Jane Keckley
Jane Keckley | |
|---|---|
 Keckley (left) on lobby card for The Deadwood Coach (1924) | |
| Born | September 10, 1876 |
| Died | August 14, 1963 (aged 86) |
| Other names | Jane Watson |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1916–1942 |
| Spouse | Roy Watson |
Jane Keckley (September 10, 1876 – August 14, 1963)[1] was an American actress of the silent and sound film eras.
Biography
[edit]Keckley was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and went to school there and in Georgia.[2]
Before she acted in films, Keckley performed in stock theater and in vaudeville.[3]
Keckley began her film career in one- and two-reel Westerns in 1911.[2] Her first feature film was 1915's The Circular Staircase (under the name Jane Watson). In her twenty-five year career, she would appear in over 90 films, as well as dozens of shorts. She would appear as a supporting actress in such films as: William Desmond Taylor's Huck and Tom (1918);[4] the 1936 version of Show Boat, starring Irene Dunne and Allan Jones;[5] and Magnificent Obsession (1935), starring Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor.[6]
She was under contract to Paramount in the late 1930s and early 1940s,[7] where she appeared in her final film, South of Santa Fe (1942), starring Roy Rogers.[8]
Keckley was married to, and divorced from, actor Roy Watson.[9] She died on August 14, 1963.[7][better source needed]
Filmography
[edit]- The Circular Staircase (1915)
- Redeeming Love (1916)
- The Parson of Panamint (1916)
- Molly Entangled (1917)
- Huck and Tom; or, the Further Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1918)
- A Petticoat Pilot (1918)
- Sauce for the Goose (1918)
- The Girl of My Dreams (1918)
- Children of Banishment (1919)
- The Third Kiss (1919)
- The Soul of Youth (1920)
- Sweet Lavender (1920)
- Everything for Sale (1921)
- Sacred and Profane Love (1921)
- A Virginia Courtship (1921)
- Rags to Riches (1922)
- Are You a Failure? (1923)
- Just Like a Woman (1923)
- Only 38 (1923)
- The Deadwood Coach (1924)
- Fair Week (1924)
- The Hill Billy (1924)
- The Mile-a-Minute Man (1926)
- Aflame in the Sky (1927)
- The Angel of Broadway (1927)
- The Country Doctor (1927)
- The King of Kings (1927)
- The Lady in Ermine (1927)
- Craig's Wife (1928)
- Harold Teen (1928)
- The Masked Angel (1928)
- Object: Alimony (1928)
- On to Reno (1928)
- Road House (1928)
- Walking Back (1928)
- Dynamite (1929)
- Noisy Neighbors (1929)
- The Godless Girl (1929)
- Conspiracy (1930)
- Hide-Out (1930)
- The Naughty Flirt (1931)
- Dance Hall Hostess (1933)
- Curtain at Eight (1933)
- Murder on the Campus (1933)
- One Year Later (1933)
- Notorious but Nice (1933)
- Strange People (1933)
- The World Accuses (1934)
- The Quitter (1934)
- One in a Million (1934)
- Stolen Sweets (1934)
- City Limits (1934)
- The Painted Veil (1934)
- I Give My Love (1934)
- Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
- A Shot in the Dark (1935)
- False Pretenses (1935)
- The Tonto Kid (1935)
- Ginger (1935)
- Diamond Jim (1935)
- Show Boat (1936)
- Paddy O'Day (1936)
- The Bridge of Sighs (1936)
- Roarin' Lead (1936)
- And Sudden Death (1936)
- Tango (1936)
- Girl of the Ozarks (1936)
- Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
- Pepper (1936)
- Gentle Julia (1936)
- Magnificent Obsession (1936)
- Next Time We Love (1936)
- Laughing at Trouble (1936)
- Souls at Sea (1937)
- The Plainsman (1937)
- That I May Live (1937)
- Dangerous Holiday (1937)
- Gunsmoke Ranch (1937)
- The Buccaneer (1938)
- Road Demon (1938)
- Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938)
- Scandal Street (1938)
- Lightning Carson Rides Again (1938)
- In Old Montana (1939)
- Romance of the Redwoods (1939)
- Union Pacific (1939)
- Persons in Hiding (1939)
- The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940) (uncredited)
- Bedtime Story (1941)
- Buy Me That Town (1941)
- Dude Cowboy (1941)
- Honky Tonk (1941)
- There's Magic in Music (1941)
- Tight Shoes (1941)
- Riding the Wind (1942)
- South of Santa Fe (1942)
References
[edit]- ^ "Jane Keckley". AllMovie. Archived from the original on June 17, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
- ^ a b Katchmer, George A. (May 20, 2015). A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. McFarland. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-4766-0905-8. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
- ^ "On stage 25 years, Jane Keckley has excellent record". Battle Creek Enquirer. April 17, 1929. p. 12. Retrieved June 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Huck and Tom; or, the Further Adventures of Tom Sawyer". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ^ "Show Boat". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ^ "Magnificent Obsession". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ^ a b "Jane Keckley". MSN. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ^ "South of Santa Fe". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ^ "Roy Watson, Film Actor, Succumbs". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. June 7, 1937. p. 11. Retrieved December 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jane Keckley". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
External links
[edit]- Jane Keckley at IMDb
- autographed portrait, 1917(archived)