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Enid Markey Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

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Born:
1894-02-22

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Credits:
44 Total Roles

Enid Markey

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Biography

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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. 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

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
1968 The Boston Strangler MOVIE Edna
1968 The Love Song of Barney Kempinski MOVIE Emily
1964 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. TV Self
1961 The Defenders TV Elspeth Clarendon
1960 Bringing Up Buddy TV Aunt Violet Flower
1960 The Andy Griffith Show TV Mrs. Mendelbright
1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV Cecelia Smithson
1952 Omnibus TV Self
1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars TV Caroline Webster
1951 The Dagmar Story MOVIE Ma Lewis

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