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Lela Swift (born Lillian Siwoff; February 1, 1919 – August 4, 2015) was a television director and producer, best known for her work on Dark Shadows, which she also produced from 1970–71, and Ryan's Hope.
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Sept. 2, 2015 1:14 PM PT. Lela Swift, an early-day TV director who worked with a young James Dean and went on to work on the long-running daytime soap opera “Ryan’s Hope,” has died. She was 96.
Aug 5, 2015 · Dark Shadows. Directing. Lela Swift, who rose from the secretarial pool at CBS to become a pioneering force for female TV directors, died today at her Santa Monica home of natural causes. She...
Aug 5, 2015 · Getty Images. Lela Swift, who rose from the secretarial pool at CBS to become a pioneering TV director, died Aug. 4 at her home in Santa Monica. She was 96. Swift worked her way up the ranks...
Aug 6, 2015 · DARK SHADOWS director Lela Swift has died. Actor Louis Edmonds, Louis Edmonds, assistant Harriet Rohr and director Lela Swift on the set of DARK SHADOWS. News reports are circulating that trailblazing director Lela Swift died yesterday at her home in Santa Monica, Calif. She was 96 years old. Swift directed 588 episodes of DARK SHADOWS.
Lela Swift was born on 1 February 1919 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a director and producer, known for Ryan's Hope (1975), Dark Shadows (1966) and The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1972). She was married to Guilbert Schwartz. She died on 4 August 2015 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
Aug 5, 2015 · By Mike Barnes. August 5, 2015 2:49pm. Lela Swift - h 2015. Courtesy of WomenBehindTV.com. Lela Swift, a pioneering female director who started in television’s live era and spent three...
