Hazel Keener

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Hazel Keener (around 1925, photography by Albert Witzel)

Hazel Keener (born October 22, 1904 in Fairbury , Illinois , † August 7, 1979 in Pacific Grove , California ) was an American actress who had the peak of her career in the silent film era .

Life

Hazel Keener grew up in Davenport and began her career as a participant in beauty pageants. She won a nationwide Chicago Tribune competition and was voted Miss Hollywood by the Motion Picture Capitol in 1923 after moving to California . The year before, Keener made her film debut in Der Klub der Unterirdischen . In 1924 she was named one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars who were predicted to have a great film career.

Hazel Keener's film roles in the early years of her career included appearances in westerns , in which she mostly played the partner of the leading actor. Keener had important roles outside of this genre, including as a college beauty in the comedy The Sports Student with Harold Lloyd in 1925 .

With the advent of talkies, Hazel Keener's career declined. In the following years she was only in small supporting or extra roles in numerous films such as Frisco-Express , Courageous Women , Dr. See Wassell's Escape from Java or The Unknown Beloved . Most of the time her name was not mentioned in the credits. Keener had her last acting appearance in 1966 in an episode of the television series Race with Death . Then she withdrew into private life.

Hazel Keener died of a heart attack in Pacific Grove on August 7, 1979, at the age of 74 . She was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Hazel Keener  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Peterborough K: Hazel Keener. In: Find a Grave . October 3, 2018, accessed on March 20, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Keener, Hazel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Fairbury , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH 7th August 1979
Place of death Pacific Grove , California