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Lela Swift
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “television director best known for her work on dark shadows”. Today it says “television director and producer”.
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Lela Swift (born February 25, 1919) is a television director best known for her work on Dark Shadows , which she also produced from 1970 to 1971, and Ryan's Hope .1 Lela has two children ( Russell Schwartz and Stuart Schwartz) who are both in the television business. Swift received four Daytime Emmy nominations for her work on Ryan's Hope and won in 1977, 1979, and 1980.2
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “television director best known for her work on dark shadows”. Today it says “television director and producer”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
television director best known for her work on dark shadows
Now
television director and producer
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