Hilda Keenan (November â€" August , ) was an American actress and
vaudeville performer, part of a family of actors including her father
Frank Keenan, her husband Ed Wynn, and her son Keenan Wynn.Hilda
Keenan was the daughter of actor Frank Keenan and New Brunswick-born
Katherine Agnes Long Keenan. Hilda's older sister Frances was also an
actress. Hilda Keenan attended Wellesley College.Hilda Keenan was in
vaudeville with a one-act sketch called Sarah in . She appeared in the
plays The Heights (), The Road to Arcady (), Within the Law and The
Salamander. In Within the Law, she co-starred with Margaret Illington;
one critic commented that "Hilda Keenan's Agnes Lynch, a blackmailer,
is noticeably excellent, and makes an engaging characterization of a
rôle which ordinarily would scarcely win our friendly feelings."Hilda
Keenan was married to actor Ed Wynn, from until their protracted,
widely publicized and rancorous divorce in . They had a son, actor
Keenan Wynn. Hilda Keenan died in New York in , aged years, after
years of mental illness including alcoholism.
vaudeville performer, part of a family of actors including her father
Frank Keenan, her husband Ed Wynn, and her son Keenan Wynn.Hilda
Keenan was the daughter of actor Frank Keenan and New Brunswick-born
Katherine Agnes Long Keenan. Hilda's older sister Frances was also an
actress. Hilda Keenan attended Wellesley College.Hilda Keenan was in
vaudeville with a one-act sketch called Sarah in . She appeared in the
plays The Heights (), The Road to Arcady (), Within the Law and The
Salamander. In Within the Law, she co-starred with Margaret Illington;
one critic commented that "Hilda Keenan's Agnes Lynch, a blackmailer,
is noticeably excellent, and makes an engaging characterization of a
rôle which ordinarily would scarcely win our friendly feelings."Hilda
Keenan was married to actor Ed Wynn, from until their protracted,
widely publicized and rancorous divorce in . They had a son, actor
Keenan Wynn. Hilda Keenan died in New York in , aged years, after
years of mental illness including alcoholism.
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