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Sweet made just three talking pictures, including her critically lauded performance in Show Girl in Hollywood (1930), then retired in 1930 and married stage actor Raymond Hackett in 1935. The marriage lasted until Hackett's death in 1958.
Jun 5, 2019 · Sweet made just three talking pictures, including her critically lauded performance in 1930’s Show Girl in Hollywood, before retiring from the screen that same year and marrying stage actor Raymond Hackett in 1935.
She made three talking pictures, including Show Girl in Hollywood (1930). This was to be the last film Sweet appeared in before retiring. Her line, in the movie, about being washed up at 32 in Hollywood, was close to the truth for her. (She was 34.) After that she retired from the screen and returned to the Stage.
- January 1, 1
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- January 1, 1
- New York City, New York, USA
Blanche Sweet, who made her first stage appearance in 1898 and later became a major star of silent films, died Saturday in New York. Friends said she suffered a stroke in her home. She was 90...
His second wife was the actress Blanche Sweet. [1] As a child he first appeared on stage in New York in 1907 in The Toymaker of Nuremberg; Nov. 25, 1907 Garrick Theatre. In Sept. 1909 he appeared with Margaret Anglin in the play The Awakening of Helena Richie.
YearTitleRoleNotes1912HaroldShort Lost film1914Robert SterlingShort Lost film1915Billie Loring / The PrinceLost film1918Daniel MeggisonLost filmBlanche married stage actor Raymond Hackett in 1935. Eventually she quit show business and got a job at a department store. She and Raymond remained happily married until his death in 1958.
She appeared in some plays with Raymond Hackett whom she married in 1936 and lasted until his death in 1958. Blanche lived comfortably in New York until her death there Sept. 6, 1986. Selected films of this star available for viewing:
