Doris Keane

Doris Keane: Doris Keane

Basil Sydney and Doris Keane as Romeo and Juliet.

Born Doris Keane
December 12, 1881(1881-12-12)
Michigan, USA

Died November 25, 1945(1945-11-25) (aged 63)
New York, USA

Occupation Actress

Years active 1903 -1925

Spouse Basil Sydney (1918-1925) (divorced)

Doris Keane(1881-1945) was an American actress.

She was born in the USA but educated largely in Europe^[1].

Her first professional role was in Whitewashing Julia in 1903. This was a small role but she went on to play leading roles in The Happy Marriage in 1909 and The Lights o' London in 1911^[1].

In 1913, she played Margherita Cavallini in Edward Sheldon's Romance. Her leading man in this long running play was William Courtenay who played the part of a priest. Sheldon had originally offered the male lead to his friend John Barrymore. Barrymore turned it down preferring to still do comedies. Sheldon reportedly fell in love with her and yearned for her all his life. She played this part in America and Europe for the next five years and returned in revivals regularly during the 1920s. In 1920, she made a silent film of Romance distributed by the then newly formed United Artists. Her male lead in the film was Norman Trevor. She also played Catherine the Great in Czarina in 1922 after Sheldon had revised the play especially for her^[1].

She married the much younger actor Basil Sydney in 1918; they divorced in 1925^[2]. She had one child, a daughter Ronda, from a previous relationship before her marriage to Basil Sydney. Ronda married a man by the name of Munschenheim. Keane died in 1945 and was cremated.

External links

Doris Keane at Internet Movie Database

Doris Keane at the Internet Broadway Database

Doris Keane photo at NYP Library

Doris Keane portrait at the Univ of Louisville, Macauley's Theatre collection

Doris Keane and Jacob Ben-Ami in 1924 portrait

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Answers.com

^ Doris Keane at the Internet Movie Database

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Name Keane,Doris

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Date of birth 1881-12-12

Place of birth Michigan, USA

Date of death 1945-11-25

Place of death New York, USA

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Doris Keane
Basil Sydney and Doris Keane as Romeo and Juliet.
Born	Doris Keane December 12, 1881(1881-12-12) Michigan, USA
Died	November 25, 1945(1945-11-25) (aged 63) New York, USA
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1903 -1925
Spouse	Basil Sydney (1918-1925) (divorced)

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Name	Keane,Doris
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1881-12-12
Place of birth	Michigan, USA
Date of death	1945-11-25
Place of death	New York, USA

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