Zena Keefe

Keefe was born on June 26, 1896,^[2] in San Francisco, California.^[3] Her parents were James P. Keefe and Allie Turbiville Keefe. When Keefe was three years old, she appeared in a production of Brownies in Fairyland. She was educated at a convent in San Francisco until she and her parents moved to New York.^[2]

For three seasons, Keefe portrayed Little Mother in a touring production of The Fatal Wedding. She left the theater to appear in films with Vitagraph, but after less than a year with that company she began performing as a featured attraction in Keith Vaudeville. Late in 1914, she went back to Vitagraph.^[2]

Keefe's film debut in short films occurred in 1911.^[4] By 1916, she was playing a substantial role in films including Her Maternal Right, and leading roles in films like Enlighten Thy Daughter (1917). She continued to appear in at least a few movies every year, until her final appearance in Trouping with Ellen in 1924.

Keefe's work in films included the serial The Perils of Girl Reporters.^[5] Studios for which she worked included Selznick Pictures.^[6]

Keefe married William M. Brownell.^{[citation needed]}

Keefe died on November 16, 1977, in Danvers, Massachusetts.^{[citation needed]}

• Mills of the Gods (1912) as Maria, Giulia's sister
• Her Choice (1912) as Edith, the poor niece
• The Hero of Submarine D-2 (1916) as Ethel McMasters
• Her Maternal Right (1916) as Mary Winslow
• La Bohème (1916) as Musette
• Caprice of the Mountains (1916)
• Little Miss Happiness (1916) as Sadie Allen
• The Rail Rider (1916) as Mildred Barker
• Perils of Our Girl Reporters (1916)
• Enlighten Thy Daughter (1917) as Lillian Stevens^[7]
• The Challenge Accepted (1918)
• An Amateur Widow (1919)
• Piccadilly Jim (1919) as Ann Chester
• The Woman God Sent (1920)
• His Wife's Money (1920)
• Out of the Snows (1920)
• Red Foam (1920)
• Marooned Hearts (1920) as Marion Ainsworth
• Proxies (1921) as Clare Conway
• After Midnight (1921) as Mrs. Phillips
• The Broken Silence (1922)
• The Broken Violin (1923) as Governess
• None So Blind (1923)
• Trouping with Ellen (1924) as Mabel Llewellyn
• Who's Cheating? (1924) as Myrtle Meers
• Another Man's Wife (1924) as Dancer