Sweedie

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

Sweedie (also known as My Sweedie, The Swedish Maid[citation needed]) 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]

## List of Sweedie films

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* 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

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* Cross-gender acting

## References

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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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