Charleen Swansea
Acting
May 27, 1932
Died August 23, 2018 (86 years old)
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
7
Acting Credits
Biography
Charleen Swansea (1932–2018) was an American poet, teacher, and publisher from North Carolina, and a recurring subject across the films of Ross McElwee, appearing in Charleen (1978), Sherman's March (1986), Time Indefinite, Six O'Clock News, and Remake (2025). A protégée of Ezra Pound, who tutored her in translating Latin, French, and Chinese poetry while she worked with him at St. Elizabeths Hospital, she went on to create the influential "Poets in the Schools" program for the Charlotte-Mecklen...
