Sweedie

Sweedie (also known as My Sweedie, The Swedish Maid) is a fictional character portrayed by actor Wallace Beery in drag in a series of comedy films[1] from 1914 to 1916. The series is notable as the means by which Beery, a particularly masculine actor (which is the series' joke), first made his name in the film industry.[2]

Actor Wallace Beery (left) portrayed Sweedie the Swedish maid in a 1914–16 series of short comedy films

List of Sweedie films
  • Sweedie the Swatter (July 13, 1914)[3]
  • Sweedie and the Lord (1914)
  • Topsy-Turvy Sweedie (1914)
  • Sweedie and the Double Exposure (1914)
  • Sweedie Springs a Surprise (1914)
  • Sweedie's Skate (1914)
  • Sweedie's Clean-Up (1914)
  • Golf Champion 'Chick' Evans Links with Sweedie (1914)
  • The Fickleness of Sweedie (1914)
  • Sweedie Learns to Swim (1914)
  • She Landed a Big One (aka She Landed a Lord) (1914)
  • Sweedie the Laundress (1914)
  • Sweedie the Trouble Maker (1914)
  • Countess Sweedie (1914)
  • Sweedie at the Fair (1914)
  • A Maid of War (1914)
  • Sweedie and the Hypnotist (1914)
  • Sweedie Collects for Charity (1914)
  • Sweedie and the Sultan's Present (1915)
  • Sweedie's Suicide (1915)
  • Sweedie and Her Dog (1915)
  • The New Teacher (1915)
  • Sweedie Goes to College (1915)
  • Sweedie's Hopeless Love (1915)
  • Sweedie Learns to Ride (1915)
  • Sweedie in Vaudeville (1915)
  • Sweedie's Hero (1915)
  • Sweedie's Finish (1915)
  • Sweedie, the Janitor (1916)

See also

References
  1. Wallace Beery Full Biography, The New York Times; retrieved January 6, 2012.
  2. Wallengren, Ann-Kristin. Welcome Home Mr Swanson: Swedish Emigrants and Swedishness on Film. Translated by Charlotte Merton. Lund: Nordic Academic Press, 2014.
  3. Sweedie the Swatter, imdb.com; retrieved November 21, 2008.


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