Isabelle Keith (born Isobel Keep; May 27, 1898 – July 20, 1979) was an American actress.
Keith was born Isobel Keep on May 27, 1898, in Nebraska. She initially was billed under her birth name, but she changed her professional name to Isabelle Keith after she had a bit part in ''The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'' (1921).
She appeared in 42 films between 1919 and 1936, most of them from the MGM studio, and on two occasions with
Laurel and Hardy. She played the wife of both Laurel and Hardy, in ''
Perfect Day'' and ''
Be Big!
''Be Big!'' is a Hal Roach three-reel comedy starring Laurel and Hardy. It was shot in November and December 1930, and released on February 7, 1931.
Opening intertitles
"Mr. Hardy is a man of great care, caution and discretion –
Mr Laurel is ...
'', respectively.
Keith changed her professional name to Claudelle Kaye for some films, incljuding ''Manhattan Melodrama'' (1934).
Keith married Richard Weil, a writer. When she died on July 20, 1979, she was living in Mill Valley, California, and was known as Isabel K. Fowler.
Partial filmography
* ''No Mother to Guide Him'' (1919, Short) as The Maid - a Household Necessity (as Isabelle Keep)
* ''Hearts and Flowers'' (1919, Short) as Bathing Beauty (uncredited)
* ''Trying to Get Along'' (1919, Short) as Cabaret Girl (uncredited)
* ''Uncle Tom Without a Cabin'' (1919) as Audience Spectator (uncredited) (as Isabelle Keep)
* ''Up in Alf's Place'' (1919) as Bathing Girl (uncredited)
* ''A Lady's Tailor'' (1919, Short) as Dancer (uncredited) (as Isobel Keep)
* ''
The Gingham Girl'' (1920, Short) as The City Aunt's Daughter (as Isabelle Keep)
* ''By Golly!'' (1920, Short) as Society Girl (uncredited) (as Isabelle Keep)
* ''Striking Models'' (1920, Short) (as Isabelle Keep)
* ''
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'' (1921) as German Woman (uncredited)
* ''She Sighed by the Seaside'' (1921, Short) as Bathing Girl (uncredited) (as Isabelle Keep)
* ''
The Desert Flower'' (1925) as Inga Hulverson
* ''
The Greater Glory
''The Greater Glory'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Curt Rehfeld. The film starred Conway Tearle and Boris Karloff. ''The Greater Glory'' is sometimes listed as ''The Viennese Medley'', the title of Edith O'Shaughnessy's no ...
'' (1926) as Anna Birbach, Pauli's Wife
* ''
The Clinging Vine
''The Clinging Vine'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film produced by Cecil B. DeMille and Paul Slone and directed by Sloane. It was distributed by DeMille's Producers Distributing Corporation. '' (1926) as House Guest (uncredited)
* ''
You'd Be Surprised
"You'd Be Surprised" is a song written by Irving Berlin in 1919 which Eddie Cantor interpolated it into Ziegfeld's ''Follies of 1919''. Cantor soon recorded it and it became a major hit. Other popular versions in 1920 were by the All-Star Trio a ...
'' (1926) as Party Guest (uncredited)
* ''
The Night of Love
''The Night of Love'' is a 1927 drama film, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, released by United Artists, and stars Ronald Colman, Vilma Bánky, and Montagu Love. The screenplay by Lenore J. Coffee is based on the play by Pedro Calderón de la Barc ...
'' (1927) as Wedding Banquet Guest (uncredited)
* ''
The King of Kings'' (1927) (uncredited)
* ''
Very Confidential'' (1927) as Adelaide Melbourne
* ''
Her Wild Oat'' (1927) as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
* ''
Riley the Cop
''Riley the Cop'' is a 1928 American comedy film directed by John Ford. It was a silent film with a synchronized music track and sound effects.
Cast
* J. Farrell MacDonald as James "Aloysius" Riley (as Farrell Macdonald)
* Nancy Drexel as Mary ...
'' (1928) as French Woman on Pier (uncredited)
* ''
Anne Against the World
''Anne Against the World'' is a 1929 American drama film directed by Duke Worne and featuring Boris Karloff.''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30'' by The American Film Institute, c.1971
Cast
* Shirley Mason as Anne
* Ja ...
'' (1929) as Teddy
* ''Leaping Love'' (1929, Short) as Betty Haley / Mother
* ''
Perfect Day'' (1929, Short) as Mrs. Laurel
* ''
Barnum Was Right
''Barnum Was Right'' is a 1929 American comedy film directed by Del Lord and starring Glenn Tryon, Merna Kennedy and Basil Radford. Along with the sound version, the film was also released in a silent version for theatres not wired for sound. At ...
'' (1929) as Phoebe O'Dare
* ''
Their Own Desire'' (1929) as Isabelle, Polo Player / Snooty Dinner Guest (uncredited)
* ''
Spring Is Here
"Spring is Here" is a 1938 popular song composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart for the musical ''I Married an Angel'' (1938), where it was introduced by Dennis King and Vivienne Segal.
Rodgers and Hart had previously written a so ...
'' (1930) as Blonde Party Guest with Bess (uncredited)
* ''
Viennese Nights
''Viennese Nights'' is a 1930 American all-talking pre-Code musical operetta film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Alexander Gray, Vivienne Segal, Walter Pidgeon, Jean Hersholt, Bela Lugosi and Louise Fazenda. It was photographed ...
'' (1930) as Franz's Rejected Girlfriend (uncredited)
* ''
Be Big!
''Be Big!'' is a Hal Roach three-reel comedy starring Laurel and Hardy. It was shot in November and December 1930, and released on February 7, 1931.
Opening intertitles
"Mr. Hardy is a man of great care, caution and discretion –
Mr Laurel is ...
'' (1931, Short) as Mrs. Hardy
* ''
Mata Hari
Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod (née Zelle; 7 August 187615 October 1917), better known by the stage name Mata Hari (), was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Germany during World War I. She was executed ...
'' (1931) as Party Guest (uncredited)
* ''-But the Flesh Is Weak'' (1932) as Party Guest (uncredited)
* ''
Rasputin and the Empress
''Rasputin and the Empress'' is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Richard Boleslawski and written by Charles MacArthur. Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), the film is set in Imperial Russia and stars the Barrymore siblings (John, a ...
'' (1932) as Party Girl (uncredited)
* ''
The Barbarian'' (1933) as Train Passenger (uncredited)
* ''
Broadway to Hollywood'' (1933) as Jenny Carter, Girl in Movie Clip (uncredited)
* ''
Dancing Lady
''Dancing Lady'' is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable, and featuring Franchot Tone, Fred Astaire, Robert Benchley, and Ted Healy and His Stooges (who later became The Three Stooges with Curly, ...
'' (1933) as Miss Allen, secretary (uncredited)
* ''
The Women in His Life'' (1933) as Nurse (uncredited)
* ''Air Fright'' (1933, Short) as Passenger (uncredited)
* ''
You Can't Buy Everything
''You Can't Buy Everything'' is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Charles Reisner and Sandy Roth and starring May Robson, Jean Parker and Lewis Stone. It was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Working titles of the film were ...
'' (1934) as Nurse at clinic (uncredited)
* ''
Men in White'' (1934) as Nurse (uncredited)
* ''
Manhattan Melodrama
''Manhattan Melodrama'' is a 1934 American pre-Code crime film, produced by MGM, directed by W. S. Van Dyke, and starring Clark Gable, William Powell, and Myrna Loy. The movie also provided one of Mickey Rooney's earliest film roles. (Rooney ...
'' (1934) as Miss Adams, Jim's secretary (as Claudelle Kaye)
* ''
Stamboul Quest
''Stamboul Quest'' is a 1934 American spy film set in World War I, directed by Sam Wood, starring Myrna Loy and George Brent and featuring Lionel Atwill. The screenplay was written by Herman J. Mankiewicz from a story by Leo Birinski.
Plot
...
'' (1934) as 2nd Nun (uncredited)
* ''
Evelyn Prentice
''Evelyn Prentice'' is a 1934 American crime drama film starring William Powell and Myrna Loy, and featuring Una Merkel and Rosalind Russell in her film debut. The movie was based on the 1933 novel of the same name by W. E. Woodward. Filmed betwe ...
'' (1934) as Prentice's secretary, Miss Meade (uncredited)
* ''
The Gay Bride
''The Gay Bride'' is a 1934 black-and-white gangster screwball comedy starring Carole Lombard as a wisecracking gold-digger and Chester Morris as the poor man she despises. It was directed by Jack Conway and written by the husband-and-wife team ...
'' (1934) as MacPherson's Secretary (uncredited)
* ''
Society Doctor
''Society Doctor'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Robert Taylor, Chester Morris, and Virginia Bruce. It was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was inspired by an unproduced play by Theodo ...
'' (1935) as Nurse (uncredited)
* ''
The Unwelcome Stranger
''The Unwelcome Stranger'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Jack Holt, Mona Barrie, and Ralph Morgan. It was released on April 20, 1935.
Cast list
* Jack Holt as Howard Chamberlain
* Mona Barrie as Madeleine ...
'' (1935) as Mrs. Forbes (uncredited)
* ''
Reckless'' (1935) as Woman in Audience Who Throws Purse (uncredited)
* ''
The Flame Within
''The Flame Within'' is Stream of Passion's second studio album released on May 27, 2009, by Napalm Records. It is the follow-up to their debut album, ''Embrace the Storm''.
It is the first album with guitarists Eric Hazebroek and Stephan Schul ...
'' (1935) as Nurse Carter (as Claudelle Kaye)
* ''
Calm Yourself'' (1935) as Mrs. Gloria Lansell (as Claudelle Kaye)
* ''
Woman Wanted
''Woman Wanted'' is a 1999 film directed by Kiefer Sutherland (later credited as Alan Smithee). It is based on a novel by Joanna Glass, who also wrote the screenplay. It stars Sutherland, Holly Hunter, Michael Moriarty, and Sutherland's mother ...
'' (1935) as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
* ''
Anna Karenina
''Anna Karenina'' ( rus, «Анна Каренина», p=ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever writt ...
'' (1935) as Wife - First Couple (uncredited)
* ''
It's in the Air'' (1935) as Guest at money auction (uncredited)
* ''
Doughnuts and Society'' (1936) as Miss Bradley (as Claudelle Kaye)
* ''
How to Behave'' (1936, Short) as Alfred's Wife, Party Hostess (uncredited)
* ''
Speed
In everyday use and in kinematics, the speed (commonly referred to as ''v'') of an object is the magnitude
Magnitude may refer to:
Mathematics
*Euclidean vector, a quantity defined by both its magnitude and its direction
*Magnitude (ma ...
'' (1936) as Nurse (uncredited)
* ''
Between Two Women'' (1937) as Nurse (uncredited) (final film role)
Trivia
Keith, as Claudelle Kaye, played
William Powell
William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 – March 5, 1984) was an American actor. A major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he was paired with Myrna Loy in 14 films, including the '' Thin Man'' series based on the Nick and Nora Charles characters cr ...
's secretary in ''
Manhattan Melodrama
''Manhattan Melodrama'' is a 1934 American pre-Code crime film, produced by MGM, directed by W. S. Van Dyke, and starring Clark Gable, William Powell, and Myrna Loy. The movie also provided one of Mickey Rooney's earliest film roles. (Rooney ...
,'' the picture
John Dillinger
John Herbert Dillinger (June 22, 1903 – July 22, 1934) was an American gangster during the Great Depression. He led the Dillinger Gang, which was accused of robbing 24 banks and four police stations. Dillinger was imprisoned several times an ...
watched in Chicago's
Biograph Theater
The Biograph Theater on Lincoln Avenue in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, was originally a movie theater but now presents live productions. It gained early notoriety as the location where bank robber John Dillinger was ...
just before walking out into the FBI's fatal ambuscade in July 1934.
References
External links
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1898 births
1979 deaths
American film actresses
American silent film actresses
20th-century American actresses
Actresses from New York City