Zena Keefe

Zena Keefe

Born: June 26, 1896
Died: November 17, 1977
in New York City, New York, USA

Movies for Zena Keefe...

Trouping with Ellen
Title: Trouping with Ellen
Character: Mabel Llewellyn
Released: October 5, 1924
Type: Movie
Ellen Llewellyn is a chorus girl who is loved by orchestra leader Andy Owens, a genuinely nice guy. When Ellen meets the aristocratic Tony Winterslip, she's impressed by his family tree and vast wealth. When Winterslip's car breaks down during a rainstorm, Ellen gets drenched and contracts pneumonia. It takes much persuasion, but finally Ellen agrees to recuperate at the Winterslip country home.
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Another Man's Wife
Title: Another Man's Wife
Character: Dancer
Released: September 7, 1924
Type: Movie
Vengeful husband pursues, kidnaps his wife aboard a deserted ship when he becomes injured and taken aboard, then sinks in a collision following a fight with the captain for his wife. Stars real life husband-wife James Kirkwood, Lila Lee.
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None So Blind
Title: None So Blind
Released: February 19, 1923
Type: Movie
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Proxies
Title: Proxies
Character: Clare Conway
Released: May 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Carlotta Darley (Dean) is engaged to Homer Carleton (Crosby), but regrets that Homer is not as tall and handsome as the butler Peter (Kerry).
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Out of the Snows
Title: Out of the Snows
Character: Anitah
Released: August 23, 1920
Type: Movie
Robert Holliday, a member of the North West Mounted Police, is betrothed to Ruth Hardy, an orphaned seminary student. On the eve of her marriage, Ruth learns from John Blakeman that he and her father had been partners in the fur smuggling business until Hardy was killed by Robert during a shootout. Shaken by this revelation, Ruth sends Robert a goodbye note and leaves with Blakeman for a trading post at Sampson's Pass.
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Piccadilly Jim
Title: Piccadilly Jim
Character: Anne Chester
Released: November 1, 1919
Type: Movie
American newspaper reporter Jim Crocker's madcap escapades in London earn him notoriety and the nickname "Piccadilly Jim." When he overhears his American cousin by marriage, Ann Chester, giving her candid opinion of him, he decides to return to America to try to reform. He meets Ann on the boat, using another name. Unable to find work in New York, he goes to his step aunt Mrs. Peter Pett's home to be near Ann. Jim then helps Ann kidnap pampered cousin Ogden Pett whose overindulgence has created disruption in the household.
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Oh Boy!
Title: Oh Boy!
Character: Jackie Sampson
Released: June 22, 1919
Type: Movie
Oh Boy! 1919 film
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Enlighten Thy Daughter
Title: Enlighten Thy Daughter
Character: Lillian Stevens
Released: January 28, 1917
Type: Movie
Lillian Stevens was raised without care, attention, or education on the ways of the world. When she becomes pregnant by the reckless Harold Winthrop, her mother takes her to an abortionist. Harold then falls for Ruth Stevens, raised by an attentive and loving mother, who is not so easily taken advantage of.
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Perils of Our Girl Reporters
Title: Perils of Our Girl Reporters
Released: December 28, 1916
Type: Movie
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The Rail Rider
Title: The Rail Rider
Character: Mildred Barker
Released: August 21, 1916
Type: Movie
The Rail Rider is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring House Peters, Bertram Marburgh, and Henry West.
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La Vie de Bohème
Title: La Vie de Bohème
Character: Musette
Released: June 18, 1916
Type: Movie
Mimi, an orphan, is taken in by a drunken innkeeper and becomes a domestic. She meets Rudolphe, scion of a well-to-do family, who rescues her from the unwanted advances of a drunken hotel guest. They fall madly in love, but Rudolphe's uncle, M. Durandin, wants Rudolphe to marry a family friend, Madame de Rouvre, and writes Mimi a letter, telling her that she is ruining Rudolphe's life. Musette and Marcel, friends of Mimi, also try to break up the romance by introducing Mimi to other men, and Rudolphe becomes jealous and leaves her. Brokenhearted, Mimi declines in health and eventually throws herself into the river but is rescued and taken to the hospital. Realizing it is only a matter of time before she dies, she drags herself back to the room where she and Rudolphe were happiest. Rudolphe is there and she dies knowing that he loves her.
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The Hero of Submarine D-2
Title: The Hero of Submarine D-2
Character: Ethel McMasters
Released: March 13, 1916
Type: Movie
Lieutenant Commander Colton, U.S.N., is in love with Caroline Austen, daughter of a prominent political power in Washington. Colton has a rival in James Archer, a journalist of prominence, unscrupulous and secretly in league with the Ruanian Ambassador, who is endeavoring to obtain for his country inside information as to the United States naval resources.
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Cutey Plays Detective
Title: Cutey Plays Detective
Character: Alys Trevor - the Daughter
Released: May 27, 1913
Type: Movie
Seeing Cutey play the part of a maid of all work at a college play, Alys Trevor seeks an introduction to him and they soon become good friends. She takes him with her to present him to her mother, whom she finds talking to a stranger, Lord Goodbluff. Mama does not seem very pleased to meet Cutey. Later Cutey calls at the Trevor house to see Alys and meets Goodbluff there, who soon quarrels with him. Mrs. Trevor, entering in the midst of the dispute, requests Cutey to leave the house and apologizes to Goodbluff for the young man's behavior. Then she sends a note to Cutey, telling him that her daughter is no longer free to receive his calls. By a strange occurrence, Cutey's suspicions of Goodbluff are aroused and he determines to watch him. Noticing an advertisement in the paper for a maid of all work, inserted by Mrs. Trevor, he obtains the necessary disguise and applies for the position, which he gets.
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The Awakening of Bianca
Title: The Awakening of Bianca
Character: Bianca
Released: December 7, 1912
Type: Movie
Angelo and his daughter Bianca are poor Italian immigrants. They sell fruit and vegetables on the street with the help of Nicola, who is in love with Bianca. To Nicola's dismay, a flirtatious barber by the name of Guiseppe begins to attract Bianca's attention. What Bianca does not realize is that Guiseppe is only interested in her hair, which a wig maker is willing to pay a considerable sum for. When Angelo falls ill and they find themselves without money for food or medicine, Bianca is left with little choice. - Harpodeon
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The Mills of the Gods
Title: The Mills of the Gods
Character: Maria, Giulia's Sister
Released: November 4, 1912
Type: Movie
A silent crime film in which the wealthy landowner Lorenzo, who has been taunting poor Miguel and his family for years, eventually gets his comeuppance.
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Tommy's Sister
Title: Tommy's Sister
Character: Polly Morgan - Tommy's Sister
Released: September 2, 1912
Type: Movie
Left with two small children, Mrs. Morgan finds it difficult to make both ends meet. Polly, her daughter, does the housework. Tommy is looking for a situation to help his mother. He applies for one in the office of Hervey and Porter, real estate, etc. Porter refuses him because he has had but little experience, but Jack Hervey, touched by the boy's earnestness and hard story, takes him on.
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The Cross Roads
Title: The Cross Roads
Character: Charity Hale
Released: August 6, 1912
Type: Movie
A melodrama about a girl who has to marry the landlord in order to save her parents’ home.
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At the Eleventh Hour
Title: At the Eleventh Hour
Character: Mrs. Richards
Released: August 6, 1912
Type: Movie
Much ado about a necklace - short film based on the story "The String of Pearls"
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The Black Sheep
Title: The Black Sheep
Character: Clara Moreland as an Adult
Released: July 19, 1912
Type: Movie
You would think that the death of his wife through his dissipation and neglect would have brought Jack Moreland to his senses. Instead he is more dissipated, and deserts his child, Clara, who is taken by her uncle, Harold Moreland, and brought up in ignorance of her father's existence.
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The Gamblers
Title: The Gamblers
Character: Beatrice Langton
Released: June 22, 1912
Type: Movie
Mrs. Travers, a society leader, is madly in love with Arthur Ingraham, a rising diplomat. Arthur is not in love with her and avoids her advances. He is in love with Beatrice Langton, a young debutante, to whom he becomes engaged. Mrs. Travers is furious.
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The Spider's Web
Title: The Spider's Web
Released: May 14, 1912
Type: Movie
American horror crime movie from 1912.
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The Hieroglyphic
Title: The Hieroglyphic
Character: Mary
Released: May 4, 1912
Type: Movie
Peter Barton leaves his wealth to his niece, Mary, disinheriting his dissipated son, Edgar, who steals the will. Jack Smart, a rascal, an associate of Edgar's, keeps close watch upon him. At the point of a revolver he compels Edgar to surrender the will to him. Mary, the niece, is obliged to go to work, takes a position as a reporter, and meets Tom Swayne, who falls in love with her. Tom sees Jack Smart in a restaurant, and after the villain leaves, Tom picks up a menu card, upon which Smart has written some hieroglyphics. Mary shows him an envelope which she picked up in her uncle's room, where Smart took the will from Edgar, after he had stolen it. Tom compares it and the hieroglyphics on it with those on the menu card. They are the same.
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The Pink Pajama Girl
Title: The Pink Pajama Girl
Character: Cecilia Wentworth
Released: April 26, 1912
Type: Movie
Mrs. Wentworth and her daughter Cecile are living at one of the fashionable hotels in the city. James Davidson, who is engaged to Cecile, has agreed to join a theater party with them. At the last minute he sends word that business will detain him and he will be unable to go. Cecile is inconsolable and refuses to go to the theater with the rest of the party. She is so upset over the disappointment she gets a severe headache and decides to retire. In her pink pajamas she is about to go to bed when she decides to write "Jamsie," giving him to understand she is not at all pleased with his conduct. She sneaks out into the hall, puts her letter in the drop and hastens back to her rooms, to find the door has sprung locked.
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Captain Jenks' Diplomacy
Title: Captain Jenks' Diplomacy
Character: The Nurse
Released: April 13, 1912
Type: Movie
Sir Brian, an irascible old gentleman, who suffers from gout, receives a note saying his son Gerald is very ill at college, and asking him to come to Dublin. He is too ill to go so he gets his friend, Captain Jenks, to go instead of him. Jenks finds Gerald being nursed by a pretty girl and soon discovers that Gerald is in love with her.
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The Struggle
Title: The Struggle
Character: Olive Peyton - Howard's Wife
Released: February 19, 1912
Type: Movie
Howard Peyton served two years for forgery. Jerry Grafton, a genteel crook, is on the lookout for him when Howard comes out of prison. He is met at the jail door by his young wife. Jerry also meets him and offers him help, but urged on by his wife, Howard refuses it. When they reach home, his wife, who has a little money, induces him to go to New York and start life anew, and send, for her when he has a position. In New York, he manages to obtain a position in the office of Arthur Jamieson, an importer. Howard sends for his wife to join him. While he is waiting, Grafton finds him and insists that he forge his employer's name, or he will expose his past offense. Naturally weak, Howard yields.
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Father and Son
Title: Father and Son
Released: January 15, 1912
Type: Movie
A Chinese man cares for the orphan of a dying woman who stumbles into his laundry.
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The Mate of the 'John M'
Title: The Mate of the 'John M'
Character: The Captain's Daughter
Released: October 4, 1911
Type: Movie
Jim, the mate of the ship "John M.," is in love with Mandy, the daughter of Captain Dale. Before she leaves for boarding school, she hurries to the ship to say good-bye to it, her father and Jim. Six years have now passed, and Mandy has grown to a big and handsome girl. As Captain Dale is going to make another trip, Mandy asks him if she cannot go along. Mandy's school chum's brother wishes to go also, and the Captain gives his consent. Jim grows a little jealous at the young man's presence on board.