Zoe Rae | |
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Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | July 13, 1910
Died | May 20, 2006 95) Newberg, Oregon, U.S. | (aged
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1915–1920 |
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]
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