Violet Knights was an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 actress.

She was signed in 1913 and starred in about 10 films between 1913 and 1914. She left acting and married and concentrated on raising a family becoming Violet MacKaye. She returned to acting 16 years later in The Cheyenne Kid in 1930 but her several minor roles following that were uncredited.

Filmography

• Stage Frights (1935)
• Carnival (1935) (uncredited) .... Small Town Woman

... aka Carnival Nights (UK)

• Square Shooter (1935) (uncredited) .... Emma (waitress)
• Wheels of Destiny (1934) (uncredited) (as Violet Mackaye) .... Settler
• Ann Vickers (1933) (uncredited) .... Prisoner
• The Phantom (1931) .... Lucy (the maid)
• The Cheyenne Kid (1930) (as Violet McKay) .... Madge

... aka The Fighting Test (UK)

• The Last Supper (1914) (as Violet Neitz)
• Retribution (1914) (as Violet Neitz)
• The Carbon Copy (1914) (as Violet Neitz)
• The Sacrifice
  The Sacrifice
  The Sacrifice is a 1986 film, and the final film by Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky, who died shortly after completing it.-Synopsis:...
  
   (1914) (as Violet Neitz)
• The Cricket on the Hearth
  The Cricket on the Hearth
  The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home is a novella by Charles Dickens, published by Bradbury and Evans, and released 20  December 1845 with illustrations by Daniel Maclise, John Leech, Richard Doyle, Clarkson Stanfield and Edwin Henry Landseer. Dickens began writing the book around...
  
   (1914) (as Violet Neitz)
• A Blowout at Santa Banana
  A Blowout at Santa Banana
  A Blowout at Santa Banana is a 1914 American silent comedy-drama short film starring Sydney Ayres, Vivian Rich, and Harry Van Meter.-Cast:* Sydney Ayres* Vivian Rich* Harry Van Meter* Perry Banks* Charlotte Burton* Edith Borella* Caroline Cooke...
  
   (1914) (as Violet Neitz)
• The Return of Helen Redmond (1914) (as Violet Neitz)
• The Shriner's Daughter
  The Shriner's Daughter
  The Shriner's Daughter is a 1913 American silent short film starring Charlotte Burton, Violet Neitz, Helen Armstrong, William Bertram, Edith Borella, Ed Coxen, Reaves Eason, George Field, Winifred Greenwood, Ida Lewis, Nina Richdale and William Tedmarsh....
  
   (1913) (as Violet Neitz)
• Trapped in a Forest Fire
  Trapped in a Forest Fire
  Trapped in a Forest Fire is a 1913 American silent short film directed by Gilbert P. Hamilton starring Charlotte Burton, Sydney Ayres, Jacques Jaccard, Violt Neitz, Louise Lester, Jack Richardson, Vivian Rich, and Harry von Meter....
  
   (1913) (as Violet Neitz)
• The Occult (1913) (as Violet Neitz)
• At Midnight (1913) (as Violet Neitz)
• Calamity Anne, Heroine
  Calamity Anne, Heroine
  Calamity Anne, Heroine is a 1913 American silent short Western directed by Allan Dwan starring Louise Lester as Calamity Anne. It is the fourth film in the Calamity Anne series.-Other cast:* Charlotte Burton* J. Warren Kerrigan* Jack Richardson...
  
  (1913) (as Violet Neitz)

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