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Teri Louisa Keane (born October 24, 1925) is 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."[1] 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.

Teri Keane
Keane in 1949
Born	Teri Louisa Keane (1925-10-24) October 24, 1925 (age 96) Manhattan, New York City, NY
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actress
Known for	Radio soap operas
Spouse	John Larkin (1950 - 1961)
Children	1 daughter

Early years

Keane was born in Manhattan.[2] Her father was a newspaperman,[3] at one time an editor of The New York Globe,[4] and her mother was "the leading coloratura" at the Hungarian Royal Opera House in Budapest,[5] who later became a professor of music at Wittenberg College.[4] She attended the Professional Children's School in Manhattan.[6]

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."[7]

Radio

Keane's roles on radio programs included those shown in the table below.

Program	Role
Big Sister	Hope Melton Evans[8]
Life Can Be Beautiful	Chichi[9]
Marriage for Two	Vikki[10]
Mystery Without Murder	Secretary [8]: 251
Road of Life	Jocelyn Brent[11]
The Romance of Helen Trent	Carol Bancroft[5]
The Second Mrs. Burton	Terry Burton[11]

Keane was also a member of the casts of Mr. Mercury,[12]^: 454 Just Plain Bill,[12]^: 359, and Somerset Maugham Theater.[12] In the 1970s, she was heard on CBS Radio Mystery Theater.[13]

Stage

Keane's Broadway credits include Hairpin Harmony, The Vagabond King,[14] Swing Your Lady, and What a Life.[3]

Television

Keane's roles on television programs included those shown in the table below.

Program	Role
The Edge of Night	Martha Marceau[15]
One Life to Live	Naomi Vernon[16]
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), Three Steps to Heaven (1953), Guiding Light (1957, 1988), Search for Tomorrow (1956, 1980), As the World Turns (1961-1963),[16] and American Inventory.[17]

Personal life

Keane married radio and television actor John Larkin on June 10, 1950, in Englewood, New Jersey.[18] They had a daughter, Sharon, born March 5, 1951, and divorced in 1961, the year Larkin left his starring role on The Edge of Night and moved to Hollywood.[2] She divides her time between a Manhattan apartment and home in Upstate New York.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• Teri Keane at IMDb

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