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- Birth nameEnid Virginia Markey
- Height5′ 4½″ (1.64 m)
- Enid Markey was born on February 22, 1894 in Dillon, Colorado, USA. She was an actress, known for Tarzan of the Apes (1918), The Yankee Way (1917) and Sink or Swim (1920). She was married to George W. Cobb. She died on November 15, 1981 in Bay Shore, Long Island, New York, USA.
- SpouseGeorge W. Cobb(1942 - March 15, 1948) (his death, 2 children)
- Played sweet, innocent young things in silent features but will always be remembered for portraying the screen's first "Jane" in the Tarzan movies, only four years after Edgar Rice Burroughs published the story.
- Said she left films because "I was tired of making faces, I wanted to learn how to act."
- Attended convent school.
- After a long absence, she returned to 60s TV as one of two doting aunts (the other was Doro Merande) on the short-lived "Bringing Up Buddy" sitcom.
- Had a successful career on the stage, after being hired by the New York-based producer A.H. Woods in 1920. Her first part was in the farce "Up in Mabel's Room". While in New York, she and her mother lived at the Algonquin Hotel.
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