Enid Markey

Who was Enid Markey?

Enid Markey was an American actress of stage, film and television. She originated the role of Jane in films, playing the character twice - in 1918.

Her first film role was in The Fortunes of War. Her last appearance was in The Boston Strangler. During the 1950s and 1960s she appeared in several television guest-starring roles, including The Andy Griffith Show as Barney Fife's landlady, and an episode of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., as Grandma Pyle.

In the 1960-1961 season, Markey was cast as Aunt Violet Flower in CBS's Bringing Up Buddy, co-starring Frank Aletter and Doro Merande. Markey and Merando played spinster aunts who provide a home for their bachelor nephew stockbroker, Buddy Flower, played by Aletter.