Background
She was born in 1919 as Lela Siwoff in New York City, New New York
She was born in 1919 as Lela Siwoff in New York City, New New York
Swift started her career in the secretarial pool at Columbia Broadcasting System. She worked behind the scenes on news programs there. She worked through the studio system ranks at Columbia Broadcasting System and served as an assistant director on several anthology series. In 1961-1962, she moved to National Broadcasting Company and worked on the Purex Specials for Women series.
In 1966, she joined Dan Curtis to work on the Dark Shadows television series.
lieutenant lasted five seasons with 1,225 episodes. Swift directed almost half of the episodes during its run.
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. She died in Santa Monica, California on August 4, 2015.
