Zena Keefe
Zena Virginia Keefe (June 26, 1896 – November 16, 1977) was an American actress in silent film, active in the 1910s and 1920s.[1]
Zena Keefe | |
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 Keefe, c. 1917 | |
| Born | June 26, 1896 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Died | November 17, 1977 (aged 81) Danvers, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Biography
Keefe was born in 1896 in San Francisco, California.[2] Keefe's film debut in short films occurred around 1911. By 1916, she was playing a substantial role in films including Her Maternal Right, and leading roles in films like Enlighten Thy Daughter (1917). She continued to appear in at least a few movies every year, until her final appearance in Trouping with Ellen in 1924.
Keefe married William M. Brownell.
Keefe died on November 16, 1977 in Danvers, Massachusetts.
Selected filmography
- Mills of the Gods (1912) as Maria, Giulia's sister
- Her Choice (1912) as Edith, the poor niece
- The Hero of Submarine D-2 (1916) as Ethel McMasters
- Her Maternal Right (1916) as Mary Winslow
- La Bohème (1916) as Musette
- Caprice of the Mountains (1916)
- Little Miss Happiness (1916) as Sadie Allen
- The Rail Rider (1916) as Mildred Barker
- Perils of Our Girl Reporters (1916)
- Enlighten Thy Daughter (1917) as Lillian Stevens[3]
- The Challenge Accepted (1918)
- An Amateur Widow (1919)
- Piccadilly Jim (1919) as Ann Chester
- The Woman God Sent (1920)
- Red Foam (1920)
- Marooned Hearts (1920) as Marion Ainsworth
- Proxies (1921) as Clare Conway
- After Midnight (1921) as Mrs. Phillips
- The Broken Silence (1922)
- The Broken Violin (1923) as Governess
- None So Blind (1923)
- Trouping with Ellen (1924) as Mabel Llewellyn
- Who's Cheating? (1924) as Myrtle Meers
References
- Vazzana, Eugene Michael. Silent film necrology: births and deaths of over 9000 performers, directors, producers, and other filmmakers of the silent era, through 1993, p. 176 (1995)
- Spehr, Paul C. (1977). The Movies Begin: Making Movies in New Jersey, 1887–1920. Newark Museum Association. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-871-00121-4.
- Langman, Larry. American film cycles: the silent era, p.325 (1998)
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