Jane Keckley | |
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![]() Keckley (left) on
lobby card for The Deadwood Coach (1924) | |
Born | |
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.
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]
Jane Keckley | |
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![]() Keckley (left) on
lobby card for The Deadwood Coach (1924) | |
Born | |
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.
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]