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Julia Swayne Gordon

{{short description|American actress}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2014}}

{{More citations needed |date=October 2021}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Julia Swayne Gordon

| image = Film actress Julia Swayne Gordon (SAYRE 2301).jpg

| alt =

| caption = Gordon in 1923

| birth_name = Sarah Victoria Smith

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1878|10|29}}

| birth_place = Columbus, Ohio, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1933|5|28|1878|10|29}}

| death_place = Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| yearsactive = 1903–1933

| nationality =

| occupation = Actress

| spouse = Hugh T. Swayne

| resting_place = Green Lawn Cemetery

}}

Julia Swayne Gordon (born Sarah Victoria Smith; October 29, 1878 – May 28, 1933){{cite book |last1=Commire |first1=Anne |last2=Klezmer |first2=Deborah |title=Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages, Vol. 1 |date=2007 |page=763 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX2588809382/GVRL?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-GVRL&xid=fe89f1c2 |access-date=October 13, 2021}} was an American actress who appeared in at least 228 films between 1908 and 1933.

Early years

Gordon was born in Columbus, Ohio to Louis and Anna Smith{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} and was educated there. She went to Denver to study dramatics under Jessie Bonstelle.{{cite news |title=Julia S. Gordon dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87040358/obituary-for-julia-s-gordon/ |access-date=October 13, 2021 |work=Times Union |date=June 7, 1933 |location=New York, Brooklyn |page=22|via = Newspapers.com}}

Career

Gordon moved to New York and acted in stock theater, performing with Henrietta Crosman and James A. Herne.{{cite book|last1=Lowrey|first1=Carolyn|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?v=2.1&u=wikipedia&it=r&id=GALE%7CCX2588809382&p=GVRL&sw=w|title=The First One Hundred Noted Men and Women of the Screen|date=1920|publisher=Moffat, Yard|pages=64–65|language=en|access-date=October 13, 2021}}

Gordon's work in film began in 1905 with the Edison Company, and in 1908 she moved to Vitagraph Studios. In 1911 she starred in Vitagraph's screen portrayal of the Lady Godiva legend. Perhaps her most memorable performance, however, is as Richard Arlen's mother in the World War I silent film Wings (1927), which won the first Academy Award for Best Picture. In a highly dramatic scene in that acclaimed production, Gordon bids farewell to Arlen as he departs for combat flight training in France, tearfully packing him off with his favorite childhood toy.

Personal life and death

File:Film actress Julia Swayne Gordon (SAYRE 2563).jpg

Gordon was married to Hugh T. Swayne.{{cite news |title=Former Film Star Dies in California |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87039965/julia-swayne-gordon/ |access-date=October 13, 2021 |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |date=June 7, 1933 |page=11|via = Newspapers.com}}

Gordon continued to act until her death.{{cite web |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Julia Swayne Gordon |url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/julia-swayne-gordon-p27798 |website=AllMovie |access-date=October 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024202456/https://www.allmovie.com/artist/julia-swayne-gordon-p27798 |archive-date=October 24, 2019}} On May 28, 1933, she died of cancer at her Hollywood home, aged 54. Her ashes are buried at Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio.{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Scott |title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. |date=19 August 2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-2599-7 |page=288 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Sarah+Victoria+Swayne%22&pg=PA288 |access-date=October 13, 2021 |language=en}}

Partial filmography

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External links

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Category:1878 births

Category:1933 deaths

Category:American stage actresses

Category:American film actresses

Category:American silent film actresses

Category:Actresses from Columbus, Ohio

Category:20th-century American actresses