Julia Swayne Gordon
Biografia | |
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Naixement | 29 octubre 1878 Columbus (Ohio) |
Mort | 28 maig 1933 (54 anys) Los Angeles (Califòrnia) |
Activitat | |
Ocupació | actriu, actriu de teatre, actriu de cinema |
Activitat | 1903 - |
Julia Swayne Gordon (Columbus, 29 d'octubre de 1881[1] – Los Angeles, 28 de maig de 1933) va ser una actriu de cinema mut nord-americana molt popular en la dècada de 1910. Entre els seus papers més recordats hi ha el de la mare de Richard Arlen a la pel·lícula Wings (1927).[2]
Biografia
[modifica]Va néixer a Columbus, Ohio, i es va educar en aquell estat.[3] Tot i no provenir d'una família d'artistes es va desplaçar a Nova York on va esdevenir una actriu teatral. Entre altres va actuar amb Henrietta Crossman i James A. Hernes en obres d'èxit.[4] Va actuar tant en teatre com en vodevil.[3] També va fer gires pel sud dels Estats Units amb la seva companyia amb obres com “413”, “The Sins of the Mothers” o “The Juggernaut”.[1] La seva carrera cinematogràfica va començar a la productora Edison Company.[5]
El 1908 va ser contractada com a actriu de cinema per la companyia Vitagraph Studios on va arribar a ser molt respectada per la seva versatilitat.[5] A la Vitagraph va ser una actriu molt popular. En una enquesta del 1915 realitzada per la revista Motion Picture Magazine es destacava en un dels primers llocs de la votació.[6] Entre les pel·lícules amb èxit d'aquella època es destacaven[4] Though your Sins be as Scarlet (1911), The Tiger Lily (1913), A Million Bid (1914), Two Women (1914), My Lady’s Slipper (1916), The Painted World (1919) i Shadows of the Past (1919). El 1919 va deixar la Vitagraph després d'onze anys a la companyia per actuar com a freelance.[7] Va continuar actuant fins a la seva mort a Los Angeles el 1933.
Filmografia
[modifica]Vitagraph (1908-1919)
[modifica]- Othello (1908)
- Richard III (1908)
- The Merchant of Venice (1908)
- King Lear (1909)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)
- Twelfth Night (1910)
- Jean Goes Fishing (1910)
- Clancy (1910)
- Society and the Man (1911)
- A Tale of Two Cities (1911)
- An Aching Void (1911)
- Though Your Sins Be as Scarlet, (1911)
- A Klondike Steal; o, The Stolen Claim (1911)
- The Peace Offering; o, The Absconding Bridget (1911)
- Hungry Hearts; o, The Children of Social Favorites (1911)
- The Welcome of the Unwelcome (1911)
- A Dead Man's Honor (1911)
- The Ends of the Earth (1911)
- The Sacrifice (1911)
- Barriers Burned Away (1911)
- A Quaker Mother (1911)
- Courage of Sorts (1911)
- The Battle Hymn of the Republic (1911)
- In Northern Forests (1911)
- Snow Bound with a Woman Hater (1911)
- The Lure of Vanity (1911)
- Treasure Trove (1911)
- Billy the Kid (1911)
- How Betty Won the School (1911)
- A Friendly Marriage (1911)
- Forgotten; o, An Answered Prayer (1911)
- Carr's Regeneration (1911)
- Daddy's Boy and Mammy (1911)
- The Missing Will (1911)
- Selecting His Heiress (1911)
- The Cabin Boy (1911)
- Lady Godiva (1911)
- The Foolishness of Jealousy (1911)
- A Message from Beyond (1911)
- Suffer Little Children (1911)
- Saving the Special (1911)
- Fires of Driftwood (1911)
- Captain Jenks' Dilemma (1912)
- The Meeting of the Ways (1912)
- Tom Tilling's Baby (1912)
- Her Boy (1912)
- Playmates (1912)
- The Chocolate Revolver (1912)
- The Love of John Ruskin (1912)
- Her Last Shot (1912)
- Stenographers Wanted (1912)
- The Diamond Brooch (1912)
- Cardinal Wolsey (1912)
- Mrs. Carter's Necklace (1912)
- Burnt Cork (1912)
- At Scrogginses' Corner (1912)
- The Jocular Winds of Fate (1912)
- The Woman Haters (1912)
- The Pink Pajama Girl (1912)
- The Victoria Cross (1912)
- The Lady of the Lake (1912)
- The Cylinder's Secret (1912)
- The Light That Failed (1912)
- The Days of Terror; o, In the Reign of Terror (1912)
- The Gamblers (1912)
- The Troublesome Step-Daughters (1912)
- A Bunch of Violets (1912)
- Conscience (1912)
- Rock of Ages (1912)
- Wanted, a Sister (1912)
- Vultures and Doves (1912)
- Flirt or Heroine (1912)
- Coronets and Hearts (1912)
- The Higher Mercy (1912)
- Her Choice (1912)
- Father's Hot Toddy (1912)
- Bettina's Substitute; o, There's No Fool Like an Old Fool (1912)
- Lord Browning and Cinderella (1912)
- Song of the Shell (1912)
- Ida's Christmas (1912)
- Two Women and Two Men (1912)
- Freckles (1912)
- The Wings of a Moth (1913)
- Thou Shalt Not Kill (1913)
- The Vengeance of Durand; o, The Two Portraits (1913)
- When Mary Grew Up (1913)
- Buttercups (1913)
- Beau Brummel (1913)
- Red and White Roses (1913)
- His Honor, the Mayor (1913)
- The Artist's Great Madonna (1913)
- Tricks of the Trade (1913)
- His House in Order; or, The Widower's Quest (1913)
- The Drop of Blood (1913)
- The Lion's Bride (1913)
- The Tiger Lily (1913)
- The Lady and the Glove (1913)
- The Kiss of Retribution (1913)
- The Fruits of Vengeance (1913)
- Luella's Love Story (1913)
- The Warmakers (1913)
- Daniel (1913)
- The Whimsical Threads of Destiny (1913)
- Hearts of Women (1914)
- A Million Bid (1914)
- Back to Broadway (1914)
- The Idler (1914)
- Old Reliable (1914)
- The Girl from Prosperity (1914)
- The Battle of the Weak (1914)
- He Never Knew (1914)
- The Vanity Case (1914)
- Shadows of the Past (1914)
- Uncle Bill (1914)
- The Painted World (1914)
- The Hidden Letters (1914)
- Four Thirteen (1914)
- Two Women (1914)
- An Affair for the Police (1914)
- The Sins of the Mothers (1914)
- The Juggernaut (1915)
- Lifting the Ban of Coventry (1915)
- Mr. Jarr and the Lady Reformer (1915)
- Mr. Jarr's Magnetic Friend (1915)
- The Esterbrook Case (1915)
- The Battle Cry of Peace (1915)
- Life's Yesterdays (1915)
- The Tigress (1915)
- Hearts Ablaze (1915)
- Wasted Lives (1915)
- The Thirteenth Girl (1915)
- My Lady's Slipper (1916)
- The Island of Surprise (1916)
- Out of the Quagmire (1916)
- The Suspect (1916)
- The Daring of Diana (1916)
- The Scarlet Runner (1916)
- The Enemy (1916)
- Her Right to Live (1917)
- Arsene Lupin (1917)
- The Hawk (1917)
- Clover's Rebellion (1917)
- The Soul Master (1917)
- The Maelstrom (1917)
- A Son of the Hills (1917)
- The Message of the Mouse (1917)
- Soldiers of Chance (1917)
- In the Balance (1917)
- The Desired Woman (1918)
- Over the Top (1918)
- The Soap Girl (1918)
- Love Watches (1918)
- The Captain's Captain (1919)
- The Girl Problem (1919)
- Miss Dulcie from Dixie (1919)
- Two Women (1919)
- A Stitch in Time (1919)
- The Painted World (1919)
- Shadows of the Past (1919)
- The Girl-Woman (1919)
- The Bramble Bush (1919)
- The Friendly Call (1920)
Free Lance (1919-1933)
[modifica]- The Moonshine Trail (1919)
- Greater Than Fame (1920)
- Lifting Shadows (1920)
- A Child for Sale (1920)
- For Love or Money (1920)
- Heliotrope (1920)
- The Silver Lining (1921)
- The Passionate Pilgrim (1921)
- Behind Masks (1921)
- Love, Hate and a Woman (1921)
- Burn 'Em Up Barnes (1921)
- Why Girls Leave Home (1921)
- Handcuffs or Kisses (1921)
- Shams of Society (1921)
- My Old Kentucky Home (1922)
- What's Wrong with the Women? (1922)
- Wildness of Youth (1922)
- When the Desert Calls (1922)
- Till We Meet Again (1922)
- How Women Love (1922)
- Women Men Marry (1922)
- The Darling of the Rich (1922)
- Dark Secrets (1923)
- The Tie That Binds (1923)
- You Can't Fool Your Wife (1923)
- Scaramouche (1923)
- Not So Long Ago (1925)
- The Wheel (1925)
- Lights of Old Broadway (1925)
- The Far Cry (1926)
- Bride of the Storm (1926)
- Early to Wed (1926)
- Diplomacy (1926)
- It (1927)
- Heaven on Earth (1927)
- The King of Kings (1927)
- Children of Divorce (1927)
- Wings (1927)
- 13 Washington Square (1928)
- Hearts of Men (1928)
- The Smart Set (1928)
- The Scarlet Dove (1928)
- Road House (1928)
- The Viking (1928)
- Three Weekends, (1928)
- The Younger Generation (1929)
- The Eternal Woman (1929)
- The Divine Lady (1929)
- Scandal (1929)
- The Girl in the Glass Cage (1929)
- Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929)
- Is Everybody Happy? (1929)
- Dumbbells in Ermine (1930)
- The Dude Wrangler (1930)
- For the Love o' Lil (1930)
- Today (1930)
- The Primrose Path (1931)
- Captain Applejack (1931)
- The Drums of Jeopardy (1931)
- Misbehaving Ladies (1931)
- Up for Murder (1931)
- The Common Law (1931)
- The False Madonna (1931)
- Cançó de bressol trencada (1932)
- The Golden West (1932)
- Secrets of the French Police (1932)
- Hello, Everybody! (1933)
Referències
[modifica]- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Stars of the Photoplay (en anglès). Chicago: Photoplay Magazine, 1916, p. 46.
- ↑ «Julia Swayne Gordon». Silent Hollywood. [Consulta: 4 abril 2021].
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 «GORDON, Julia Swayne». Motion Picture Studio Directory, 12-04-1917, pàg. 98.
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 Lowrey, Carolyn. The First One Hundred Noted Men and Women of the Screen (en anglès). Moffat, Yard and company, 1920.
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 «Julia Swayne Gordon, Vitagraph woman of moods». The Moving Picture World 21, 2, 11-07-1914, pàg. 236.
- ↑ «Great Cast Contest, standing of the leading players up to Jan.15». Motion Picture Magazine IX, 2, 3-1915, pàg. 124.
- ↑ «Gotham gossip». Camera! III, 24, 25-09-1920, pàg. 10.