Enid Markey
Enid Markey | |
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Born | February 22, 1894 |
Died | November 15, 1981 (aged 87) |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1911-1968 |
Enid Markey (February 22, 1894 – November 15, 1981) was an American actress of theater, film, and television. She originated the role of Jane in films,[1] playing the character twice in 1918 (Tarzan of The Apes; The Romance of Tarzan). Her career extended into the 1960s.
Early years
Markey was born in Dillon in Summit County in north central Colorado. Her education came in a Denver, Colorado, boarding school.[1]
Career
Markey acted on stage and in vaudeville before turning to motion pictures.[1] Her first film role was in The Fortunes of War (1911). During the production of The Wrath of the Gods (1914), Markey, a "leading lady with the New York Motion Picture Company", was "badly injured" during the production.[2] During her scene in which the lava flow destroys the village she was surrounded by smoke and fumes and nearly asphyxiated, but had recovered by May 1914.[3]
During the 1950s and 1960s she appeared in several television guest-starring roles, including The Andy Griffith Show as Barney Fife's landlady, Mrs. Mendelbright, and in an episode of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., as Grandma Pyle. She also had two appearances in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.
In the 1960-1961 season, Markey had a regular role as Aunt Violet Flower in the CBS comedy Bringing Up Buddy, co-starring Frank Aletter and Doro Merande. Markey and Merande played spinster aunts who provide a home for their bachelor nephew, stockbroker Buddy Flower, played by Aletter.
Her last appearance was in The Boston Strangler (1968).
Death
On November 15, 1981, Markey died in Bay Shore, New York, at the age of 87.
Partial filmography
- The Battle of Gettysburg (1913)
- Shorty's Sacrifice (1914)
- The Wrath of the Gods (1914)
- Aloha Oe (1915)
- Civilization (1916)
- Shell 43 (1916)
- The Devil's Double (1916)
- The Yankee Way (1917)
- The Curse of Eve (1917)
- Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
- The Romance of Tarzan (1918)
- The Naked City (1948)
References
- ^ a b c Katchmer, George A. (2009). A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. McFarland. p. 233. ISBN 9781476609058. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "New York Motion Picture Company". Motion Picture News. 23 May 1914. p. 56. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ^ "Miss Enid Markey". Illustrated Films Monthly (Mar - August 1914). p. 382. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
External links
- Enid Markey on IMDb
- Enid Markey at the Internet Broadway Database
- Enid Markey papers, 1895-1971, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
- 1894 births
- 1981 deaths
- Actresses from Colorado
- American film actresses
- American silent film actresses
- American stage actresses
- American television actresses
- American people of Irish descent
- Disease-related deaths in New York (state)
- People from Summit County, Colorado
- 20th-century American actresses
- Actresses from Los Angeles
- People from Bay Shore, New York