Jane Keckley (September 10, 1876 – August 14, 1963) was an American actress of the silent and

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eras.

Biography

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:

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's '' Huck and Tom'' (1918); the 1936 version of ''

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'', starring

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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

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. Keckley was married to, and divorced from, actor Roy Watson. She died on August 14, 1963.

Filmography

(Per AFI database) *''

The Circular Staircase ''The Circular Staircase'' is a mystery novel by American writer Mary Roberts Rinehart. The story follows dowager Rachel Innes as she thwarts a series of strange crimes at a summer house she has rented with her niece and nephew. The novel was Rine ...

'' (1915) *'' Redeeming Love'' (1916) *'' The Parson of Panamint'' (1916) *''

Molly Entangled ''Molly Entangled'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Robert Thornby and written by Edith M. Kennedy. The film stars Vivian Martin, Harrison Ford, Noah Beery, Sr., G.S. Spaulding, Helen Dunbar, and Gibson Gowland. The film was rel ...

'' (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 ''The Third Kiss'' ( es, El tercer beso) is a 1942 Argentine romantic drama film directed by Luis César Amadori and starring Pedro López Lagar, Silvia Legrand and Amelia Bence. At the 1943 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards, Amelia B ...

'' (1919) *'' The Soul of Youth'' (1920) *'' Sweet Lavender'' (1920) *'' Everything for Sale'' (1921) *''

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'' (1921) *'' A Virginia Courtship'' (1921) *''

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'' (1922) *'' Are You a Failure?'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1923) *''

Only 38 ''Only 38'' is a lost 1923 American drama silent film directed by William C. deMille and written by Clara Beranger, Walter Prichard Eaton and A.E. Thomas. The film stars May McAvoy, Lois Wilson, Elliott Dexter, George Fawcett, Robert Agnew ...

'' (1923) *''

The Deadwood Coach ''The Deadwood Coach'' is a 1924 American silent Western film written and directed by Lynn Reynolds. It is based on the 1908 novel ''The Orphan'' by Clarence E. Mulford. The film stars Tom Mix, George Bancroft, Doris May, Lucien Littlefield ...

'' (1924) *''

Fair Week ''Fair Week'' is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Rob Wagner and written by Thomas J. Geraghty and Walter Woods. The film stars Walter Hiers, Constance Wilson, Carmen Phillips, J. Farrell MacDonald, Bobbie Mack, and Mary Jane ...

'' (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) *''

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'' (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 ''Walking Back'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Rupert Julian and an uncredited Cecil B. DeMille. Prints of the film exist. Plot A young jazz hound, "Smoke" Thatcher (Richard Walling), is failing his academic studies due t ...

'' (1928) *'' Dynamite'' (1929) * '' Noisy Neighbors'' (1929) *''

The Godless Girl ''The Godless Girl'' (1928) is an American Drama (film and television), dramatic silent film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, shown for years as his last completely silent film. The cast features Lina Basquette, Marie Prevost, Tom Keene (actor), Tom ...

'' (1929) *''

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'' (1930) *'' Hide-Out'' (1930) *'' The Naughty Flirt'' (1931) *'' Dance Hall Hostess'' (1933) *'' Curtain at Eight'' (1933) *'' Murder on the Campus'' (1933) *''

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'' (1933) *'' Notorious but Nice'' (1933) *'' Strange People'' (1933) *'' The World Accuses'' (1934) *'' The Quitter'' (1934) *'' One in a Million'' (1934) *''

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'' (1934) *''

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'' (1934) *'' The Painted Veil'' (1934) *'' I Give My Love'' (1934) *''

Ruggles of Red Gap ''Ruggles of Red Gap'' is a 1935 American comedy western film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Charles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charlie Ruggles, and ZaSu Pitts and featuring Roland Young and Leila Hyams. It was based on the best-selling 1915 ...

'' (1935) *'' A Shot in the Dark'' (1935) *''

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'' (1935) *''

The Tonto Kid ''The Tonto Kid'' is a 1935 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser. Cast *Rex Bell as "Skeets" Slawson aka The Tonto Kid * Ruth Mix as Nancy Cahill * Buzz Barton as Wesley Fritch *Theodore Lorch as Lawyer Sam Creech * Joseph W. Gi ...

'' (1935) *''

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'' (1935) *'' Diamond Jim'' (1935) *''

'' (1936) *'' Paddy O'Day'' (1936) *'' The Bridge of Sighs'' (1936) *'' Roarin' Lead'' (1936) *'' And Sudden Death'' (1936) *''

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'' (1936) *'' Girl of the Ozarks'' (1936) *''

Theodora Goes Wild ''Theodora Goes Wild'' is a 1936 American screwball comedy film that tells the story of the residents in a small town who are incensed by a risqué novel, unaware that the book was written under a pseudonym by a member of the town's leading fami ...

'' (1936) *''

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'' (1936) *'' Gentle Julia'' (1936) *'' Magnificent Obsession'' (1936) *'' Next Time We Love'' (1936) *'' Laughing at Trouble'' (1936) *''

Souls at Sea ''Souls at Sea'' is a 1937 American adventure film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Gary Cooper and George Raft. Based on a story by Ted Lesser, the film is about a first mate on a slave ship who frees the slaves on the ship after a mutiny ...

'' (1937) *''

The Plainsman ''The Plainsman'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. The film presents a highly fictionalized account of the adventures and relationships between Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity ...

'' (1937) *'' That I May Live'' (1937) *'' Dangerous Holiday'' (1937) *'' Gunsmoke Ranch'' (1937) *'' The Buccaneer'' (1938) *'' Road Demon'' (1938) *''

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'' (1938) *'' Scandal Street'' (1938) *''

Lightning Carson Rides Again ''Lightning Carson Rides Again'' is a 1938 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield. Cast * Tim McCoy as "Lightning Bill" Carson / Jose * Joan Barclay as Sally, Paul Smith's Sweetheart * Ted Adams as Gang leader Chuck * Bob Terry as P ...

'' (1938) *'' In Old Montana'' (1939) *'' Romance of the Redwoods'' (1939) *''

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'' (1939) *'' Persons in Hiding'' (1939) *'' The Doctor Takes a Wife'' (1940) (uncredited) *'' Bedtime Story'' (1941) *'' Buy Me That Town'' (1941) *'' Dude Cowboy'' (1941) *''

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'' (1941) *'' There's Magic in Music'' (1941) *'' Tight Shoes'' (1941) *'' Riding the Wind'' (1942) *'' South of Santa Fe'' (1942)

References

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autographed portrait, 1917
archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Keckley, Jane American film actresses American silent film actresses Actresses from Charleston, South Carolina 1876 births 1963 deaths 20th-century American actresses Western (genre) film actresses American stage actresses Vaudeville performers