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A Corner in Wheat (1909) -- A greedy tycoon decides, on a whim, to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread...

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Date of Birth:

18 June 1896, Chicago, Illinois, USA more

Date of Death:

6 September 1986, New York City, New York, USA more

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Born into a family of show people, Blanche first appeared on the stage... more

Trivia:

She was named "Blanche" after her maternal grandmother, Blanche Alexander... more

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Awards:

2 wins more

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D.W. Griffith in California
(From Alternative Film Guide. 10 November 2009, 5:00 PM, PST)

Alternate Names:

Daphne Wayne

Filmography

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			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	"The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" (1959)	Mrs. Dowell (1 episode, 1960)	1960	-	8.0 (218)
	1 TV episode: Where There's a Will (1960) Mrs. Dowell
2.	The Five Pennies (1959)	(uncredited) Headmistress of School	1959	-	7.3 (720)

3.	"The Thin Man" (1957)	Mrs. Durkem (2 episodes, 1958)	1958	-	7.6 (50)
	2 TV episodes: I Loathe You, Darling (1958) Mrs. Durkem Pack My Gat, Beulah (1958) Mrs. Durkem
4.	The Silver Horde (1930)	Queenie	1930	-	6.3 (125)

5.	Show Girl in Hollywood (1930)	Donny Harris, aka Mrs. Buelow	1930	-	7.8 (37)

6.	The Woman Racket (1930)	Julia Barnes Hayes	1930	-	6.4 (28)
	AKAs: Lights and Shadows (UK)
7.	Always Faithful (1929)	Mrs. George W. Mason	1929	-	-
	AKAs: Blanche Sweet in Always Faithful (USA: copyright title)
8.	The Woman in White (1929)	Laura Fairlie / Anne	1929	-	-

9.	Singed (1927)	Dolly Wall	1927	-	-

10.	Diplomacy (1926)	Dora	1926	-	-

11.	The Far Cry (1926)	Claire Marsh	1926	-	-

12.	The Lady from Hell (1926)	Lady Margaret Darnely	1926	-	-

13.	Bluebeard's Seven Wives (1925)	Juliet	1925	-	-

14.	The New Commandment (1925)	Renee Darcourt	1925	-	-

15.	Why Women Love (1925)	Molla Hansen	1925	-	-
	AKAs: Sea Woman (USA: alternative title)
16.	The Sporting Venus (1925)	Lady Gwendolyn	1925	-	8.1 (71)

17.	His Supreme Moment (1925)	Carla King	1925	-	-

18.	Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1924)	Teresa "Tess" Durbeyfield	1924	-	-

19.	Those Who Dance (1924)	Rose Carney	1924	-	-

20.	Anna Christie (1923)	Anna Christie	1923	-	7.5 (23)

21.	In the Palace of the King (1923)	Dolores Mendoza	1923	-	-

22.	The Meanest Man in the World (1923)	Jane Hudson	1923	-	-

23.	Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922)	Alice Pettengill	1922	-	-

24.	That Girl Montana (1921)	Montana Rivers	1921	-	-

25.	Her Unwilling Husband (1920)	Mavis	1920	-	-

26.	Help Wanted - Male (1920)	Leona Stafford	1920	-	-

27.	The Girl in the Web (1920)	Esther Maitland	1920	-	-

28.	Simple Souls (1920)	Molly Shine	1920	-	-

29.	The Deadlier Sex (1920)	Mary Willard	1920	-	-

30.	Fighting Cressy (1919)	Cressy	1919	-	-

31.	A Woman of Pleasure (1919)	Alice Dane	1919	-	-

32.	The Hushed Hour (1919)	Virginia Appleton Blodgett	1919	-	-

33.	The Unpardonable Sin (1919)	Alice Parcot/Dinny Parcot	1919	-	-

34.	The Silent Partner (1917)	Jane Colby	1917	-	-

35.	The Tides of Barnegat (1917)	Jane Cobden	1917	-	-

36.	Those Without Sin (1917)	Melanie Landry	1917	-	-

37.	The Evil Eye (1917)	Dr. Katherine Torrance	1917	-	-

38.	Unprotected (1916)	Barbara King	1916	-	-

39.	The Storm (1916)	Natalie Raydon	1916	-	-

40.	Public Opinion (1916)	Hazel Gray	1916	-	-

41.	The Dupe (1916/II)	Ethel Hale	1916	-	-

42.	The Thousand-Dollar Husband (1916)	Olga Nelson	1916	-	-

43.	The Sowers (1916)	Karin Dolokhof	1916	-	-

44.	The Blacklist (1916)	Vera Maroff	1916	-	-

45.	The Ragamuffin (1916)	Jenny	1916	-	-

46.	The Secret Sin (1915)	Edith Martin/Grace Martin	1915	-	-

47.	The Case of Becky (1915)	Dorothy/Becky	1915	-	-

48.	The Secret Orchard (1915)	Diane	1915	-	-

49.	The Clue (1915)	Christine Lesley	1915	-	-

50.	Stolen Goods (1915)	Margery Huntley	1915	-	-

51.	The Captive (1915)	Sonya Martinovich	1915	-	6.5 (7)

52.	His Desperate Deed (1915)		1915	-	-

53.	The Warrens of Virginia (1915)	Agatha Warren	1915	-	-

54.	The Old Maid (1914)		1914	-	-
	AKAs: Dorothy in the Garret
55.	The Little Country Mouse (1914)	Dorothy	1914	-	-

56.	The Odalisque (1914)	May, a Stock Girl	1914	-	-

57.	The Tear That Burned (1914)	Meg	1914	-	-

58.	For Her Father's Sins (1914)	Mary Ashton	1914	-	5.0 (6)

59.	Her Awakening (1914/I)	Mary	1914	-	-

60.	For Those Unborn (1914)		1914	-	4.9 (5)

61.	Men and Women (1914)	Agnes Rodman, Stephen's Daughter	1914	-	6.6 (6)

62.	The Second Mrs. Roebuck (1914)		1914	-	-

63.	The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' (1914)	His Sweetheart	1914	-	7.0 (455)
	AKAs: The Telltale Heart (USA: alternative title) Thou Shalt Not Kill
64.	The Escape (1914)	May Joyce	1914	-	5.0 (6)

65.	The Soul of Honor (1914)		1914	-	-

66.	Home, Sweet Home (1914/I)	The Wife	1914	-	5.7 (29)

67.	Ashes of the Past (1914)		1914	-	-

68.	Brute Force (1914)	(unconfirmed)	1914	-	6.6 (16)
	AKAs: In Prehistoric Days Primitive Man (USA: short title) The Primitive Man (USA) Wars of the Primal Tribes
69.	Strongheart (1914)	Dorothy Nelson, Frank's Sister	1914	-	-

70.	Judith of Bethulia (1914)	Judith	1914	-	8.0 (550)
	AKAs: Her Condoned Sin (International: English title: reissue title)
71.	The Massacre (1914)	Stephen's Ward	1914	-	6.9 (54)

72.	Classmates (1914)	Sylvia Randolph	1914	-	4.8 (6)

73.	The Sentimental Sister (1914)		1914	-	-

74.	The Wedding Gown (1913)		1913	-	-

75.	Her Wedding Bell (1913)	The Young Woman	1913	-	-

76.	Beyond All Law (1913)		1913	-	-

77.	The House of Discord (1913)		1913	-	-

78.	The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913)		1913	-	6.8 (226)
	AKAs: The Battle of Elderbush Gulch
79.	A Cure for Suffragettes (1913)		1913	-	-

80.	Two Men of the Desert (1913)	The Authoress	1913	-	-

81.	The Vengeance of Galora (1913)	(unconfirmed)	1913	-	-

82.	The Coming of Angelo (1913)	Teresa	1913	-	6.7 (13)

83.	The Mistake (1913)	The Young Woman	1913	-	6.0 (7)

84.	Death's Marathon (1913)	The Wife	1913	-	6.3 (108)

85.	If We Only Knew (1913)	The Mother	1913	-	4.3 (5)

86.	The Stolen Bride (1913)	The Grower's Daughter	1913	-	-

87.	The Hero of Little Italy (1913)	Maria	1913	-	-

88.	Near to Earth (1913)		1913	-	-

89.	Broken Ways (1913)	The Road Agent's Wife	1913	-	5.3 (11)

90.	Love in an Apartment Hotel (1913)	The Young Woman	1913	-	5.7 (5)

91.	A Chance Deception (1913)	The Wife	1913	-	3.9 (7)

92.	Oil and Water (1913)	Mlle. Genova	1913	-	-

93.	Pirate Gold (1913)	The Daughter	1913	-	-

94.	Three Friends (1913)	The Wife	1913	-	-

95.	The God Within (1912)	The Woman of the Camp	1912	-	6.3 (8)

96.	A Sailor's Heart (1912)	The Wife	1912	-	-

97.	The Painted Lady (1912)	The Older Sister	1912	-	5.8 (131)

98.	The Chief's Blanket (1912)	The Young Woman	1912	-	4.8 (8)

99.	Blind Love (1912)	The Young Woman	1912	-	5.2 (17)

100.	A Pueblo Romance (1912)		1912	-	-

101.	A Change of Spirit (1912)	The Young Woman	1912	-	5.7 (8)

102.	With the Enemy's Help (1912)	The Prospector's Wife	1912	-	-

103.	The Inner Circle (1912)		1912	-	-

104.	Man's Lust for Gold (1912)	The Prospector's Daughter	1912	-	-

105.	The Spirit Awakened (1912)	The Young Woman	1912	-	-

106.	A Temporary Truce (1912)	Alice, the Prospector;s Wife	1912	-	5.9 (10)

107.	An Outcast Among Outcasts (1912)	The Young Woman	1912	-	-

108.	The Lesser Evil (1912)	The Young Woman	1912	-	5.4 (35)

109.	One Is Business, the Other Crime (1912)	Rich Wife	1912	-	6.3 (91)

110.	The Punishment (1912)	The Fruit Grower's Daughter	1912	-	-

111.	The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch (1912)	The Goddess	1912	-	6.0 (12)

112.	A String of Pearls (1912)	The Second Woman	1912	-	-

113.	Under Burning Skies (1912)	Emily	1912	-	5.8 (7)

114.	A Sister's Love (1912)		1912	-	-

115.	The Transformation of Mike (1912)	The Tenement Girl	1912	-	6.4 (9)

116.	For His Son (1912)	The Son's Fiancée	1912	-	6.7 (112)

117.	The Old Bookkeeper (1912)	The Old Bookkeeper's Employer's Wife	1912	-	-

118.	The Eternal Mother (1912)	Martha, the Wife	1912	-	4.0 (6)

119.	The Voice of the Child (1911)	The Wife	1911	-	-

120.	A Woman Scorned (1911)		1911	-	4.9 (7)

121.	The Miser's Heart (1911)	Neighbor	1911	-	6.3 (47)

122.	Through Darkened Vales (1911)	Grace	1911	-	4.4 (7)

123.	The Battle (1911)	The Boy's Sweetheart	1911	-	5.8 (76)

124.	Love in the Hills (1911/I)	The Girl	1911	-	-

125.	The Long Road (1911)	Edith	1911	-	4.0 (5)
	AKAs: Destiny's Roadway with Its Many Turns (USA: subtitle)
126.	The Making of a Man (1911)	Young Woman	1911	-	-

127.	The Stuff Heroes Are Made Of (1911)	Alice	1911	-	-

128.	The Blind Princess and the Poet (1911)	The Princess	1911	-	4.8 (11)
	AKAs: A Biograph Fantasy in the Land of Flowers (USA: subtitle)
129.	Out from the Shadow (1911)	Mrs. Vane	1911	-	-

130.	The Last Drop of Water (1911)	Mary	1911	-	5.7 (50)

131.	A Country Cupid (1911)	Edith	1911	-	5.5 (15)

132.	The Indian Brothers (1911)	Indian	1911	-	5.5 (10)

133.	Fighting Blood (1911)		1911	-	4.9 (14)

134.	The Primal Call (1911)		1911	-	-

135.	Enoch Arden: Part I (1911)	On the Beach	1911	-	6.6 (73)

136.	The Smile of a Child (1911)	The Peasant Woman	1911	-	-

137.	The White Rose of the Wilds (1911)	White Rose	1911	-	-
	AKAs: A Story of the West (USA: subtitle)
138.	The New Dress (1911)	At Wedding/At Market	1911	-	-

139.	The Country Lovers (1911)		1911	-	-

140.	How She Triumphed (1911)	Mary	1911	-	-
	AKAs: An Argument in Favor of Physical Culture (USA: subtitle)
141.	The Broken Cross (1911)		1911	-	5.8 (13)

142.	Priscilla and the Umbrella (1911)	The Sister	1911	-	-

143.	The Spanish Gypsy (1911)		1911	-	-

144.	Priscilla's April Fool Joke (1911)	On Lawn	1911	-	-

145.	The Lonedale Operator (1911)	(uncredited) Daughter of the Lonedale Operator	1911	-	7.0 (271)

146.	Was He a Coward? (1911)	Kate, the Rancher's Daughter	1911	-	-

147.	A Decree of Destiny (1911)		1911	-	6.2 (6)

148.	The Lily of the Tenements (1911)		1911	-	4.4 (7)

149.	His Daughter (1911)		1911	-	-

150.	Heart Beats of Long Ago (1911)		1911	-	-

151.	The Two Paths (1911)		1911	-	6.5 (7)

152.	Love in Quarantine (1910)		1910	-	-

153.	A Flash of Light (1910)		1910	-	5.5 (14)

154.	The Kid (1910)	(unconfirmed)	1910	-	-

155.	A Romance of the Western Hills (1910)		1910	-	5.8 (6)

156.	All on Account of the Milk (1910)	The Maid	1910	-	4.7 (13)

157.	The Rocky Road (1910)	The Daughter, at Eighteen	1910	-	6.4 (7)

158.	Choosing a Husband (1909)	One of Gladys' Friends	1909	-	5.8 (8)

159.	The Day After (1909)	The New Year	1909	-	5.0 (11)

160.	To Save Her Soul (1909)	Backstage at Debut/At Party	1909	-	-

161.	In Little Italy (1909)	At the Ball	1909	-	-

162.	A Corner in Wheat (1909)	Woman in White Hat/Visitor to the Grain Elevator	1909	-	6.9 (433)

163.	A Man with Three Wives (1909)		1909	-	-

			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	Show Girl in Hollywood (1930)	(performer: "There's a Tear for Every Smile in Hollywood")	1930	-	7.8 (37)

2.	The Woman Racket (1930)	(performer: "He's Good Enough for Me" (uncredited))	1930	-	6.4 (28)
	AKAs: Lights and Shadows (UK)

Producer				Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
	1.	The Unpardonable Sin (1919)	(producer)	1919	-	-

			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter (1982)	Herself/Narrator	1982	-	6.2 (31)

2.	"Hollywood" (1980)	Herself (unknown episodes)	1980	-	9.1 (281)
	AKAs: Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film (USA: video box title)
3.	D.W. Griffith, Biograph Years (1975) (TV)	Herself	1975	-	-

4.	D.W. Griffith (1975) (TV)	Herself	1975	-	-

5.	"Girl Talk" (1962)	Herself (1 episode, 1966)	1966	-	4.1 (14)
	1 TV episode: Episode dated 9 December 1966 (1966) Herself
6.	The Voice of Hollywood No. 11 (1930)	(uncredited) Herself	1930	-	-

7.	Screen Snapshots No. 2 (1925)	Herself	1925	-	-

8.	Souls for Sale (1923)	(uncredited) Herself - Celebrity Actress	1923	-	7.4 (195)


1.	D.W. Griffith: Father of Film (1993)	Herself

2.	Proposta in quattro parti (1985) (TV)

3.	Flicker Flashbacks No. 3, Series 2 (1945)	(uncredited) (unconfirmed)

4.	Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (1939)	Herself

5.	Movie Album Featurettes (1935)

6.	The Film Parade (1933)	(uncredited) Herself, film clip

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Stage: Appeared in "The Party's Over", US tour, 1935. Also in cast: Raymond Hackett. more

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Drama | Short | Romance | Comedy more

Plot Keywords:

Melodrama | Based On Novel | Based On Play | Murder more

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