Portrait of Julia Swayne Gordon

Acting

Julia Swayne Gordon

Career

Active from 1908 to 1933, busiest in 1912 with 24 main titles.

Leading roles
46
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for It
It
GoodWatch score80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Julia Swayne Gordon Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.3, average 5.4
  • Mystery
    1.5, average 4.0
  • Scare
    0.3, average 2.6
  • Uncanny
    0.3, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Early Cinema 6
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Silent Film Era 4
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Silent Era 2
  • Historical Romance 2
  • Melodrama 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Period Piece 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

126
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1930s

11 titles · average score 61
Hello, Everybody!
Hello, Everybody! (1933)

as Mrs. Smith

Secrets of the French Police
Secrets of the French Police (1932)
GoodWatch score 62

as Madame Danton (uncredited)

The Golden West
The Golden West (1932)

as Mrs. Summers

Captain Applejack
Captain Applejack (1931)
GoodWatch score 64

as Mrs. Kate Pengard

Misbehaving Ladies
Misbehaving Ladies (1931)

as Princess Delatorre

The Common Law
The Common Law (1931)
GoodWatch score 56

as Mrs. Strangeways (uncredited)

The Primrose Path
The Primrose Path (1931)

as Mrs. Randall

Dumb-bells in Ermine
Dumb-bells in Ermine (1930)

as Mrs. Corey

Today
Today (1930)

as Mrs. Farrington

For the Love o' Lil
For the Love o' Lil (1930)

as Mrs. Walker

The Dude Wrangler
The Dude Wrangler (1930)

as Dude Guest

1920s

43 titles · average score 69
The Girl in the Glass Cage
The Girl in the Glass Cage (1929)

as Mrs. Pomfret

Road House
Road House (1928)

as Mrs. Henry Grayson

Three Week Ends
Three Week Ends (1928)

as Mrs. Witherspoon

13 Washington Square
13 Washington Square (1928)

as Mrs. Allistair

It
It (1927)
GoodWatch score 80

as Mrs. Van Norman

Wings
Wings (1927)
GoodWatch score 79

as Mrs. Armstrong

Lights of Old Broadway
Lights of Old Broadway (1925)
GoodWatch score 67

as Mrs. de Rhonde

Scaramouche
Scaramouche (1923)
GoodWatch score 71

as The Countess de Plougastel

Dark Secrets
Dark Secrets (1923)

as Mrs. Rutherford

How Women Love
How Women Love (1922)

as Mrs. Nevins

The Passionate Pilgrim
The Passionate Pilgrim (1921)

as Madame Watt

Heliotrope
Heliotrope (1920)

as Josephine Hasdock

1910s

69 titles · average score 54
Two Women
Two Women (1919)

as Emily Leighton

The Juggernaut
The Juggernaut (1915)

as Mrs. Ruskin

The Tigress
The Tigress (1915)

as Nelga Petrona - The Tigress

The Tiger Lily
The Tiger Lily (1913)

as Cleo, the Tiger Lily

Playmates
Playmates (1912)

as Mrs. McCumber - the Mother

The Troublesome Step-Daughters
The Troublesome Step-Daughters (1912)

as Cina Burton, The Stepmother

The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror
The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror (1912)

as Duchess Of Berac

The Meeting of the Ways
The Meeting of the Ways (1912)

as Tom's Wife

Freckles
Freckles (1912)

as Mrs. John

Ida's Christmas
Ida's Christmas (1912)

as Mrs. Jones

Lady Godiva
Lady Godiva (1911)

as Lady Godiva

Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night (1910)
GoodWatch score 54

as Olivia

1900s

3 titles · average score 52
Napoleon and the Empress Josephine
Napoleon and the Empress Josephine (1909)

as Josephine

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)
GoodWatch score 52

as Helena

The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice (1908)

as Portia