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Enid Markey
Actor

Enid Markey

22 Feb 1894Born
15 Nov 1981Died
87Age at death
43Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia

Enid Markey was born in Dillon, Colorado. Her first film role was in The Fortunes of War (1911). During the production of The Wrath of the Gods (1914), Markey, a "leading lady with the New York Motion Picture Company", was "badly injured" during the production.

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During her scene in which the lava flow destroys the village she was surrounded by smoke and fumes and nearly asphyxiated, but had recovered by May 1914.

Her last appearance was in The Boston Strangler (1968).

During the 1950s and 1960s she appeared in several television guest-starring roles, including The Andy Griffith Show as Barney Fife's landlady, and an episode of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., as Grandma Pyle.

In the 1960-1961 season, Markey was cast as Aunt Violet Flower in CBS's Bringing Up Buddy, co-starring Frank Aletter and Doro Merande.

Markey and Merando played spinster aunts who provide a home for their bachelor nephew stockbroker, Buddy Flower, played by Aletter.

She died in Bay Shore, New York, aged 87.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 1968The Boston StranglerFilm: Edna
  2. 1968The Love Song of Barney KempinskiFilm: Emily
  3. 1964Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.Series (1 episode)
  4. 1961The DefendersSeries: Elspeth Clarendon (1 episode)
  5. 1960Bringing Up BuddySeries: Aunt Violet Flower (36 episodes)
  6. 1960The Andy Griffith ShowSeries: Mrs. Mendelbright (1 episode)
  7. 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries: Cecelia Smithson (1 episode)
  8. 1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeries: Caroline Webster (1 episode)
  9. 1951The Dagmar StoryFilm: Ma Lewis
  10. 1950Lux Video TheatreSeries: Mother (2 episodes)
  11. 1949Take One False StepFilm: Clara (uncredited)
  12. 1948Studio OneSeries (1 episode)
  13. 1948The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries (2 episodes)
  14. 1948The Naked CityFilm: Mrs. Hylton
  15. 1945SnafuFilm: Aunt Emily
  16. 1920Sink or SwimFilm: Princess Alexia
  17. 1918The Romance of TarzanFilm: Jane
  18. 1918Mother, I Need YouFilm: Eva Stanley
  19. 1918A Lion of the HillsFilm
  20. 1918Six-Shooter AndyFilm: Susan Allenby
  21. 1918Tarzan of the ApesFilm: Jane Porter
  22. 1918Cheating the PublicFilm: Mary Garvin
  23. 1917The Curse of EveFilm: Eva Stanley
  24. 1917The Yankee WayFilm: Princess Alexia
  25. 1916The Devil's DoubleFilm: Naomi Tarleton
  26. 1916Shell 43Film: Adrienne von Altman
  27. 1916The Captive GodFilm: Lolomi
  28. 1916CivilizationFilm: Katheryn Haldemann
  29. 1916Between MenFilm: Lina Hampdon
  30. 1915The DespoilerFilm: Sylvia Damien
  31. 1915Aloha OeFilm: Kalaniweo
  32. 1915The Iron StrainFilm: Octavia Van Ness
  33. 1915The Darkening TrailFilm: Ruby McGraw
  34. 1915The Cup of LifeFilm: Ruth Fiske
  35. 1915The Taking of Luke McVaneFilm: Mercedes
  36. 1915The RoughneckFilm: Avis Hilliard
  37. 1915In the Tennessee HillsFilm: Millie James
  38. 1914Tillie's Punctured RomanceFilm: Country Girl in 'A Thief's Fate' (uncredited)
  39. 1914The City of DarknessFilm: The Governor's Sister
  40. 1914From Out of the DregsFilm: Nell Durand
  41. 1913The Buried PastFilm
  42. 1913The Days of '49Film: Eva
  43. 1912When Lee SurrendersFilm

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