Seena Owen

Seena Owen

From Wikipedia 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.

  • Title: Seena Owen
  • Popularity: 1.141
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1894-11-13
  • Place of Birth: Spokane, Washington, USA
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  • Also Known As: Signe Auen
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  • 1916
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    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    7.049 1916 HD

    The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.

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  • 1924
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    For Woman's Favor

    For Woman's Favor

    1 1924 HD

    A modern love story is the framework for a costume love story, based on Boccaccio's "The Falcon."

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  • 1915
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    The Fox Woman

    The Fox Woman

    1 1915 HD

    According to Japanese legend, the Fox Woman was not possessed of a soul. To exist, she was obliged to steal the soul of others.

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  • 1932
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    Queen Kelly

    Queen Kelly

    6.5 1932 HD

    A prince betrothed to a mad queen falls in love with an orphan girl from a convent.

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  • 1926
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    The Flame of the Yukon

    The Flame of the Yukon

    1 1926 HD

    George Fowler, a young man from the states, arrives at the Mias saloon, and the proprietor, "Blak Jack" Hovey, orders a saloon girl, known only as...

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  • 1925
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    The Hunted Woman

    The Hunted Woman

    1 1925 HD

    Joanne Gray goes North to find out whether her husband is dead or alive and to attempt to obtain the release of her innocent brother from jail. She...

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  • 1919
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    The Sheriff's Son

    The Sheriff's Son

    1 1919 HD

    Sheriff's son Royal Beaudry is thought a coward, even by the young woman he has his heart set on. But he disproves cowardice when he rescues his...

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  • 1920
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    Sooner or Later

    Sooner or Later

    1 1920 HD

    When newlywed Robert Ellis suspects that his missing wife is having a clandestine affair, he appeals to his friend, Pat Murphy, to find her. Pat's...

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  • 1915
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    The Craven

    The Craven

    1 1915 HD

    Bud Walton, the village blacksmith, is big and strong physically, but he has not the courage to put his strength to good purpose. All the boys take a...

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  • 1915
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    A Yankee from the West

    A Yankee from the West

    1 1915 HD

    Billy Milford, Harvard graduate, goes west to seek his fortune. In Addertown he secures a position as stationmaster of the L. & R. Railroad, but is...

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  • 1921
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    Lavender and Old Lace

    Lavender and Old Lace

    1 1921 HD

    Mary Ainslie has been waiting 30 years for her fiancé, a sea captain, to return. She has kept a light burning in her window to guide him home....

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  • 1919
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    One of the Finest

    One of the Finest

    1 1919 HD

    Traffic cop Larry Hayes takes care of four-year-old Mary Jane, the daughter of Gus Andrews, a criminal sent to prison because of Larry, and Nellie, a...

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  • 1924
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    I Am the Man

    I Am the Man

    1 1924 HD

    A jealous politician tries to force a woman to marry him by framing her father for a crime.

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  • 1919
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    Victory

    Victory

    5.8 1919 HD

    Adaptation of Joseph Conrad novel about lust and violence on a South Seas Island.

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  • 1927
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    The Rush Hour

    The Rush Hour

    1 1927 HD

    Margie Dolan dreams of endless pleasure and adventures abroad, while her sweetheart, Dan Morley, is devoted to his drugstore business and his...

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  • 1914
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    The Better Way

    The Better Way

    1 1914 HD

    Sunbeam's father is sent to prison, and on his release promises to remain honest. He secures a job as a night watchman, but his prison record being...

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  • 1915
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    An Old-Fashioned Girl

    An Old-Fashioned Girl

    1 1915 HD

    Abigail, the pretty daughter of a village school teacher, and Jared Guild are lovers. Bertha comes from the city to visit in the little town. Her...

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  • 1915
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    The Lamb

    The Lamb

    1 1915 HD

    Gerald, the somewhat frail son of a wealthy New York family, is bested at the beach by Bill, a strapping young cowboy from Arizona. His...

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  • 1923
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    Unseeing Eyes

    Unseeing Eyes

    1 1923 HD

    The sister of a silver mine owner hires a renegade pilot to fly her to her brother's rescue.

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  • 1928
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    The Blue Danube

    The Blue Danube

    1 1928 HD

    Marguerite, the beauty of an Austrian village, loves the poverty-stricken Baron Erich von Statzen, although her mother is opposed to the affair,...

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  • 1919
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    The Fall of Babylon

    The Fall of Babylon

    6 1919 HD

    After the relatively low box office takings of 'Intolerance', D. W. Griffith would revisit his epic film three years later by releasing two of the...

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  • 1920
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    The Gift Supreme

    The Gift Supreme

    1 1920 HD

    Bradford Vinton falls in love with a girl singer from the slums, but his father makes plans to break the relationship; when the plans fail, he...

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  • 1926
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    Shipwrecked

    Shipwrecked

    1 1926 HD

    Larry O'Neil, a ship's cook, finds and befriends stowaway Lois Austin, who is a fugitive from a murder charge. The ship's captain, Klodel, also finds...

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  • 1922
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    Back Pay

    Back Pay

    6.3 1922 HD

    This 1922 Frank Borzage film is a masterwork waiting to be rediscovered. Hester Bevins is a simple country girl who yearns for adventure. Though she...

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  • 1921
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    The Cheater Reformed

    The Cheater Reformed

    1 1921 HD

    Thomas Edinburgh is secretly in love with Carol, wife of the Reverend Luther McCall, and produces evidence that her husband was once an embezzler....

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  • 1922
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    The Face in the Fog

    The Face in the Fog

    6 1922 HD

    Boston Blackie Dawson gets some jewels that belonged to the imperial family of Russia. A gang of terrorists is after the jewels.

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  • 1924
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    The Great Well

    The Great Well

    1 1924 HD

    In India a major tries to cash in on a dry oil well but shoots himself when the oil returns.

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  • 1916
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    Martha's Vindication

    Martha's Vindication

    1 1916 HD

    A 1916 film directed by Chester M. Franklin.

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  • 1917
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    Madame Bo-Peep

    Madame Bo-Peep

    1 1917 HD

    A 1917 filmd riected by Chester Withey.

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  • 1917
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    Madame Bo-Peep

    Madame Bo-Peep

    1 1917 HD

    A 1917 filmd riected by Chester Withey.

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  • 1917
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    A Woman's Awakening

    A Woman's Awakening

    1 1917 HD

    A 1917 film directed by Chester Withey.

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  • 1919
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    Riders of Vengeance

    Riders of Vengeance

    3 1919 HD

    Harry's bride is murdered at their wedding along with Harry's mother and father, and the good-hearted outlaw turns grimly malevolent.

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  • 1925
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    Faint Perfume

    Faint Perfume

    1 1925 HD

    After a stormy six year marriage, Barnaby Powers divorces his wife Richmiel. She returns home, taking their young son Oliver with her. Barnaby...

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  • 1929
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    The Marriage Playground

    The Marriage Playground

    5.8 1929 HD

    A delightful pre-code cocktail recipe. Take three couples (add gin and tonic), their several divorces and the seven children/stepchildren of their...

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  • 1918
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    Branding Broadway

    Branding Broadway

    1 1918 HD

    Drunk and disorderly cowpoke Robert Sands is banished from an Arizona frontier town and hops on a freight train heading for New York. Arriving in...

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  • 1932
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    Officer Thirteen

    Officer Thirteen

    6.2 1932 HD

    A motorcycle policeman's partner is deliberately run off the road and killed by a member of a syndicate that controls the gambling--and much of the...

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  • 1919
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    The Life Line

    The Life Line

    1 1919 HD

    Jack Hearne, known as the Romany Rye, prefers living with the gypsies rather than claiming the right to his part of his half brother Phillip...

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  • 1919
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    A Man And His Money

    A Man And His Money

    1 1919 HD

    Inheriting a fortune allows Harry Lathrop to indulge in extravagant spending and wild wine parties with chorus girls, decides to change his ways...

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  • 1921
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    The Woman God Changed

    The Woman God Changed

    1 1921 HD

    In a jealous rage dancer Anna Janssen shoots her common-law husband Alastair De Vries in a cafe when she discovers him with a chorus girl. Fleeing to...

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  • 1919
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    Breed of Men

    Breed of Men

    1 1919 HD

    Boss rider "Careless" Carmody is made sheriff of an Arizona frontier town by Chicago swindler Prentice. The naive Carmody actually believes Prentice...

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  • 1928
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    Man-Made Women

    Man-Made Women

    1 1928 HD

    The man who loved her showed her how to hold the man she loved. A novel picture story packed with drama, thrills and laughs.

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  • 1923
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    The Leavenworth Case

    The Leavenworth Case

    1 1923 HD

    Eleanor Leavenworth (Seena Owen) is about to be arrested for the murder of her rich bachelor uncle, and suspicion is cast on each member of the...

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  • 1923
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    The Go-Getter

    The Go-Getter

    1 1923 HD

    Bill Peck is discharged from an army hospital and goes in search of a job. Cappy Ricks hires Bill, but gives him an seemingly impossible test of...

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  • 1941
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    The Great Man's Lady

    The Great Man's Lady

    6.273 1941 HD

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  • 1947
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    Carnegie Hall

    Carnegie Hall

    5.2 1947 HD

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  • 1941
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    Aloma of the South Seas

    Aloma of the South Seas

    5.7 1941 HD

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  • 1937
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    Thrill of a Lifetime

    Thrill of a Lifetime

    5 1937 HD

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  • 1937
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    Thrill of a Lifetime

    Thrill of a Lifetime

    5 1937 HD

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  • 1937
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    Clarence

    Clarence

    1 1937 HD

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  • 1937
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    This Way Please

    This Way Please

    5.5 1937 HD

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