--- name: "Julia Swayne Gordon" canonical: "https://film.one/person/julia-swayne-gordon" roles: [] born: "29 October 1878" died: "28 May 1933" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-19T21:23:49.630139+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Julia Swayne Gordon Actor. Born 29 October 1878 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. Died 28 May 1933. ## Details - **Born:** 29 October 1878, Columbus, Ohio, USA - **Died:** 28 May 1933 - **Also known as:** Sarah Victoria Swayne, Julia Swayne, Julia Swayne-Gordon - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Swayne_Gordon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3189066, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330352/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1033217 ## Streaming the US now - **Tubi:** [*Wings*](https://film.one/film/wings-1927.md) (78) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Julia Swayne Gordon (born Sarah Victoria Smith) was an American actress. She was born on 29 October 1878 in Columbus, Ohio, and died on 28 May 1933 in Los Angeles, California. She began her career in stock theatre before moving into film, working first with the Edison Company and then Vitagraph Studios from around 1908. Gordon appeared in at least 228 films between 1908 and 1933. She is credited as Mrs. Armstrong in *Wings* (1927), Mrs. Van Norman in *It* (1927) and in *Broken Lullaby* (1932). Her other screen credits include *The Battle Cry of Peace* (1915), *Scaramouche* (1923) and numerous silent features and early talkies. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, allmovie.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Wings* (1927), Fi1m 78, as Mrs. Armstrong — [page](https://film.one/film/wings-1927.md) ## Complete filmography (138) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Hello, Everybody!* (1933), as Mrs. Smith - *Secrets of the French Police* (1932), as Madame Danton (uncredited) - *The Golden West* (1932), as Mrs. Summers - *Broken Lullaby* (1932), Actor - *The Common Law* (1931), as Mrs. Strangeways (uncredited) - *Misbehaving Ladies* (1931), as Princess Delatorre - *Captain Applejack* (1931), as Mrs. Kate Pengard - *The Primrose Path* (1931), as Mrs. Randall - *Today* (1930), as Mrs. Farrington - *For the Love o' Lil* (1930), as Mrs. Walker - *The Dude Wrangler* (1930), as Dude Guest - *Dumb-bells in Ermine* (1930), as Mrs. Corey - *Is Everybody Happy?* (1929), as Mrs. Molnár - *Gold Diggers of Broadway* (1929), as Cissy Gray - *The Girl in the Glass Cage* (1929), as Mrs. Pomfret - *Scandal* (1929), as Mrs. Grant - *The Eternal Woman* (1929), as Mrs. Forbes - *The Younger Generation* (1929), as Mrs. Striker - *Three Week Ends* (1928), as Mrs. Witherspoon - *The Viking* (1928), as Thorhild - *Road House* (1928), as Mrs. Henry Grayson - *The Scarlet Dove* (1928), as The Aunt - *The Smart Set* (1928), as Mrs. Van Buren - *13 Washington Square* (1928), as Mrs. Allistair - *Wings* (1927), as Mrs. Armstrong — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/wings-1927.md) - *Children of Divorce* (1927), as Princess De Saxe - *Heaven on Earth* (1927), as Aunt Emilie - *It* (1927), as Mrs. Van Norman - *Diplomacy* (1926), as Marquise de Zares - *Early to Wed* (1926), as Mrs. Hayden - *Bride of the Storm* (1926), as Faith's Mother - *The Far Cry* (1926), as Helen Clayton - *Lights of Old Broadway* (1925), as Mrs. de Rhonde - *Not So Long Ago* (1925), as Mrs. Ballard - *Scaramouche* (1923), as The Countess de Plougastel - *You Can't Fool Your Wife* (1923), as Lillian Redell - *The Tie That Binds* (1923), as Leila Brant - *Dark Secrets* (1923), as Mrs. Rutherford - *Women Men Marry* (1922), as Aunt Gertrude - *Till We Meet Again* (1922), as Mrs. Whitney Carter - *How Women Love* (1922), as Mrs. Nevins - *When the Desert Calls* (1922), as The White Angel - *Wildness of Youth* (1922), as Mrs. Martha Kane - *What's Wrong with the Women?* (1922), as Mrs. Bascom - *My Old Kentucky Home* (1922), as Mrs. Goodloe - *Shams of Society* (1921), as Mrs. Crest - *Handcuffs or Kisses* (1921), as Mrs. Walton - *Why Girls Leave Home* (1921), as Mrs. Wallace - *Burn 'Em Up Barnes* (1921), as Mrs. Whitney Barnes - *Behind Masks* (1921), as Madame Ena Delore - *The Silver Lining* (1921), as Gentle Annie - *The Passionate Pilgrim* (1921), as Madame Watt - *Heliotrope* (1920), as Josephine Hasdock - *Lifting Shadows* (1920), as Countess Vera Lobanoff - *A Child for Sale* (1920), as Paula Harrison - *The Moonshine Trail* (1919), as Mrs. Ashford - *The Bramble Bush* (1919), as Madame Joan Marche - *Shadows of the Past* (1919), as Helene, His accomplice - *The Painted World* (1919), as Elois Murree - *A Stitch in Time* (1919), as Mrs. Trevor - *Two Women* (1919), as Emily Leighton - *Miss Dulcie from Dixie* (1919), as Aunt John - *The Girl Problem* (1919), as Mrs. Reeves - *The Captain's Captain* (1919), as Aun Euphemia - *Love Watches* (1918), as Marquise de Javigny - *Over the Top* (1918), as Mrs. Wagner - *The Message of the Mouse* (1917), as Marcia Elmore - *The Soul Master* (1917), as Laura Wilson - *Clover's Rebellion* (1917), as Mrs. Childe - *Arsene Lupin* (1917), as Victoire - *Her Right to Live* (1917), as Mrs. Hoadley - *The Daring of Diana* (1916), as Fanchette - *The Suspect* (1916), as Lady Armitage - *Out of the Quagmire* (1916), as Alice Arsdale - *The Island of Surprise* (1916), as Mrs. Lovell - *My Lady's Slipper* (1916), as Marie Antoinette - *Hearts Ablaze* (1915), as Valeria Bari - *The Tigress* (1915), as Nelga Petrona - The Tigress - *Life's Yesterdays* (1915), as La Stella - a Dope Fiend - *The Battle Cry of Peace* (1915), as Magdalen - *The Esterbrook Case* (1915), as Ann - A Woman of Mystery - *The Juggernaut* (1915), as Mrs. Ruskin - *Lifting the Ban of Coventry* (1915), as Lola Montes - *The Painted World* (1914), as Elois Murree - *Uncle Bill* (1914), as Julia Mason - *Shadows of the Past* (1914), as Helene - *The Vanity Case* (1914), as Mrs. Holmes - *He Never Knew* (1914), as Mrs. Perrin - *A Million Bid* (1914), as Mrs. Belgradin - *The Lady and the Glove* (1913), as The Queen - *The Tiger Lily* (1913), as Cleo, the Tiger Lily - *Tricks of the Trade* (1913), as Lizzie Breen - Jack's Wife & Accomplice - *Beau Brummel* (1913), as The Duchess - *Freckles* (1912), as Mrs. John - *Ida's Christmas* (1912), as Mrs. Jones - *Song of the Shell* (1912), as Mrs. M. - *Bettina's Substitute, or There's No Fool Like an Old Fool* (1912), Actor - *Father's Hot Toddy* (1912), as Mrs. Jones - Stepmother - *Her Choice* (1912), as Mrs. Leticia Summers - The Aunt - *The Higher Mercy* (1912), as Mrs. Brinton - *Coronets and Hearts* (1912), Actor - *Vultures and Doves* (1912), as Mrs. Hanley - *Wanted, a Sister* (1912), as The Mother - *Rock of Ages* (1912), as Madeline - *Conscience* (1912), as Officer Donnelly's Wife - *A Bunch of Violets* (1912), as Violet Ray - An Actress Who Has Lost Her Son - *The Troublesome Step-Daughters* (1912), as Cina Burton, The Stepmother - *The Gamblers* (1912), as Mrs. Travers - *The Cylinder's Secret* (1912), as Nell's Mother - *The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror* (1912), as Duchess Of Berac - *The Victoria Cross* (1912), as Florence Nightingale - *The Pink Pajama Girl* (1912), as Mrs. Wentworth - Cecilia's Mother - *At Scrogginses' Corner* (1912), as Alice's Mother - *Stenographer Wanted* (1912), as Mrs. Jones - *The Love of John Ruskin* (1912), Actor - *Playmates* (1912), as Mrs. McCumber - the Mother - *Her Boy* (1912), as Mrs. Ballor - the Mother - *The Meeting of the Ways* (1912), as Tom's Wife - *Captain Jenks' Dilemma* (1912), as Mrs. Brown - a Widow - *Cardinal Wolsey* (1912), as Catherine of Aragon - *A Message from Beyond* (1911), as Mrs. Morrison - Jack's Mother - *Lady Godiva* (1911), as Lady Godiva - *A Friendly Marriage* (1911), Actor - *How Betty Won the School* (1911), Actor - *Treasure Trove* (1911), Actor - *The Lure of Vanity* (1911), Actor - *The Battle Hymn of the Republic* (1911), Actor - *A Quaker Mother* (1911), Actor - *Barriers Burned Away* (1911), as Edwin's Wife - *The Sacrifice* (1911), as The Mother of the Convict - *Dead Man’s Honor* (1911), as Hugh's Mother - *A Tale of Two Cities* (1911), as Miss Pross - *In Northern Forests* (1911), Actor - *Twelfth Night* (1910), as Olivia - *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1909), as Helena - *Napoleon and the Empress Josephine* (1909), as Josephine - *The Merchant of Venice* (1908), as Portia - *Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy* (1908), Actor ## Gallery - ![Film actress Julia Swayne Gordon. 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