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    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...
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    Beery was then cast as Sweedie, a Swedish maid character he played in drag in a series of short comedy films from 1914 to 1916. Sweedie Learns to Swim (1914)...
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  • Sweedie Goes to College is a 1915 silent comedy film directed by Richard Foster Baker and featuring Gloria Swanson. Wallace Beery - Sweedie Ben Turpin...
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  • Sweedie Learns to Swim is a 1914 silent short 1-reel comedy film starring Wallace Beery and Ben Turpin and produced and distributed by the Essanay Company...
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    left school to work full-time at the studio. In 1915, she co-starred in Sweedie Goes to College with her future first husband Wallace Beery. Swanson's...
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    comedic English 1914 Sweedie the Swatter Wallace Beery Sweedie male to female comedic English The first of a series of Sweedie films, made between 1914...
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  • of men. Films such as Miss Fatty (1915), featuring Fatty Arbuckle, and Sweedie (1914–16), starring Academy Award-winning actor Wallace Beery, created...
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    Short) - The Nurse His New Job (1915, Short) - Film Star (uncredited) Sweedie Goes to College (1915, Short) - Mrs. Knowledge - the Matron A Bunch of...
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  • Blades (1915) The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket (1915) Sweedie Goes to College (1915) On Trial (1917) Kidder & Ko (1918) "Staff Directory"...
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