Teri Louisa Keane (October 24, 1925 – November 17, 2022) was an American actress known for her work in the era of old-time radio. She was reported to have "appeared in more than 100 dramatic roles in radio and television." For a twelve-year period, from Oct 1963 to April 4, 1975, she played Martha Spears Marceau, the wife of police chief Bill Marceau on the CBS-TV daytime drama The Edge of Night.
Early years
Keane was born in Manhattan. Her father was a newspaperman, at one time an editor of The New York Globe, and her mother was "the leading coloratura" at the Hungarian Royal Opera House in Budapest, who later became a professor of music at Wittenberg College. She attended the Professional Children's School in Manhattan.
Keane's acting career began when she was 9 years old. "By the time I was 19," she told a reporter for a story in the November 1954 issue of TV-Radio Mirror, "I had played dramatic roles in five Broadway shows and was already a radio veteran."
Radio Keane's roles on radio programs included those shown in the table below among others. Program Role Big Sister Hope Melton EvansTerrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 40. Life Can Be Beautiful Chichi Marriage for Two Vikki Mystery Without Murder Secretary Road of Life Jocelyn BrentDeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 148. The Romance of Helen Trent Carol Bancroft The Second Mrs. Burton Terry Burton
Keane was also a member of the casts of Mr. Mercury, Just Plain Bill,, and Somerset Maugham Theater.Sies, Luther F. (2014). Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960, 2nd Edition. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 626. In the 1970s, she was heard on CBS Radio Mystery Theater.
Stage Keane's Broadway credits include Hairpin Harmony, The Vagabond King, Swing Your Lady, and What a Life.
Television
Keane's roles on television programs included those shown in the table below. Program Role The Edge of Night Martha Spears MarceauRoe One Life to Live Naomi Vernon Loving Rose Donovan #1
Keane also appeared on Young Doctor Malone (1963), Kitty Foyle (1958), The Inner Flame (1955), The Road of Life (1954), All My Children (1979), Ryan’s Hope (1985), Guiding Light (1957, 1988), Search for Tomorrow (1956, 1980), As the World Turns (1961–1963), and American Inventory.
Personal life and death Keane married radio and television actor John Larkin on June 10, 1950, in Englewood, New Jersey. They had a daughter, Sharon, born March 5, 1951.
Keane died on November 17, 2022, at the age of 97.
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