Jane Wolfe (March 21, 1875 – March 29, 1958) was an American silent film character actress and Thelemite.
Of Pennsylvania Dutch stock, Wolfe was born in the tiny Pennsylvania borough of St. Petersburg in Clarion County . As a young girl she went to New York City to pursue a career in the theatre but soon became involved with acting in the fledgling motion picture industry.
She made her film debut in 1910 at the age of 35 with Kalem Studios in A Lad from Old Ireland under the direction of Sidney Olcott .
In 1911, Wolfe was part of the Kalem Company's crew in New York City who relocated to the company's new production facilities in Los Angeles. She went on to become one of the leading character actors of the decade, appearing in more than one hundred films including an important secondary role in the 1917 Mary Pickford film, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
In 1918, Jane Wolfe began corresponding with the English author and occultist Aleister Crowley , and two years later she gave up her career in Hollywood to join Crowley at his "Abbey of Thelema " at Cefalù, Sicily, living there from 1920 until it closed in 1923. There she kept records about her magical practice, which were later published by the College of Thelema of Northern California as The Cefalu Diaries .
Wolfe is considered an important female figure in magick as, in addition to her friendship and work with Crowley, she took part in the founding of the Agape Lodge of the Ordo Templi Orientis in Southern California as well as being its lodge master.
After not appearing on screen for 17 years, in 1937 Jane Wolfe had a small role in a B-movie Western named Under Strange Flags .
Wolfe used the Ouija board and credited some of her greatest spiritual communications to the use of this implement.
Jane Wolfe died in the Southern California city of Glendale eight days after her 83rd birthday.
Actress
1937
Under Strange Flags as
Mrs. Kenyon
1920
The Life of the Party as
Miss Gray - Leary's Secretary (uncredited)
1920
Behold My Wife as
Mrs. McKenzie
1920
The Round-up as
Josephine Allen - Echo's Mother
1920
Thou Art the Man as
Mrs. Prescott
1920
Why Change Your Wife? as
Harriette's Client
1920
The Six Best Cellars as
Virginia Jasper
1920
The 13th Commandment as
Mrs. Chivvis
1919
The Grim Game as
Hannah (as Jane Wolf)
1919
A Very Good Young Man as
Mrs. Mandelharper
1919
Men, Women, and Money as
Sara Middleton
1919
An Innocent Adventuress as
Mrs. Bates (as Jane Wolff)
1919
The Woman Next Door as
Tibbetts / 'Julie'
1919
The Poor Boob as
Mrs. Benton (as Jane Wolff)
1919
Under the Top as
Mrs. Jones (as Jane Wolff)
1918
The Girl Who Came Back as
Mrs. Walters (as Jane Wolff)
1918
The Cruise of the Make-Believes as
Byfield's Landlady (as Jane Wolff)
1918
Less Than Kin as
Maria (as Jane Wolff)
1918
The Firefly of France as
Marie-Jeanne (as Jane Wolff)
1918
The Bravest Way as
Miss Tompkins (as Jane Wolff)
1918
Mile-a-Minute Kendall as
Mrs. Kendall (as Jane Wolff)
1918
A Petticoat Pilot as
Mrs. Young (as Jane Wolff)
1917
The Fair Barbarian as
Belinda Bassett
1917
The Call of the East as
Yuri (as Jane Wolff)
1917
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm as
Mrs. Randall (as Jane Wolff)
1917
On the Level as
Sontag's Wife (as Jane Wolff)
1917
The Crystal Gazer as
Mrs. Dugan (as Jane Wolff)
1917
Unconquered as
Voodoo Queen
1917
Castles for Two as
Brian's Sister (as Jane Wolff)
1917
Those Without Sin (as Jane Wolff)
1916
The Plow Girl as
Mrs. Varney (uncredited)
1916
Unprotected as
The Mulatto (as Jane Wolff)
1916
The Lash as
Henriette Catenat (as Jane Wolff)
1916
Each Pearl a Tear as
Mrs. Van Sant (as Jane Wolff)
1916
The Selfish Woman as
Indian Servant (as Jane Wolff)
1916
The Thousand-Dollar Husband as
Undetermined Role (as Jane Wolff)
1916
The Race as
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
1916
The Blacklist as
Mary (as Jane Wolf)
1916
Pudd'nhead Wilson as
Roxy (as Jane Wolff)
1915
The Immigrant as
Olga (as Jane Wolf)
1915
Could a Man Do More? (Short) as
Mrs. Sherwood
1915
Blackbirds as
Countess Maroff (as Jane Wolf)
1915
The Case of Becky as
Carrie - Balzamo's Assistant (as Jane Wolff)
1915
The Majesty of the Law as
Mrs. Kent
1915
The Wild Goose Chase (Short) as
Minor Role (uncredited)
1915
The Black Sheep (Short) as
The Widow Dallas
1915
The Tragedy of Bear Mountain (Short)
1914
The Derelict (Short) as
The Wife's Mother
1914
The Invisible Power as
Mrs. Dean
1914
The Lost Mail Sack (Short) as
Mary Gates - Helen's Mother
1914
The Potter and the Clay (Short) as
Undetermined Role
1914
The Rajah's Vow (Short) as
Lady Thorpe - Sir Edward's Wife
1914
Shannon of the Sixth as
Surrada, her Servant
1914
The Quicksands (Short) as
Wahan - Bonita's Mother
1914
The Barrier of Ignorance (Short) as
Mrs. Marshall - Calvin's Widowed Sister
1914
The Stolen Rembrandt (Short) as
Mrs. Donald McKay
1914
The Death Sign at High Noon (Short) as
The Storekeeper's Daughter
1914
The Boer War as
Mrs. Lambert
1914
The Masquerader (Short) as
Sybel Saunders - An Adventuress
1913
The Chinese Death Thorn (Short) as
Mrs. Avery - Dick's Mother
1913
Perils of the Sea (Short) as
Mrs. Langdon - the Mother
1913
A Daughter of the Underworld (Short) as
Deverill's Mother
1913
Trooper Billy (Short) as
Sun Jewel - Sunrise Beek's Mother
1913
The Invaders (Short) as
Cora Sands
1913
The Girl and the Gangster (Short) as
Mrs. Woods - Bunk's Mother
1913
The Fight at Grizzly Gulch (Short) as
Mrs. Wentworth
1913
The Tragedy of Big Eagle Mine (Short) as
Laughing Water
1913
The Battle for Freedom (Short) as
Katrina Joubert
1913
The Wayward Son (Short)
1913
The California Oil Crooks (Short)
1913
The Sacrifice (Short) as
Mary's Grandmother
1913
The Attack at Rocky Pass (Short)
1913
The Missing Bonds (Short) as
Mrs. Langdon - Kathryn's Mother
1913
The Mountain Witch (Short) as
Garrie aka The Mountain Witch
1913
The Redemption (Short) as
Mag Milford
1913
The Buckskin Coat (Short) as
Red Wing
1913
The Last Blockhouse (Short)
1913
The Pride of Angry Bear (Short)
1913
Red Sweeney's Mistake (Short) as
Mrs. De Vere - a Detective
1913
The Usurer (Short) as
Beatrice Renard - Ernest's Sister
1912
The Two Runaways (Short) as
Tillie Burke - Old John's Daughter
1912
The Mayor's Crusade (Short) as
Mrs. Matthews - Mary's Mother
1912
The Driver of the Deadwood Coach (Short) as
Mrs. John Nelson
1912
Red Wing and the Paleface (Short) as
Red Wing
1912
The Flower Girl's Romance (Short) as
Reva - the Flower Girl (as Jane Wolff)
1912
The Skinflint (Short) as
The Widow Martha Rix
1912
The Power of a Hymn (Short) as
Mrs. Reynolds - the Judge's Wife
1912
The Peril of the Cliffs (Short) as
Frances - Morton's Wife
1912
The Plot That Failed (Short) as
Jean - the Adventuress - aka The Viper
1912
The Redskin Raiders (Short) as
Sarah - Dan's Wife
1912
Election Day in California (Short) as
Susan Smith
1912
When Youth Meets Youth (Short) as
Mrs. Rustan - Olga's Mother
1912
The Village Vixen (Short) as
Eva Storm - the Village Vixen
1912
The Parasite (Short) as
Madge Adams - Fred's Sister
1912
The Wandering Musician (Short) as
Mrs. Summers - Joe's Grown-Up Daughter
1912
Freed from Suspicion (Short) as
The Maid
1912
The Family Tyrant (Short) as
Marie Barstow - Emily's Mother
1912
Fantasca, the Gipsy (Short) as
A Gypsy
1912
The Suffragette Sheriff (Short) as
Miss Wronged, the Suffragette Sheriff
1912
The Organ Grinder (Short) as
Mrs. George Wilmot - the American Tourist
1912
The Bag of Gold (Short) as
Marcia - Rafaela's Friend
1912
The Gun Smugglers (Short) as
Bertha Bridge
1912
The Stolen Invention (Short) as
Mrs. Ernest Conery
1912
The Secret of the Miser's Cave (Short) as
Mark Pinto - The Old Miser
1912
The Spanish Revolt of 1836 (Short) as
Olivia - Juan's Cousin
1912
Jean of the Jail (Short) as
Luisa - Alcalde's Sweetheart
1912
The Bell of Penance (Short) as
Josefa's Cousin
1912
The Alcalde's Conspiracy (Short) as
His Sister
1912
A Princess of the Hills (Short) as
Valencia - the Major Domo's Sister
1912
Mrs. Simms Serves on the Jury (Short) as
Mrs. Simms
1911
The Higher Toll (Short) as
Helen - the Elder Sister
1911
Norma from Norway (Short) as
Norma
1911
The Blackfoot Halfbreed (Short) as
Goffersocks - Maude's Blackfoot Mother
1911
On the Warpath (Short) as
Mrs. Ward
1911
The Wasp (Short) as
Bernice Tesselver - The Wasp
1911
The Mexican Joan of Arc (Short) as
Widow Talamantes
1911
The Heart of an Indian Mother (Short) as
The Settler's Wife
1910
Her Indian Mother (Short) as
Moore's Indian Wife
1910
The Touch of a Child's Hand (Short) as
Mrs. Dan Newton
1910
The Roses of the Virgin (Short) as
Mrs. Lolliard - Pierre's Mother
1910
A Lad from Old Ireland (Short) as
Elsie Myron - American Heiress
