Biography
Jane Keckley (September 10, 1876 β August 14, 1963) was an American actress of the silent and sound film eras. Keckley was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and went to school there and in Georgia.Before she acted in films, Keckley performed in stock theater and in vaudeville.Keckley began her film career in one- and two-reel Westerns in 1911. 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); the 1936 version of Show Boat, starring Irene Dunne and Allan Jones; and Magnificent Obsession (1935), starring Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor.She was under contract to Paramount in the late 1930s and early 1940s, where she appeared in her final film, South of Santa Fe (1942), starring Roy Rogers.Keckley was married to, and divorced from, actor Roy Watson. She died on August 14, 1963.
Filmography
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South of Santa Fe (1942)
Mr. District Attorney (1941)
Melody Ranch (1940)
Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
Sabotage (1939)
Union Pacific (1939)
The Night Riders (1939)
Southward Ho! (1939)
In Old Montana (1939)
Convict's Code (1939)
Lightning Carson Rides Again (1938)
Religious Racketeers (1938)
Six Shootin' Sheriff (1938)
Gunsmoke Ranch (1937)
Paradise Express (1937)
Roarin' Lead (1936)
Great Guy (1936)
Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
And Sudden Death (1936)
The Bridge of Sighs (1936)
Diamond Jim (1935)
One in a Million (1935)
A Shot in the Dark (1935)
The Curtain Falls (1934)
The Tonto Kid (1934)
City Limits (1934)
Stolen Sweets (1934)
The Quitter (1934)
Murder on the Campus (1933)
Going Hollywood (1933)
Strange People (1933)
Goldie Gets Along (1933)
The Impatient Maiden (1932)
The Naughty Flirt (1930)
Abraham Lincoln (1930)
Conspiracy (1930)
Hide-Out (1930)
Dynamite (1929)
Object: Alimony (1928)
Craig's Wife (1928)
Walking Back (1928)
Harold Teen (1928)
On to Reno (1928)
The Angel of Broadway (1927)
The Country Doctor (1927)
The Lady in Ermine (1927)
The Deadwood Coach (1924)
The Hill Billy (1924)
Only 38 (1923)
Are You a Failure? (1923)
Rags to Riches (1922)
The Soul of Youth (1920)
The Girl of My Dreams (1918)
Huck and Tom (1918)
Redeeming Love (1916)
The Parson of Panamint (1916)
The Circular Staircase (1915)
A Frontier Girl's Courage (1911)
Kit Carson's Wooing (1911)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1876-09-10
Deathday1963-08-14 (86 years old)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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