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Lela Swift (born Lillian Siwoff; February 25, 1919 – August 4, 2015)[1] 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. Early lifeShe was born in 1919 as Lillian Siwoff in New York City, New York.[1] CareerSwift started her career in the secretarial pool at CBS.[2] She worked behind the scenes on news programs there.[3] She worked through the studio system ranks at CBS and served as an assistant director on several anthology series.[2] In 1961-1962, she moved to NBC and worked on the Purex Specials for Women series.[1] In 1966, she joined Dan Curtis to work on the Dark Shadows television series. It lasted five seasons with 1,225 episodes. Swift directed almost half of the episodes during its run.[4] She later served as one of the directors for the series Ryan's Hope, a daytime drama about a large working-class Irish-American family, which lasted 14 years.[5] AwardsSwift received four Daytime Emmy nominations for her work on Ryan's Hope and won in 1977, 1979, and 1980.[6] She also received a Daytime Emmy nomination in the Best Individual Director for a Special Program category for an episode of The ABC Afternoon Playbreak.[7] Death and legacyShe died in Santa Monica, California on August 4, 2015.[8] Personal lifeHer husband, Gilbert (Geb) Schwartz, died on January 30, 2015 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease for many years. The couple had two sons, Russell and Stuart Schwartz, who both work in the television industry.[2] References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.shemadeit.org/meet/biography.aspx?m=55 |title=The Paley Center for Media - She Made It - Lela Swift |work=shemadeit.org |accessdate=August 20, 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213103841/http://www.shemadeit.org/meet/biography.aspx?m=55 |archivedate=February 13, 2016 |df= }} 2. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/lela-swift-pioneering-director-ryans-hope-dead-96-1201556990/|title=Lela Swift, Pioneering TV Director, Dies at 96|author=Variety Staff|work=Variety}} 3. ^Conway, Mike. The Origins of Television News in America: The Visualizers of CBS in the 1940s. New York: Peter Lang, 2009; {{ISBN|9781433106026}}, p. 217. 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2015/08/lela-swift-dead-dark-shadows-ryans-hope-director-1201491962|title=Lela Swift Dies: Pioneering TV Director Worked On 'Dark Shadows', 'Ryan’s Hope'|author=Dominic Patten, Erik Pedersen|work=Deadline.com}} 5. ^Notice of death of Lela Swift, deadline.com; accessed August 20, 2015. 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/lela-swift|title=Lela Swift|work=Television Academy}} 7. ^[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842611/awards?ref_=nm_awd Profile], imdb.com; accessed August 20, 2015. 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://deadline.com/2015/08/lela-swift-dead-dark-shadows-ryans-hope-director-1201491962|title=Lela Swift Dies: Pioneering TV Director Worked On Dark Shadows, Ryan’s Hope|author=Dominic Patten, Erik Pedersen|work=Deadline|accessdate=January 19, 2016}} Further reading
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