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Seena Owen

Seena Owen

Actor, Writer, Other Crew

Born November 13, 1894 in Spokane, Washington, USA

Died August 15, 1966

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Seena Owen (November 14, 1894 – August 15, 1966) was a Danish-American silent film actress. Born Signe Auen at Spokane, Washington, the youngest of three children raised by Jens Christensen and Karen (née Sorensen) Auen. Her father and mother came from Denmark in the late 1880s and settled in Minnesota where they married in 1888. Within a short period of time they relocated to Portland and then Spokane, where her father became proprietor of the Columbia Pharmacy. Her first important film was A Yankee From the West (1915) under the name Signe Auen at the age of 21. She was later convinced to change her name and settled on Seena Owen, the phonetic spelling of her real name. In 1916 she performed in D. W. Griffith's Intolerance. The same year she married George Walsh whom she had met on the set of Intolerance. The marriage lasted until their divorce in 1924. A regular player for the rest of the silent era, Owen appeared in films such as Maurice Tourneur's Victory in 1919 where she was photographed to great effect by Tourneur's cameraman, Rene Guissart. In 1920, she appeared in "The Gift Supreme" with Lon Chaney, who appeared with her in Victory. She co-starred with Gloria Swanson and Walter Byron in the ill-fated Queen Kelly (1928), as the mad Queen who whips Swanson in one scene. With the arrival of sound in movies, Owen's weak voice became a problem and forced her to retire from the silver screen in 1933. After her retirement, she worked on a number of films in the 1930s/40s as a screenwriter including two starring Dorothy Lamour: Aloma of the South Seas and Rainbow Island, both in 1941. The former was written in part with her sister, Lillie Hayward, a successful Hollywood screenwriter, Seena Owen died on August 15, 1966 at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital, aged 71, and was interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

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Filmography

Actor

67

Type

Year

Officer Thirteen Poster

Officer Thirteen Feature Film1932Trixi Du Bray

Queen Kelly Poster

Queen Kelly Feature Film1932Queen Regina V

The Marriage Playground Poster

The Marriage Playground Feature Film1929Rose Sellars

His Last Haul Poster

His Last Haul Feature Film1928Blanche

Man-Made Women Poster

Man-Made Women Feature Film1928Georgette

Sinners in Love Poster

Sinners in Love Feature Film1928Yvonne D'Orsy

The Blue Danube Poster

The Blue Danube Feature Film1928Helena Boursch

The Rush Hour Poster

The Rush Hour Feature Film1927Yvonne Dorée

Shipwrecked Poster

Shipwrecked Feature Film1926Lois Austin

The Flame of the Yukon Poster

The Flame of the Yukon Feature Film1926The Flame

Faint Perfume Poster

Faint Perfume Feature Film1925Richmiel Crumb

The Hunted Woman Feature Film1925Joanne Gray

For Woman's Favor Poster

For Woman's Favor Feature Film1924June Paige

I Am the Man Feature Film1924Julia Calvert

Neglected Women Feature Film1924Camilla Challenor

The Go-Getter Poster

The Go-Getter Feature Film1923Mary Skinner

The Leavenworth Case Feature Film1923Eleanor Leavenworth

Unseeing Eyes Poster

Unseeing Eyes Feature Film1923Miriam Helston

At the Crossroads Feature Film1922

Back Pay Poster

Back Pay Feature Film1922Hester Bevins

Sisters Feature Film1922Alix Strickland

The Face in the Fog Poster

The Face in the Fog Feature Film1922Grand Duchess Tatiana

Lavender and Old Lace Poster

Lavender and Old Lace Feature Film1921Ruth Thorne

The Cheater Reformed Poster

The Cheater Reformed Feature Film1921Carol McCall

The Woman God Changed Poster

The Woman God Changed Feature Film1921Anna Janssen

Sooner or Later Poster

Sooner or Later Feature Film1920Edna Ellis

The Gift Supreme Poster

The Gift Supreme Feature Film1920Sylvia Alden

The House of Toys Feature Film1920Shirley Lord

The Price of Redemption Poster

The Price of Redemption Feature Film1920Jean Dering

A Fugitive from Matrimony Poster

A Fugitive from Matrimony Feature Film1919Barbara Riggs

A Man and His Money Poster

A Man and His Money Feature Film1919Betty Dalrymple

Breed of Men Poster

Breed of Men Feature Film1919Ruth Fellows

One of the Finest Poster

One of the Finest Feature Film1919Frances Hudson

Riders of Vengeance Poster

Riders of Vengeance Feature Film1919The Girl

The City of Comrades Poster

The City of Comrades Feature Film1919Regina Barry

The Fall of Babylon Poster

The Fall of Babylon Feature Film1919Attarea - Favorite of Belshazzar

The Life Line Poster

The Life Line Feature Film1919Laura

The Sheriff's Son Poster

The Sheriff's Son Feature Film1919Beulah Rutherford

Victory Feature Film1919Alma

Branding Broadway Poster

Branding Broadway Feature Film1918Mary Lee

A Woman's Awakening Poster

A Woman's Awakening Feature Film1917Paula Letchworth

Madame Bo-Peep Poster

Madame Bo-Peep Feature Film1917Octavia

Intolerance Poster

Intolerance Feature Film1916The Princess Beloved

Martha's Vindication Poster

Martha's Vindication Feature Film1916Dorothea

A Day That Is Gone Poster

A Day That Is Gone Short Film1915Elaine

A Yankee from the West Poster

A Yankee from the West Feature Film1915Gunhild, a Norwegian Girl

An Image of the Past Short Film1915Jessie Curtis Dexter

An Old-Fashioned Girl Short Film1915Bertha - the City Girl

Bred in the Bone Poster

Bred in the Bone Short Film1915The Star

Little Marie Short Film1915Bianca Pastorelli

Tangled Paths Poster

Tangled Paths Short Film1915

The Craven Short Film1915May Walton

The Forged Testament Short Film1915Madeline Halloway - the Daughter

The Fox Woman Poster

The Fox Woman Feature Film1915The Fox Woman, Alice Carroway, a.k.a. Ali-San

The Highbinders Short Film1915Ah Woo

The Lamb Poster

The Lamb Feature Film1915Mary - The American Girl

The Mystic Jewel Poster

The Mystic Jewel Short Film1915Amy

The Penitentes Feature Film1915Dolores

A Flight for a Fortune Short Film1914May

Bobby's Medal Short Film1914

Environment Short Film1914Bella Cortright

False Pride Short Film1914Nora Hudson

In Wild Man's Land Short Film1914Mrs. James Baldwin

Out of the Air Poster

Out of the Air Short Film1914The Girl

The Better Way Short Film1914

The Old Fisherman's Story Short Film1914Mary Cresswood

The Old Good-for-Nothing Short Film1914Morton's Daughter

Writer

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Carnegie Hall Poster

Carnegie Hall Feature Film1947

Rainbow Island Poster

Rainbow Island Feature Film1944

Aloma of the South Seas Poster

Aloma of the South Seas Feature Film1941

The Great Man's Lady Poster

The Great Man's Lady Feature Film1941

Clarence Poster

Clarence Feature Film1937

This Way Please Poster

This Way Please Feature Film1937

Thrill of a Lifetime Poster

Thrill of a Lifetime Feature Film1937

Wells Fargo Poster

Wells Fargo Feature Film1937

Rumba Feature Film1935

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Wells Fargo Poster

Wells Fargo Feature Film1937

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