Violet Knights was born in 1894 in Anacortes, Washington as Violet May Neitz, and she began her acting career in 1913.
The Phantom (1931), The Return of Helen Redman (1914) and Trapped in a Forest Fire (1913) are some notable films she was in, and she had supporting roles in about 10 films.
She was married to Fred Mackaye, also an actor, from 1927 to 1947.
She died on June 13th, 1973 at 79 years of age in Newport Beach Orange County, California.
I just saw her in The Phantom playing a small part as a maid. I enjoyed how she played her part, and I liked her stage name, and I appreciate actors who play supporting roles.
Because I often search online to find out about actor’s lives, I looked her up and decided to pay her a small remembrance with this poem.
And I find it a little sad how people who were once alive and known
sooner or later are erased by time when they are dead and gone.
Bob Boyd