Occupation Actress Spouse Roy Watson (m. ?–1937) Role Actress | Name Jane Keckley Years active 1916–1942 Children Leonide Watson | |
Born September 10, 1876 ( 1876-09-10 ) Charleston, South Carolina, United States Died August 14, 1963, South Pasadena, California, United States Movies Roarin' Lead, Conspiracy, Murder on the Campus, Lightning Carson Rides Ag, Huck and Tom Similar People Sam Newfield, William Desmond Taylor, Richard Thorpe, Michael Winner, William C deMille | ||
Jane Keckley (September 10, 1876 – August 14, 1963) was an American actress of the silent and sound film eras.
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Biography
Keckley began her acting career in film "shorts" during the 1910s. 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 would die on August 14, 1963.
Filmography
(Per AFI database)