# Marian Swayne

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{{short description|American actress}}
{{Infobox person
| name                      = Marian Swayne
| image                     = The Crimson Cross (1921) - 3.jpg
| caption                   = Edward Langford and Swayne in ''The Crimson Cross'' (1921)
| birth_name                = Marian Marguerita Swayne
| birth_date                = July 9, 1891
| birth_place               = [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania](/source/Philadelphia%2C_Pennsylvania), U.S.
| death_date                = August 21, 1973
| death_place               = New York City, U.S.
| resting_place             = [West Laurel Hill Cemetery](/source/West_Laurel_Hill_Cemetery), Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County Pennsylvania USA
| resting_place_coordinates =
| other_names               = Marion Swayne
| occupation                = Actress
| years_active              = 1911-27
| spouse                    = [Joseph Levering](/source/Joseph_Levering) (div. early 1930s)
| children                  =  
}}

'''Marian Swayne''' (July 9, 1891 - August 21, 1973) was an American stage and film actress.{{Citation needed |date=April 2021}}

==Biography==
Swayne began her career with the [Solax Studios](/source/Solax_Studios) in 1911 under the tutelage of [Alice Guy-Blaché](/source/Alice_Guy-Blach%C3%A9).

In 1917, J. Arthur Nelson, president of Dominion Film Corporation, announced that Swayne had signed a three-year contract to be the leading woman in that company's planned site in British Columbia.<ref>{{cite news |title=Leads in first play of B. C.'s new 'Film City' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74988403/marian-swayne/ |access-date=April 3, 2021 |work=The Province |date=January 13, 1917 |location=Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver |page=16|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref> She also acted for [Gaumont Film Company](/source/Gaumont_Film_Company) and [Mutual Film](/source/Mutual_Film).<ref>{{cite news |title=At the Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/126915755/?terms=%22Marion%20Swayne%22&match=1 |access-date=April 3, 2021 |work=The Daily Chronicle |date=July 17, 1916 |location=Illinois, De Kalb |page=6|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref>

Her film career ended in 1924, a few years before the silent film era ended. She performed on the stage as both Marian Swayne and Marion Swayne.<ref>''Silent Film Necrology'' p. 508 2nd edition by Eugene M. Vazzana c.2001</ref> Her work on Broadway included portraying June Phelps in ''Clouds'' (1925).<ref>{{cite web |title=Marian Swayne |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/marian-swayne-61560 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=April 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210403025121/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/marian-swayne-61560 |archive-date=April 3, 2021}}</ref>

She was married to fellow screen player Joseph Levering. Swayne died in New York in August 1973.{{Citation needed |date=April 2021}}

==Selected filmography==
*''[Falling Leaves](/source/Falling_Leaves_(1912_film))'' (1912)
*''[Brennan of the Moor](/source/Brennan_of_the_Moor)'' (1913)
*''[A House Divided](/source/A_House_Divided_(1913_film))'' (1913) as Diana Hutton
*''[The Little American](/source/The_Little_American)'' (1917) as Mona
*''[The Deemster](/source/The_Deemster_(1917_film))'' (1917)
* ''[Little Miss Fortune](/source/Little_Miss_Fortune)'' (1917)
* ''[The Road Between](/source/The_Road_Between)'' (1917)
* ''[The Little Samaritan](/source/The_Little_Samaritan)'' (1917)
*''Crimson Cross'' (1921)
* ''[The Man from Glengarry](/source/The_Man_from_Glengarry)'' (1922)
* ''[Counterfeit Love](/source/Counterfeit_Love)'' (1923)

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Marian Swayne}}
*{{IMDb name|0842015}}
*{{IBDB name|61560}}

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Category:1891 births
Category:1973 deaths
Category:Actresses from Philadelphia
Category:American silent film actresses
Category:20th-century American actresses

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