Teri Keane
Keane in 1949
Born
Teri Louisa Keane

(1925-10-24)October 24, 1925
Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
DiedNovember 17, 2022(2022-11-17) (aged 97)
OccupationActress
Known forRadio soap operas
Spouse
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(m. 1950; div. 1961)​
Children1

Teri Louisa Keane (October 24, 1925 – November 17, 2022) was an American actress known for her work in the era of old-time radio. She was reported to have "appeared in more than 100 dramatic roles in radio and television."[1] For a twelve-year period, from Oct 1963 to April 4, 1975, she played Martha Spears Marceau, the wife of police chief Bill Marceau on the CBS-TV daytime drama The Edge of Night.

Early years

Teri Keane and John Larkin, 1950
Teri Keane and her daughter in 1954

Keane was born in Manhattan.[2] Her father was a newspaperman,[3] at one time an editor of The New York Globe,[4] and her mother was "the leading coloratura" at the Hungarian Royal Opera House in Budapest,[5] who later became a professor of music at Wittenberg College.[4] She attended the Professional Children's School in Manhattan.[6]

Keane's acting career began when she was 9 years old. "By the time I was 19," she told a reporter for a story in the November 1954 issue of TV-Radio Mirror, "I had played dramatic roles in five Broadway shows and was already a radio veteran."[7]

Radio

Keane's roles on radio programs included those shown in the table below among others.

Program Role
Big Sister Hope Melton Evans[8]
Life Can Be Beautiful Chichi[9]
Marriage for Two Vikki[10]
Mystery Without Murder Secretary [8]: 251 
Road of Life Jocelyn Brent[11]
The Romance of Helen Trent Carol Bancroft[5]
The Second Mrs. Burton Terry Burton[11]

Keane was also a member of the casts of Mr. Mercury,[12]: 454  Just Plain Bill,[12]: 359 , and Somerset Maugham Theater.[12] In the 1970s, she was heard on CBS Radio Mystery Theater.[13]

Stage

Keane's Broadway credits include Hairpin Harmony, The Vagabond King,[14] Swing Your Lady, and What a Life.[3]

Television

Cast photo from the daytime drama One Life to Live. Back, from left: Julie Montgomery, Farley Granger. Front, from left: Jameson Parker, Teri Keane.

Keane's roles on television programs included those shown in the table below.

Program Role
The Edge of Night Martha Spears Marceau[15]
One Life to Live Naomi Vernon[16]
Loving Rose Donovan #1

Keane also appeared on Young Doctor Malone (1963), Kitty Foyle (1958), The Inner Flame (1955), The Road of Life (1954), All My Children (1979), Ryan’s Hope (1985), Guiding Light (1957, 1988), Search for Tomorrow (1956, 1980), As the World Turns (1961-1963),[16] and American Inventory.[17]

Personal life and death

Keane married radio and television actor John Larkin on June 10, 1950, in Englewood, New Jersey.[18] They had a daughter, Sharon, born March 5, 1951.[2]

Keane died on November 17, 2022, at the age of 97.[19]

References

  1. ^ "Very Dramatic". Simpson's Leader-Times. Pennsylvania, Kittanning. May 10, 1971. p. 15. Retrieved June 20, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ a b "Life is so Beautiful!". Radio-TV Mirror. 37 (5): 34–35, 80+81. April 1952. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Serial Queen's Career Began at 9". Long Beach Independent. California, Long Beach. October 16, 1949. p. 84. Retrieved June 19, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ a b "Teri Keane". Radio-TV Mirror. 37 (3): 62. February 1952. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  5. ^ a b "(photograph caption)". The Lincoln Star. Nebraska, Lincoln. July 4, 1948. p. 24. Retrieved June 19, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ Gerhard, Inez (July 6, 1950). "Star Dust". Shiner Gazette. Texas, Shiner. p. 8. Retrieved June 20, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ^ Temple, Mary (November 1954). "the Joy of Sharing". TV Radio Mirror. 42 (6): 64–65, 69–71. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  8. ^ a b Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-4513-4. P. 40.
  9. ^ "(photo caption)". The Zanesville Signal. Ohio, Zanesville. January 30, 1949. p. 25. Retrieved June 19, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  10. ^ "Kraft Buys NBC Time For Daytime Serial" (PDF). Radio Daily. September 23, 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  11. ^ a b DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-2834-2. P. 148.
  12. ^ a b c Sies, Luther F. (2014). Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960, 2nd Edition. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-5149-4. P. 626.
  13. ^ "CBS Mystery Theater". Santa Ana Register. California, Santa Ana. December 4, 1975. p. 26. Retrieved June 20, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  14. ^ "(Teri Keane search)". Playbill Vault. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  15. ^ "Ask TV Scout". The News-Herald. Pennsylvania, Franklin. January 9, 1970. p. 10. Retrieved June 20, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.Roe Open access icon
  16. ^ a b Pappas, Leona (July 17, 1976). "SA story going to Mexico". San Antonio Express. Texas, San Antonio. p. 20. Retrieved June 20, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  17. ^ "Student Volunteers". The Bridgeport Telegram. Connecticut, Bridgeport. January 9, 1955. p. 26. Retrieved June 20, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  18. ^ "Soap Opera Heroine And Hero Marry". Valley Morning Star. Texas, Harlingen. United Press. June 11, 1950. p. 3. Retrieved June 19, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  19. ^ "Special Issue 2023". SAG-AFTRA Magazine. p. 87. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

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