11 Facts About Doris Keane

Doris Keane was an American actress, primarily in live theatre.

Doris Keane was educated privately in Chicago, New York, Paris, and Rome and at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Doris Keane's leading man in this long-running play was William Courtenay, who played the part of a priest.

Doris Keane played this part in the United States and Europe for the next five years and returned in revivals regularly during the 1920s.

Doris Keane played the role of Roxana Clayton opposite Basil Sydney.

Doris Keane played Catherine the Great in Czarina in 1922 after Sheldon had revised the play especially for her.

Doris Keane married Basil Sydney, 13 years her junior, in 1918; they divorced in 1925.

Doris Keane had one child, Ronda Keane, born in Cannes, France in 1915.

Doris Keane was an avid reader, leaving behind an extensive library, including The Upanishads.

Doris Keane was a favorite subject for artists of the day, among them the sculptor Jacob Epstein and the portraitist De Laszlo.

On November 25,1945, Doris Keane died of cancer in New York City at the LeRoy Sanitarium.