Marian Swayne (July 9, 1891 - August 21, 1973) was an American stage and film actress.

Biography

Swayne began her career with the

Solax Studios Solax Studios was an American motion-picture studio founded in 1910 by executives from the Gaumont Film Company of France. Alice Guy-Blaché, her husband Herbert, and a third partner, George A. Magie, established the Solax Company. Guy-Blaché ...

in 1911 under the tutelage of

Alice Guy-Blaché Alice Ida Antoinette Guy-Blaché (née Guy; ; 1 July 1873 – 24 March 1968) was a French pioneer filmmaker. She was one of the first filmmakers to make a narrative fiction film, as well as the first woman to direct a film. From 1896 to 1906, s ...

. In 1917, J. Arthur Nelson, president of Dominion Film Corporation, announced that Swayne had signed a three-year contract to be the leading woman in that company's planned site in British Columbia. She also acted for

Gaumont Film Company The Gaumont Film Company (, ), often shortened to Gaumont, is a French film studio headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Founded by the engineer-turned-inventor Léon Gaumont (1864–1946) in 1895, it is the oldest extant film company in ...

and

Mutual Film Mutual Film Corporation was an early American film conglomerate that produced some of Charlie Chaplin's greatest comedies. Founded in 1912, it was absorbed by Film Booking Offices of America, which evolved into RKO Pictures. Founding Mutua ...

. Her film career ended in 1924, a few years before the silent film era ended. She performed on the stage as both Marian Swayne and Marion Swayne. Her work on Broadway included portraying June Phelps in ''Clouds'' (1925). She was married to fellow screen player Joseph Levering. Swayne died in New York in August 1973.

Selected filmography

*'' Falling Leaves'' (1912) *''

Brennan of the Moor ''Brennan of the Moor'' is a 1913 American silent short drama film on the life of the Irish highwayman Willy Brennan, directed by Edward Warren and produced by the Solax Studios. It was distributed by Exclusive Supply Corporation. Print held by t ...

'' (1913) *'' A House Divided'' (1913) as Diana Hutton *''

The Little American ''The Little American'' is a 1917 American silent film, silent romance film, romantic war film, war drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film stars Mary Pickford (who also served as producer) as an American woman who is in love with bot ...

'' (1917) as Mona *''

The Deemster ''The Deemster'' is a novel by Hall Caine published in 1887, considered to be the first 'Manx novel'. It was Caine's third novel, the second to be set in the Isle of Man and it was his first great success. The plot revolves around the reckless a ...

'' (1917) * ''

Little Miss Fortune ''Little Miss Fortune'' is a 1917 American silent comedy drama film directed by Joseph Levering and starring Marian Swayne, Lucile Dorrington and Hugh Thompson.Connelly p.377 Cast * Marian Swayne as Sis * Lucile Dorrington as Flossie * Hugh T ...

'' (1917) * ''

The Road Between ''The Road Between'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Joseph Levering and starring Marian Swayne, Bradley Barker and Armand Cortes.Langman p.144 Cast * Marian Swayne as Polly Abbott * Bradley Barker Bradley Barker (January 18 ...

'' (1917) * '' The Little Samaritan'' (1917) *''Crimson Cross'' (1921) * ''

The Man from Glengarry ''The Man from Glengarry'' is a 1922 American-Canadian silent drama film directed by Henry MacRae and starring Anders Randolf, Warner Richmond, and Pauline Garon. It is based on the 1901 novel of the same title by Ralph Connor. The film was distr ...

'' (1922) * '' Counterfeit Love'' (1923)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Swayne, Marian 1891 births 1973 deaths Actresses from Philadelphia American silent film actresses 20th-century American actresses