Zena Keefe

Zena Keefe
Zena Keefe
	Keefe, c. 1917
Born	June 26, 1896; San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died	November 17, 1977 (aged 81); Danvers, Massachusetts, U.S.

Zena Virginia Keefe (June 26, 1896 - November 16, 1977) was an American actress in silent film, active in the 1910s and 1920s.[1]

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]
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
The Broken Silence (1922)
Trouping with Ellen (1924) as Mabel Llewellyn

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)

External links

Zena Keefe on IMDb
findagrave.com

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[necro-1] 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)

[2] 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.

[plot1-3] Langman, Larry. American film cycles: the silent era, p.325 (1998)