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American actress and vaudeville performer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hilda Keenan (November 1891 – August 20, 1940) was an American actress and vaudeville performer, part of a family of actors including her father Frank Keenan, her husband Ed Wynn, and her son Keenan Wynn.
Hilda Keenan | |
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Born | November 1891 New York City, U.S. |
Died | August 20, 1940 (age 48) New York City, U.S. |
Education | Wellesley College |
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Years active | 1911–1940 |
Spouse | |
Children | Keenan Wynn |
Father | Frank Keenan |
Hilda Keenan was the daughter of actor Frank Keenan and New Brunswick-born Katherine Agnes Long Keenan.[1] Her older sister Frances was also an actress. Keenan attended Wellesley College.[2]
Keenan was in vaudeville with a one-act sketch called Sarah in 1911.[3] She appeared in the plays The Heights (1911),[4] The Road to Arcady (1912),[5] Within the Law and The Salamander.[6] In Within the Law, she co-starred with Margaret Illington;[7] one critic commented that "Hilda Keenan's Agnes Lynch, a blackmailer, is noticeably excellent, and makes an engaging characterization of a rôle which ordinarily would scarcely win our friendly feelings."[8]
Keenan was married to actor Ed Wynn from 1914[9] until their protracted, widely publicized[10] and rancorous[11][12] divorce in 1937.[13] They had a son, actor Keenan Wynn.[14] Hilda Keenan died in New York in 1940, aged 48 years,[2] after years of mental illness including alcoholism.[15][16]
Her grandson Tracy Keenan Wynn is a screenwriter[17] and her great-granddaughter Jessica Keenan Wynn is an actress.
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