Enid Markey Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Enid Markey (February 22, 1894, Dillon, Colorado – November 15, 1981, Bay Shore, New York) was an American actress of stage, film and television. She originated the role of Jane in films, playing the character twice - in 1918 (Tarzan of The Apes; The Romance of Tarzan).Her first film role was in The Fortunes of War (1911). 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.
Net Worth
$1.7 Million
Date Of Birth
1894-02-22
Died
1981-11-15
Place Of Birth
Colorado, USA
Occupation
Actress
Profession
Actress
Nicknames
Enid Markey, Markey, Enid
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Fact
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Performed on radio in the CBS serial "Woman of Courage", in "Grand Central Station" and "Theatre Guild of the Air".
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Had a successful career on the stage, after being hired by the New York-based producer A.H. Woods in 1920. Her first part was in the farce "Up in Mabel's Room". While in New York, she and her mother lived at the Algonquin Hotel.
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Said she left films because "I was tired of making faces, I wanted to learn how to act."
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In a career on stage, screen, and television covering more than six decades, actress Enid Markey is probably best known for two roles almost fifty years apart: The original Jane Porter in the first-ever Tarzan film (1918's "Tarzan of the Apes," opposite Elmo Lincoln's Tarzan) and in the recurring role of Mrs. Mendlebright on "The Andy Griffith Show" in the 1960s.
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After a long absence, she returned to 60s TV as one of two doting aunts (the other was Doro Merande) on the short-lived "Bringing Up Buddy" sitcom.
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Left the screen in the early 20s to focus on the theatre.
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Played sweet, innocent young things in silent features but will always be remembered for portraying the screen's first "Jane" in the Tarzan movies, only four years after Edgar Rice Burroughs published the story.
