as Anna Christie

Quincy Adams Sawyer
Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922)

as Alice Pettengill

That Girl Montana
That Girl Montana (1921)

as Montana Rivers

The Deadlier Sex
The Deadlier Sex (1920)

as Mary Willard

Help Wanted - Male
Help Wanted - Male (1920)

as Leona Stafford

Simple Souls
Simple Souls (1920)

as Molly Shine

1910s

77 titles · average score 57
Judith of Bethulia
Judith of Bethulia (1914)
GoodWatch score 53

as Judith

The Avenging Conscience
The Avenging Conscience (1914)
GoodWatch score 61

as The Sweetheart

Classmates
Classmates (1914)

as Sylvia Randolph

Strongheart
Strongheart (1914)

as Dorothy Nelson, Frank's Sister

Death's Marathon
Death's Marathon (1913)
GoodWatch score 58

as The Wife

Three Friends
Three Friends (1913)

as The Wife

Blind Love
Blind Love (1912)

as The Young Woman

The Transformation of Mike
The Transformation of Mike (1912)

as The Tenement Girl

Through Darkening Vales
Through Darkening Vales (1911)

as Grace

The Blind Princess and the Poet
The Blind Princess and the Poet (1911)

as The Princess

A Country Cupid
A Country Cupid (1911)

as Edith

The Lonedale Operator
The Lonedale Operator (1911)
GoodWatch score 62

as Daughter of the Lonedale Operator

1900s

2 titles
The Day After
The Day After (1909)

as The New Year

To Save Her Soul
To Save Her Soul (1909)

as Stage Dancer