Zoe Rae

Zoe Rae
Zoe Rae in The Silent Lady (1917)
Born(1910-07-13)July 13, 1910
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedMay 20, 2006(2006-05-20) (aged 95)
Newberg, Oregon, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1915–1920

Zoe Rae (born Zoë Rae Bech; July 13, 1910 – May 20, 2006) was an American child actress of the silent era.[1][2][3] She appeared in 54 films between 1915 and 1920. She was called "the greatest little emotional actress on record" by Motion Picture Magazine.[4]

When she was ten, her father decided she could not make more movies until she had finished schooling. After college, she tried screenwriting and opened her a dance studio in Hollywood She would marry fellow dancer Ronald Foster Barlow in the early 1930s.[4]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ Davis, Lon (June 16, 2006). "Zoe Rae". The Independent. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  2. ^ III, Harris M. Lentz (October 24, 2008). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2006: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. ISBN 9780786452118. Retrieved May 2, 2019 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Lowe, Denise (January 27, 2014). An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930. Routledge. ISBN 9781317718970. Retrieved May 2, 2019 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ a b "Zoe Rae: Child Star of the 1910s" by Lon Davis. The Independent. April 1, 2009. Accessed April 22, 2021.
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