Zoe Rae (born Zoë Rae Bech; July 13, 1910 – May 20, 2006) was an American child actress of the silent era.[1][2][3] She appeared in 54 films between 1915 and 1920. She was called "the greatest little emotional actress on record" by Motion Picture Magazine.[4]
Zoe Rae | |
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 Zoe Rae in The Silent Lady (1917) | |
| Born | July 13, 1910 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | May 20, 2006 (aged 95) Newberg, Oregon, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1915–1920 |
When she was ten, her father decided she could not make more movies until she had finished schooling. After college, she tried screenwriting and opened her a dance studio in Hollywood She would marry fellow dancer Ronald Foster Barlow in the early 1930s.[4]
Selected filmography
edit- The Canceled Mortgage (1915)
- Bettina Loved a Soldier (1916)
- Naked Hearts (1916)
- The Bugler of Algiers (1916)
- A Kentucky Cinderella (1917)
- The Silent Lady (1917)
- The Cricket (1917)
- Heart Strings (1917)
- The Circus of Life (1917)
- My Little Boy (1917)
- The Little Pirate (1917)
- Polly Put the Kettle On (1917)
- The Magic Eye (1918)
- The Star Prince (1918)
- Ace of the Saddle (1919)
References
edit- ^ Davis, Lon (June 16, 2006). "Zoe Rae". The Independent. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
- ^ III, Harris M. Lentz (October 24, 2008). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2006: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. ISBN 9780786452118. Retrieved May 2, 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ Lowe, Denise (January 27, 2014). An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930. Routledge. ISBN 9781317718970. Retrieved May 2, 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Zoe Rae: Child Star of the 1910s" by Lon Davis. The Independent. April 1, 2009. Accessed April 22, 2021.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zoe Rae.
- Zoe Rae at IMDb
- "Zoe Rae, Found and Lost" — Lon Davis, Silents Are Golden