__NOTOC__ This is the filmography for Blanche Sweet. According to the Internet Movie Database, Sweet appeared in 161 films between 1909 and 1959.
+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 1909 A Man with Three Wives December 13, 1909 A Corner in Wheat D. W. Griffith Biograph Company December 23, 1909 In Little Italy At the Ball D. W. Griffith Biograph Company December 27, 1909 To Save Her Soul Backstage at Debut/At Party D. W. Griffith Biograph Company December 30, 1909 The Day After The New Year D. W. Griffith Frank Powell Biograph Company December 30, 1909 Choosing a Husband One of Gladys' Friends D. W. Griffith Biograph Company
1910 Release date Title Role Director Studio(s) / Distributor(s) Notes January 3, 1910 The Rocky Road The Daughter, at Eighteen D. W. Griffith Biograph Company January 15, 1910 All on Account of the Milk The Maid Frank Powell Biograph Company April 11, 1910 A Romance of the Western Hills D. W. Griffith Biograph Company April 14, 1910 The Kid Frank Powell Biograph Company July 18, 1910 A Flash of Light D. W. Griffith Biograph Company November 17, 1910 Love in Quarantine Frank Powell Biograph Company 1911 Release date Title Role Director Studio(s) / Distributor(s) Notes January 2, 1911 The Two Paths D. W. Griffith Biograph Company February 6, 1911 Heart Beats of Long Ago D. W. Griffith Biograph Company February 23, 1911 His Daughter D. W. Griffith Biograph Company February 27, 1911 The Lily of the Tenements D. W. Griffith Biograph Company March 6, 1911 A Decree of Destiny D. W. Griffith Biograph Company March 16, 1911 Was He a Coward? D. W. Griffith Biograph Company March 23, 1911 The Lonedale Operator Daughter of the Linedale Operator D. W. Griffith Biograph Company Uncredited March 27, 1911 Priscilla's April Fool Joke On Lawn Frank Powell Biograph Company March 30, 1911 The Spanish Gypsy D. W. Griffith Biograph Company April 3, 1911 Priscilla and the Umbrella The Sister Frank Powell Mack Sennett Biograph Company April 6, 1911 The Broken Cross D. W. Griffith Biograph Company April 27, 1911 How She Triumphed Mary D. W. Griffith Biograph Company May 11, 1911 The Country Lovers Mack Sennett Biograph Company May 15, 1911 The New Dress At Wedding/At Market D. W. Griffith Biograph Company May 25, 1911 The White Rose of the Wilds White Rose D. W. Griffith Biograph Company June 5, 1911 The Smile of a Child The Peasant Woman D. W. Griffith Biograph Company June 12, 1911 June 15, 1911 Enoch Arden On the Beach D. W. Griffith Biograph Company June 22, 1911 The Primal Call D. W. Griffith Biograph Company June 29, 1911 Fighting Blood D. W. Griffith Biograph Company July 17, 1911 The Indian Brothers Indian D. W. Griffith Biograph Company July 24, 1911 A Country Cupid Edith D. W. Griffith Biograph Company July 27, 1911 The Last Drop of Water Mary D. W. Griffith Biograph Company August 3, 1911 Out from the Shadow Mrs. Vane D. W. Griffith Biograph Company August 17, 1911 The Blind Princess and the Poet The Princess D. W. Griffith Biograph Company September 4, 1911 The Stuff Heroes Are Made Of Alice D. W. Griffith Biograph Company October 5, 1911 The Making of a Man Young Woman D. W. Griffith Biograph Company October 26, 1911 The Long Road Edith D. W. Griffith Biograph Company October 30, 1911 Love in the Hills The Girl D. W. Griffith Biograph Company November 6, 1911 The Battle The Boy's Sweetheart D. W. Griffith Biograph Company November 16, 1911 Through Darkened Vales Grace D. W. Griffith Biograph Company November 20, 1911 The Miser's Heart Neighbor D. W. Griffith Biograph Company November 30, 1911 A Woman Scorned D. W. Griffith Biograph Company December 28, 1911 The Voice of the Child The Wife D. W. Griffith Biograph Company
1912
Release date Title Role Director Studio(s) / Distributor(s) Notes January 11, 1912 The Eternal Mother Martha, the Wife D. W. Griffith Biograph Company January 18, 1912 The Old Bookkeeper The Old Bookkeeper's Employer's Wife D. W. Griffith Biograph Company January 22, 1912 For His Son The Son's Fiancée D. W. Griffith Biograph Company February 1, 1912 The Transformation of Mike The Tenement Girl D. W. Griffith Biograph Company February 8, 1912 A Sister's Love D. W. Griffith Biograph Company February 22, 1912 Under Burning Skies Emily D. W. Griffith Biograph Company March 7, 1912 A String of Pearls The Second Woman D. W. Griffith Biograph Company March 25, 1912 The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch The Goddess D. W. Griffith Biograph Company April 4, 1912 The Punishment The Fruit Grower's Daughter D. W. Griffith Biograph Company April 25, 1912 One Is Business, the Other Crime Rich Wife D. W. Griffith Biograph Company April 29, 1912 The Lesser Evil The Young Woman D. W. Griffith Biograph Company May 30, 1912 An Outcast Among Outcasts The Young Woman D. W. Griffith Biograph Company June 10, 1912 A Temporary Truce Alice, the Prospector's Wife D. W. Griffith Biograph Company June 20, 1912 The Spirit Awakened The Young Woman D. W. Griffith Biograph Company July 1, 1912 Man's Lust for Gold The Prospector's Daughter D. W. Griffith Biograph Company August 12, 1912 The Inner Circle D. W. Griffith Biograph Company August 19, 1912 With the Enemy's Help The Prospector's Wife Wilfred Lucas Biograph Company August 22, 1912 A Change of Spirit The Young Woman D. W. Griffith Biograph Company 1912 A Pueblo Romance D. W. Griffith Biograph Company September 12, 1912 Blind Love The Young Woman D. W. Griffith Biograph Company October 10, 1912 The Chief's Blanket The Young Woman D. W. Griffith Biograph Company October 24, 1912 The Painted Lady the Older Sister D. W. Griffith Biograph Company November 25, 1912 A Sailor's Heart The Wife Wilfred Lucas Biograph Company December 26, 1912 The God Within The Woman of the Camp D. W. Griffith Biograph CompanyGeneral Film Company
1913 Release date Title Role Director Studio(s) / Distributor(s) Notes January 2, 1913 Three Friends The Wife D. W. Griffith Biograph Company January 13, 1913 Pirate Gold The Daughter D. W. Griffith Biograph Company February 6, 1913 Oil and Water Mlle. Genova D. W. Griffith Biograph Company February 24, 1913 A Chance Deception The Wife D. W. Griffith Biograph Company February 27, 1913 Love in an Apartment Hotel The Young Woman D. W. Griffith Biograph Company March 8, 1913 Broken Ways The Road Agent's Wife D. W. Griffith Biograph Company March 20, 1913 Near to Earth D. W. Griffith Biograph Company April 3, 1913 The Hero of Little Italy Maria D. W. Griffith Biograph Company April 7, 1913 The Stolen Bride The Grower's Daughter Anthony O'Sullivan Biograph Company May 1, 1913 If We Only Knew The Mother D. W. Griffith Biograph Company June 14, 1913 Death's Marathon The Wife D. W. Griffith Biograph Company July 12, 1913 The Mistake The Young Woman D. W. Griffith Biograph Company 1913 The Coming of Angelo D. W. Griffith Biograph Company July 28, 1913 The Vengeance of Galora Anthony O'Sullivan Biograph Company August 23, 1913 Two Men of the Desert The Authoress D. W. Griffith Biograph Company November 17, 1913 A Cure for Suffragettes Edward Dillon Biograph Company November 1913 The Battle at Elderbush Gulch D. W. Griffith Biograph Company December 13, 1913 The House of Discord The Wife James Kirkwood Sr. Biograph Company 1913 Beyond All Law Frank Powell Biograph Company 1913 Her Wedding Bell Biograph Company 1913 The Wedding Gown Frank Powell Biograph Company
1914 Release date Title Role Director Studio(s) / Distributor(s) Notes1914 The Sentimental Sister Biograph Company February 14, 1914 Classmates Sylvia Randolph James Kirkwood Biograph Company February 26, 1914 The Massacre Stephen's Ward D. W. Griffith Biograph Company March 8, 1914 Judith of Bethulia Judith D. W. Griffith Biograph Company March 19, 1914 Strongheart Dorothy Nelson, Frank's Sister James Kirkwood Biograph Company April 25, 1914 Brute Force D. W. Griffith Biograph Company March 18, 1915 His 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.
1914 Release date Title Role Director Studio(s) / Distributor(s) Notes 1914 Ashes of the Past James Kirkwood Sr. Mutual Film May 17, 1914 Home, Sweet Home The Wife D. W. Griffith Mutual Film 1914 The Soul of Honor James Kirkwood Sr. Mutual Film June 1, 1914 The Escape May Joyce D. W. Griffith Mutual Film August 2, 1914 The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' his sweetheart D. W. Griffith Mutual Film 1914 The Second Mrs. Roebuck Mabel Mack D. W. Griffith Mutual Film August 1914 Men and Women Agnes Rodman James Kirkwood Biograph Company 1914 For Those Unborn Christy Cabanne Mutual Film 1914 Her Awakening Mary Christy Cabanne Mutual Film 1914 For Her Father's Sins Mary Ashton John B. O'Brien November 8, 1914 The Tear That Burned John B. O'Brien Mutual Film 1914 The Odalisque May, A Stock Girl Christy Cabanne Mutual Film 1914 The Little Country Mouse Dorothy Donald Crisp Mutual Film 1914 The Old Maid John B. O'Brien Mutual Film Paramount Pictures (1915–1919) Sweet and Griffith parted ways in 1915 and Sweet 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, 1915 The Warrens of Virginia Agatha Warren Cecil B. DeMille Paramount Pictures April 22, 1915 The Captive Sonya Martinovich Cecil B. DeMille Paramount Pictures May 24, 1915 Stolen Goods Margery Huntley George Melford Paramount Pictures July 8, 1915 The Clue Christine Lesley James NeillFrank Reicher Paramount Pictures August 9, 1915 The Secret Orchard Diane Frank Reicher Paramount Pictures September 13, 1915 The Case of Becky Dorothy/Becky Frank Reicher Paramount Pictures October 21, 1915 The Secret Sin Edith Martin/Grace Martin Frank Reicher Paramount Pictures January 23, 1916 The Ragamuffin Jenny William C. deMille Paramount Pictures February 20, 1916 The Blacklist Vera Maroff William C. deMille Paramount Pictures March 30, 1916 The Sowers Karin Dolokhof William C. DeMille Paramount Pictures May 28, 1916 The Thousand-Dollar Husband Olga Nelson James Young Paramount Pictures July 2, 1916 The Dupe Ethel Hale Frank Reicher Paramount Pictures August 20, 1916 Public Opinion Hazel Gray Frank Reicher Paramount Pictures October 5, 1916 The Storm Natalie Raydon Frank Reicher Paramount Pictures November 6, 1916 Unprotected Barbara King James Young Paramount Pictures January 4, 1917 The Evil Eye Dr. Katherine Torrance George Melford Paramount Pictures March 1, 1917 Those Without Sin Melanie Landry Marshall Neilan Paramount Pictures April 12, 1917 The Tides of Barnegat Jane Cobden Marshall Neilan Paramount Pictures May 10, 1917 The Silent Partner Jane Colby Marshall Neilan Paramount Pictures March 2, 1919 The Unpardonable Sin Alice Parcot/Dimny Parcot Marshall Neilan Paramount Pictures
Pathé Exchange Sweet exclusively starred in films made by Pathé Exchange from 1919 to 1921. 6 of the 8 films are presumed lost.