
Enid Markey
From Wikipedia 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.
Acting
- 1964Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.1 ep.
- 1961The DefendersElspeth Clarendon1 ep.
- 1960Bringing Up BuddyAunt Violet Flower36 ep.
- 1952Omnibus1 ep.
- 1950Lux Video TheatreMother2 ep.
- 1948The Philco Television Playhouse2 ep.
Guest appearances
- 1966Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.1 ep.
- 1963The Andy Griffith ShowMrs. Mendelbright1 ep.
- 1962The DefendersElspeth Clarendon1 ep.
- 1956Omnibus1 ep.
- 1956Alfred Hitchcock PresentsCecelia Smithson1 ep.
- 1951The Philco Television Playhouse2 ep.
- 1951Lux Video TheatreMother2 ep.
- 1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsCaroline Webster1 ep.
- 1951Studio One1 ep.